Leviticus 25:18
in Leviticus 25You are to keep My statutes and carefully observe My judgments, so that you may dwell securely in the land.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep mine ordinances and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
KJV
Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
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This verse in Leviticus 25
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Do not take advantage of each other
on Leviticus 25:17-19
What holds a man back from squeezing his neighbour here is the fear of God rather than a court. Verse 17 closes with I am the LORD your God, and in this book that sentence carries the weight of a reason. Safety in the land is then promised twice in two verses, and it is fastened to keeping the statutes rather than to walls, treaties or armies.
This site's exposition
carefully observe My judgments
The condition and the promise of this verse return at Leviticus 26:3 and 26:5, where following the statutes brings rain and harvest and ends with dwelling securely in your land. Chapter 26 then lists what disobedience costs.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them,....
That every fiftieth year should be a year of jubilee, that is, 1. A year of release of debts and mortgages, and return to the possession of their alienated lands,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
In safety - i. e., secure from famine, Lev 26:5; Deu 12:10.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַעֲשִׂיתֶם֙ | vaasitem | and you will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חֻקֹּתַ֔י | chukotai | statutes my | H2708 → | 104 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִשְׁפָּטַ֥י | mishpatai | judgments my | H4941 → | 422 times |
| תִּשְׁמְר֖וּ | tishmeru | you will keep | H8104 → | 468 times |
| וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֣ם | vaasitem | and you will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֹתָ֑ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וִֽישַׁבְתֶּ֥ם | vishavtem | and you will dwell | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָאָ֖רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| לָבֶֽטַח׃ | lavetach | to security | H983 → | 42 times |
וַעֲשִׂיתֶם֙and you will do
vaasitemH6213 →2628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
חֻקֹּתַ֔יstatutes my
chukotaiH2708 →104 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מִשְׁפָּטַ֥יjudgments my
mishpataiH4941 →422 times
תִּשְׁמְר֖וּyou will keep
tishmeruH8104 →468 times
וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֣םand you will do
vaasitemH6213 →2628 times
אֹתָ֑ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
וִֽישַׁבְתֶּ֥םand you will dwell
vishavtemH3427 →1079 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הָאָ֖רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
לָבֶֽטַח׃to security
lavetachH983 →42 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 4:8I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
it leads to
- Proverbs 3:24
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
- Psalms 3:5
I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
- Job 11:18–19
You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
- Psalms 16:8–9
I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:10
He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.
- Proverbs 3:24
Through
Proverbs 1:33But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”
it leads to
- Psalms 25:12–13
Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.
- Psalms 112:7–8
He does not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
- Psalms 25:12–13
Through
Jeremiah 23:6In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
it leads to
- Philippians 3:9
and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
- Philippians 3:9
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Andrew Bonar, A Commentary on Leviticus; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.