Leviticus 26:5
in Leviticus 26Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time; and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
KJV
And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
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This verse in Leviticus 26
Commentary
9 notes on this verseYour threshing shall reach unto the vintage - According to Pliny, Hist. Nat., l. xviii., c. 18, the Egyptians reaped their barley six months, and their oats seven months, after seed time; for they sowed all their grain about the end of summer, when the overflowings of the Nile had ceased.
This site's exposition
If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments
on Leviticus 26:3-5
The blessings all stand on the condition set in verse 3, and the section then runs unbroken to verse 13. The first item promised is rain in due season, which is the one thing in a farming year no man can arrange for himself. Threshing runs into vintage and vintage into sowing, so the picture is a harvest too large to finish before the next one begins.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
I do not consider this as a material blessing, as though the man who observes God's law will obtain that common bread in abundance. Why not? Do not wicked sinners also eat bread, not only in abundance but even in luxury? Therefore let us look …
The wicked man is never secure but is always disturbed and wavering. He is tossed about by every wind of doctrine to deceitful error, by the craft of men. However, the just man who observes God's law dwells in security on his land, because he …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Long harvests are often with us the consequences of bad weather, but with them they should be the effects of a great increase. This signified the abundance of grace which should be poured out in gospel times, when the ploughman should overtake the reaper ( Amos ix. 13 ), and a great harvest of souls should be gathered in to Christ.
); both really save, and safe in your own apprehensions; you shall lie down to rest in the power and promise of God, and not only none shall hurt you, but none shall so much as make you afraid, "
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The vintage - That is, you shall have so plentiful an harvest, that you shall not be able to thresh out your corn in a little time, but that work will last till the vintage.
2 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Moses led the Hebrews to believe that, provided they were faithful to God, there would be no idle time between the harvest and vintage, so great would be the increase. This promise would be very animating to a people who had come from a country where, for three months, they were pent up without being able to walk abroad because the fields were under water.
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהִשִּׂ֨יג | vehisig | and it will reach | H5381 → | 50 times |
| לָכֶ֥ם | lakhem | of you | ||
| דַּ֙יִשׁ֙ | dayish | threshing | H1786 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בָּצִ֔יר | batzir | grape harvest | H1210 → | |
| וּבָצִ֖יר | uvatzir | and grape harvest | H1210 → | |
| יַשִּׂ֣יג | yasig | it will reach | H5381 → | 50 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| זָ֑רַע | zara' | seed | H2233 → | 229 times |
| וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֤ם | vaakhaltem | and you will eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| לַחְמְכֶם֙ | lachmekhem | bread your | H3899 → | 298 times |
| לָשֹׂ֔בַע | lasoa' | to abundance | H7648 → | |
| וִֽישַׁבְתֶּ֥ם | vishavtem | and you will dwell | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| לָבֶ֖טַח | lavetach | to security | H983 → | 42 times |
| בְּאַרְצְכֶֽם׃ | beartzekhem | in land your | H776 → | 2504 times |
וְהִשִּׂ֨יגand it will reach
vehisigH5381 →50 times
לָכֶ֥םof you
lakhem
דַּ֙יִשׁ֙threshing
dayishH1786 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בָּצִ֔ירgrape harvest
batzirH1210 →
וּבָצִ֖ירand grape harvest
uvatzirH1210 →
יַשִּׂ֣יגit will reach
yasigH5381 →50 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
זָ֑רַעseed
zara'H2233 →229 times
וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֤םand you will eat
vaakhaltemH398 →810 times
לַחְמְכֶם֙bread your
lachmekhemH3899 →298 times
לָשֹׂ֔בַעto abundance
lasoa'H7648 →
וִֽישַׁבְתֶּ֥םand you will dwell
vishavtemH3427 →1079 times
לָבֶ֖טַחto security
lavetachH983 →42 times
בְּאַרְצְכֶֽם׃in land your
beartzekhemH776 →2504 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
Amos 9:13“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all…
it leads to
- Joel 3:18
And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the…
- John 4:35
Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.
- Isaiah 55:13
Instead of the thornbush, a cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, a myrtle will spring up; they will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”
- Isaiah 35:1–2
The wilderness and the land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
- Ezekiel 36:35
Then they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’
- Joel 3:18
Through
Joel 2:26You will have plenty to eat, until you are satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you. My people will never again be put to…
it leads to
- Romans 10:11
It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
- Psalms 22:26
The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!
- Romans 10:11
Through
Joel 2:19And the LORD answered His people: “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and by them you will be satisfied. I will never again make you a reproach among the nations.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 34:29
And I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations.
- Ezekiel 34:29
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Caesarius of Arles, SERMON 105.3; Caesarius of Arles, SERMON 105.4; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.