Leviticus Chapter 25 verse 18 Holy Bible
Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep mine ordinances and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
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So keep my rules and my decisions and do them, and you will be safe in your land.
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And ye shall do my statutes, and observe mine ordinances and do them: thus shall ye dwell in your land securely.
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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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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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"'Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety.
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`And ye have done My statutes, and My judgments ye keep, and have done them, and ye have dwelt on the land confidently,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 18-22. - "Not only the year of jubilee, but the sabbatical year also, commenced in the autumn, when the farmers first began to sow for the coming year; so that the sowing was suspended from the autumn of the sixth year till the autumn of the seventh, and even till the autumn of the eighth whenever the jubilee year came round, in which case both sowing and reaping were omitted for two years in succession, and consequently the produce of the sixth year, which was harvested in the seventh month of that year, must have sufficed for three years, not merely till the sowing in the autumn of the eighth or fiftieth year, but till the harvest of the ninth or fifty-first year, as the Talmud and rabbins of every age have understood the law" (Keil). The question, What shall we eat? would present itself with double force when the sabbatical and the jubilee years came together. It and the answer to it therefore properly follow on the institution of the jubilee, instead of preceding it, as Ewald, Knobcl, and others demand that it should do.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) Wherefore ye shall do my statutes.--Better, And ye shall do . . . that is, the above named statutes and ordinances respecting the sabbatical year and the jubile, which required great sacrifices.Ye shall dwell in the land in safety.--As God is Israel's strong tower and wall of defence, it is by keeping His commandments that the Israelites will enjoy the security which other nations endeavour to obtain by great labour and mighty armies.And the land . . . her fruit.--He, moreover, who has given Israel these statutes, also controls the operations of nature. Hence, though the observance of His laws would necessitate the abstention from cultivating the soil, the Lord will cause the land to yield an abundant harvest which will richly supply all their wants, and they will safely and quietly dwell therein without being compelled to make raids upon their neighbours for food, or surrender themselves to their enemies for want of provision (1 Maccabees 6:49; 1 Maccabees 6:53; Josephus, Antt. xiv. 16, ? 2; xv. :1, ? 2).
