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and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/25.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />‘So you shall observe My statutes and keep My judgments, and perform them; and you will dwell in the land in safety.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘You shall therefore follow My statutes and keep My judgments so as to carry them out, so that you may live securely on the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216You shall thus observe My statutes and keep My judgments, so as to carry them out, that you may live securely on the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘You shall thus observe My statutes, and keep My judgments, so as to carry them out, that you may live securely on the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />‘You shall thus observe My statutes and keep My judgments, so as to do them, that you may live securely on the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />‘Therefore you shall carry out My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them, so that you may live securely on the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“You are to keep my statutes and ordinances and carefully observe them, so that you may live securely in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to keep My statutes and ordinances and carefully observe them, so that you may live securely in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep mine ordinances and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Obey my laws, and carefully follow my rules. Then you will live securely in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Obey all the LORD's laws and commands, so that you may live in safety in the land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Observe my statutes and keep my ordinances. Do them so that you may live securely in the land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to keep My statutes and carefully observe My judgments, so that you may dwell securely in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You must obey my statutes and my regulations; you must be sure to keep them so that you may live securely in the land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"'Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And you have done My statutes, and you keep My judgments, and have done them, and you have dwelt on the land confidently,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And ye have done My statutes, and My judgments ye keep, and have done them, and ye have dwelt on the land confidently,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And ye did my laws and watched my judgments and did them, and dwelt upon the land in confidence.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Do my precepts, and keep my judgments, and fulfil them: that you may dwell in the land without any fear, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Accomplish my precepts, and observe my judgments, and complete them, so that you may be able to live in the land without any fear,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Observe my statutes and be careful to keep my ordinances, so that you will dwell securely in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall observe my statutes and faithfully keep my ordinances, so that you may live on the land securely.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Wherefore you shall do my commandments and keep my judgments and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Do my commands and keep my judgments and do them, and dwell in the land in quietness.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Wherefore ye shall do My statutes, and keep Mine ordinances and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And ye shall keep all my ordinances, and all my judgments; and do ye observe them, and ye shall keep them, and dwell securely in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/25-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=6769" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/25.htm">The Blessing of Obedience</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: wa·‘ă·śî·ṯem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">You are to keep</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2708.htm" title="2708: ḥuq·qō·ṯay (N-fpc:: 1cs) -- Something prescribed, an enactment, statute. Feminine of choq, and meaning substantially the same.">My statutes</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: tiš·mə·rū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">carefully</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: wa·‘ă·śî·ṯem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">observe</a> <a href="/hebrew/4941.htm" title="4941: miš·pā·ṭay (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Judgment. ">My judgments,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: wî·šaḇ·tem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">so that you may dwell</a> <a href="/hebrew/983.htm" title="983: lā·ḇe·ṭaḥ (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Security. From batach; properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact and the feeling; often safely.">securely</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">in</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land.</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>Then the land will yield its fruit, so that you can eat your fill and dwell in safety in the land.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-3.htm">Deuteronomy 6:3</a></span><br />Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-1.htm">Deuteronomy 4:1</a></span><br />Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/5-32.htm">Deuteronomy 5:32-33</a></span><br />So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left. / You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-1.htm">Deuteronomy 8:1</a></span><br />You must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/11-8.htm">Deuteronomy 11:8-9</a></span><br />You shall therefore keep every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and possess the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, / and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/30-16.htm">Deuteronomy 30:16</a></span><br />For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/1-7.htm">Joshua 1:7-8</a></span><br />Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go. / This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-1.htm">Psalm 119:1-2</a></span><br />Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD. / Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-19.htm">Isaiah 1:19</a></span><br />If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-23.htm">Jeremiah 7:23</a></span><br />but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-27.htm">Ezekiel 36:27</a></span><br />And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-24.htm">Matthew 7:24-25</a></span><br />Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. / The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-28.htm">Luke 11:28</a></span><br />But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-15.htm">John 14:15</a></span><br />If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-10.htm">John 15:10</a></span><br />If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Why you shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety.</p><p class="hdg">Wherefore</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/19-37.htm">Leviticus 19:37</a></b></br> Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I <i>am</i> the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/103-18.htm">Psalm 103:18</a></b></br> To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.</p><p class="hdg">and ye</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-3.htm">Leviticus 26:3-12</a></b></br> If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/12-10.htm">Deuteronomy 12:10</a></b></br> But <i>when</i> ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and <i>when</i> he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-1.htm">Deuteronomy 28:1-14</a></b></br> And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe <i>and</i> to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/22-2.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-27.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-6.htm">Confidently</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-22.htm">Decisions</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-22.htm">Decrees</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-43.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-3.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-31.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-22.htm">Judgments</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-6.htm">Live</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-4.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-2.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-22.htm">Ordinances</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-4.htm">Perform</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-23.htm">Rules</a> <a href="/exodus/30-21.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/genesis/44-32.htm">Safely</a> <a href="/exodus/9-19.htm">Safety</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/6-10.htm">Securely</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-23.htm">Statutes</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-25.htm">Wherefore</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/26-3.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-3.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-19.htm">Confidently</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-15.htm">Decisions</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-3.htm">Decrees</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-19.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-19.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-3.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-15.htm">Judgments</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-19.htm">Live</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-3.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-2.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-15.htm">Ordinances</a> <a href="/numbers/3-7.htm">Perform</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-3.htm">Rules</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-19.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-5.htm">Safely</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-19.htm">Safety</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-19.htm">Securely</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-3.htm">Statutes</a> <a href="/numbers/9-7.htm">Wherefore</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 25</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-1.htm">the Sabbath of the seventh year</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-8.htm">The jubilee in the fiftieth year</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-14.htm">Of oppression</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-18.htm">A blessing of obedience</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-23.htm">The redemption of land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-29.htm">Of houses</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-35.htm">Compassion to the poor</a></span><br><span class="reftext">39. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-39.htm">The usage of bondmen</a></span><br><span class="reftext">47. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-47.htm">The redemption of servants</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The statutes refer to the specific decrees and commands that God provided through Moses. These laws were not merely legalistic requirements but were intended to guide the Israelites in living a life that was pleasing to God. The emphasis on keeping these statutes highlights the need for obedience and faithfulness, which is a recurring theme throughout the Old Testament. In the New Testament, Jesus affirms the importance of God's commandments, summarizing them in the two greatest commandments: love for God and love for neighbor (<a href="/matthew/22-37.htm">Matthew 22:37-40</a>).<p><b>and carefully observe My judgments</b><br>Judgments refer to the decisions and ordinances that God has established. These are the divine principles of justice and righteousness that the Israelites were to follow. The call to "carefully observe" indicates the need for diligence and intentionality in applying God's judgments to daily life. This reflects the broader biblical theme of justice and righteousness, which is central to God's character. The prophets often called Israel back to these principles when they strayed (e.g., <a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a>). In the New Testament, Jesus is portrayed as the ultimate judge who embodies God's perfect justice (<a href="/john/5-22.htm">John 5:22</a>).<p><b>so that you may dwell securely in the land</b><br>The promise of dwelling securely in the land is contingent upon obedience to God's statutes and judgments. This reflects the covenantal relationship between God and Israel, where blessings, including security and prosperity in the Promised Land, were tied to their faithfulness. The land itself was a significant aspect of God's promise to Abraham and his descendants (<a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Genesis 12:7</a>). The concept of security in the land also points to the eschatological hope of ultimate peace and rest in God's kingdom. In the New Testament, this is fulfilled in the promise of eternal life and the new creation, where believers will dwell securely with God (<a href="/revelation/21.htm">Revelation 21:1-4</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The speaker of the command, emphasizing His authority and covenant relationship with Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The recipients of the command, who are to obey God's statutes and judgments.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_canaan.htm">The Land of Canaan</a></b><br>The promised land where the Israelites are to dwell securely if they obey God's commands.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The mediator through whom God delivers His laws and statutes to the Israelites.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/sabbath_year_and_jubilee.htm">Sabbath Year and Jubilee</a></b><br>Contextual events in <a href="/bsb/leviticus/25.htm">Leviticus 25</a>, where God commands rest for the land and release of debts, illustrating trust in His provision.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_security.htm">Obedience and Security</a></b><br>Obedience to God's statutes is directly linked to security and peace in life. Just as the Israelites were promised security in the land, believers today find spiritual security in following God's Word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_provision.htm">Trust in God's Provision</a></b><br>The context of the Sabbath Year and Jubilee teaches reliance on God's provision. Trusting God means believing He will provide even when we rest from our labors.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holistic_observance.htm">Holistic Observance</a></b><br>Observing God's commands involves both action and heart attitude. It's not just about external compliance but internal commitment to God's ways.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship.htm">Covenant Relationship</a></b><br>The statutes and judgments are part of a covenant relationship. Our obedience is a response to God's faithfulness and love.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/application_in_modern_life.htm">Application in Modern Life</a></b><br>While the specific laws of Leviticus may not apply directly, the principles of obedience, trust, and reliance on God are timeless and applicable in our daily walk with Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 25</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_warfare_if_rest_was_near_in_joshua.htm">Joshua 1:10–11 – If the Israelites were so close to fulfilling God’s promise of rest, why was there still so much warfare and conflict ahead?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_israel_observing_jubilee.htm">Is there any historical or archaeological evidence showing that ancient Israel consistently observed the Year of Jubilee (Lev 25)? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_lev._18_5_vs._rom._3_20_a_contradiction.htm">Leviticus 18:5 promises life through obedience, yet Romans 3:20 says the Law can't grant righteousness. Is this an irreconcilable contradiction?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_would_god_displace_nations_for_israel.htm">In Exodus 23:23-31, why would a just God command the displacement of entire nations for Israel's sake?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) <span class= "bld">Wherefore ye shall do my statutes.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">And ye shall do </span>. . . that is, the above named statutes and ordinances respecting the sabbatical year and the jubile, which required great sacrifices.<p><span class= "bld">Ye shall dwell in the land in safety.--</span>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.<p><span class= "bld">And the land </span>. . . <span class= "bld">her fruit.</span>--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 (<a href="//apocrypha.org/1_maccabees/6-49.htm" title="But with them that were in Bethsura he made peace: for they came out of the city, because they had no victuals there to endure the siege, it being a year of rest to the land.">1 Maccabees 6:49</a>; <a href="//apocrypha.org/1_maccabees/6-53.htm" title="Yet at the last, their vessels being without victuals, (for that it was the seventh year, and they in Judea that were delivered from the Gentiles, had eaten up the residue of the store;)">1 Maccabees 6:53</a>; Josephus, <span class= "ital">Antt. xiv.</span> 16, ? 2; xv. :1, ? 2).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/25.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 18-22.</span> - "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, <span class="cmt_word">What shall we eat?</span> 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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/25-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You are to keep</span><br /><span class="heb">וַעֲשִׂיתֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(wa·‘ă·śî·ṯem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My statutes</span><br /><span class="heb">חֻקֹּתַ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(ḥuq·qō·ṯay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2708.htm">Strong's 2708: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something prescribed, an enactment, statute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶת־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’eṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">carefully</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּשְׁמְר֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(tiš·mə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">observe</span><br /><span class="heb">וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(wa·‘ă·śî·ṯem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My judgments,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשְׁפָּטַ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(miš·pā·ṭay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4941.htm">Strong's 4941: </a> </span><span class="str2">A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that you may dwell</span><br /><span class="heb">וִֽישַׁבְתֶּ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(wî·šaḇ·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">securely</span><br /><span class="heb">לָבֶֽטַח׃</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḇe·ṭaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_983.htm">Strong's 983: </a> </span><span class="str2">A place of refuge, safety, safely</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the land.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֖רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/25-18.htm">Leviticus 25:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/25-18.htm">Leviticus 25:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/25-18.htm">Leviticus 25:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/25-18.htm">Leviticus 25:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/25-18.htm">Leviticus 25:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/25-18.htm">Leviticus 25:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/25-18.htm">Leviticus 25:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/25-18.htm">Leviticus 25:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/25-18.htm">Leviticus 25:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/25-18.htm">Leviticus 25:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/25-18.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 25:18 Therefore you shall do my statutes (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/25-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 25:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 25:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/25-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 25:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 25:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>