Leviticus 25:18

THE MESSAGE

"Keep my decrees and observe my laws and you will live secure in the land. The land will yield its fruit; you will have all you can eat and will live safe and secure. Do I hear you ask, ‘What are we going to eat in the seventh year if we don't plant or harvest?' I assure you, I will send such a blessing in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for three years. While you plant in the eighth year, you will eat from the old crop and continue until the harvest of the ninth year comes in.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety.

King James Version
Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

Lexham English Bible
"‘And you shall do my statutes, and you must keep my regulations, and you shall do them, so that you shall live securely on the land.

New Century Version
"‘Remember my laws and rules, and obey them so that you will live safely in the land.

New English Translation
You must obey my statutes and my regulations; you must be sure to keep them so that you may live securely in the land.

Amplified Bible
'Therefore you shall carry out My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them, so that you may live securely on the land.

New American Standard Bible
'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.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Wherefore ye shall obey mine ordinances, and keepe my lawes, and do them, and ye shall dwell in the land in safetie.

Legacy Standard Bible
‘You shall thus observe My statutes and keep My judgments, so as to do them, that you may live securely on the land.

Contemporary English Version
If you obey my laws and teachings, you will live safely in the land and enjoy its abundant crops.

Complete Jewish Bible
"‘Rather, you are to keep my regulations and rulings and act accordingly. If you do, you will live securely in the land.

Darby Translation
And ye shall do my statutes, and observe mine ordinances and do them: thus shall ye dwell in your land securely.

Easy-to-Read Version
"Remember my laws and rules. Obey them and you will live safely in your country.

English Standard Version
"Therefore you shall do my statutes and keep my rules and perform them, and then you will dwell in the land securely.

George Lamsa Translation
Wherefore you shall do my commandments and keep my judgments and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety.

Good News Translation
Obey all the Lord 's laws and commands, so that you may live in safety in the land.

Christian Standard Bible®
“You are to keep my statutes and ordinances and carefully observe them, so that you may live securely in the land.

Literal Translation
And you shall do My statutes, and you shall keep my judgments and shall do them; and you shall live on the land securely.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Wherfore do after my statutes, and kepe my lawes, so yt ye do them that ye maye dwell safe in the londe.

American Standard Version
Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep mine ordinances and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

Bible in Basic English
So keep my rules and my decisions and do them, and you will be safe in your land.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Wherfore ye shall do after myne ordinaunces, and kepe my lawes, and do them, and ye shall dwell in the lande in safetie.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Wherefore ye shall do My statutes, and keep Mine ordinances and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

King James Version (1611)
Wherefore ye shall do my Statutes, and keepe my Iudgements, and doe them, and ye shall dwell in the land in safetie.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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.

English Revised Version
Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

Berean Standard Bible
You are to keep My statutes and carefully observe My judgments, so that you may dwell securely in the land.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Do ye my comaundementis, and kepe ye my domes, and fille ye tho, that ye moun dwelle in his lond without ony drede,

Young's Literal Translation
`And ye have done My statutes, and My judgments ye keep, and have done them, and ye have dwelt on the land confidently,

Update Bible Version
Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety.

Webster's Bible Translation
Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

World English Bible
Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety.

New King James Version
"So you shall observe My statutes and keep My judgments, and perform them; and you will dwell in the land in safety.

New Living Translation
"If you want to live securely in the land, follow my decrees and obey my regulations.

New Life Bible
‘So keep My Laws and do what I say, and you will be safe living in the land.

New Revised Standard
You shall observe my statutes and faithfully keep my ordinances, so that you may live on the land securely.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and my regulations, shall ye observe and do them, - so shall ye dwell upon the land with confidence;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Do my precepts, and keep my judgments, and fulfil them: that you may dwell in the land without any fear.

Revised Standard Version
"Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and perform them; so you will dwell in the land securely.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'You shall thus observe My statutes and keep My judgments, so as to carry them out, that you may live securely on the land.

Contextual Overview

⁸"Count off seven Sabbaths of years—seven times seven years: Seven Sabbaths of years adds up to forty-nine years. Then sound loud blasts on the ram's horn on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement. Sound the ram's horn all over the land. Sanctify the fiftieth year; make it a holy year. Proclaim freedom all over the land to everyone who lives in it—a Jubilee for you: Each person will go back to his family's property and reunite with his extended family. The fiftieth year is your Jubilee year: Don't sow; don't reap what volunteers itself in the fields; don't harvest the untended vines because it's the Jubilee and a holy year for you. You're permitted to eat from whatever volunteers itself in the fields. ¹³ "In this year of Jubilee everyone returns home to his family property. ¹⁴"If you sell or buy property from one of your countrymen, don't cheat him. Calculate the purchase price on the basis of the number of years since the Jubilee. He is obliged to set the sale price on the basis of the number of harvests remaining until the next Jubilee. The more years left, the more money; you can raise the price. But the fewer years left, the less money; decrease the price. What you are buying and selling in fact is the number of crops you're going to harvest. Don't cheat each other. Fear your God. I am God , your God. ¹⁸"Keep my decrees and observe my laws and you will live secure in the land. The land will yield its fruit; you will have all you can eat and will live safe and secure. Do I hear you ask, ‘What are we going to eat in the seventh year if we don't plant or harvest?' I assure you, I will send such a blessing in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for three years. While you plant in the eighth year, you will eat from the old crop and continue until the harvest of the ninth year comes in.

Bible Verse Review
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Wherefore: Leviticus 19:37, Psalms 103:18

and ye: Leviticus 26:3-12, Deuteronomy 12:10, Deuteronomy 28:1-14, Deuteronomy 33:12, Deuteronomy 33:28, Psalms 4:8, Proverbs 1:33, Jeremiah 7:3-7, Jeremiah 23:6, Jeremiah 25:5, Jeremiah 33:16, Ezekiel 33:24-26, Ezekiel 33:29, Ezekiel 34:25-28, Ezekiel 36:24-28

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:5 - dwell Ezekiel 28:26 - and they shall dwell

Cross-References

Genesis 10:7
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba, Dedan.

Genesis 13:10
Lot looked. He saw the whole plain of the Jordan spread out, well watered (this was before God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah), like God 's garden, like Egypt, and stretching all the way to Zoar. Lot took the whole plain of the Jordan. Lot set out to the east. That's how they came to part company, uncle and nephew. Abram settled in Canaan; Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent near Sodom. The people of Sodom were evil—flagrant sinners against God . After Lot separated from him, God said to Abram, "Open your eyes, look around. Look north, south, east, and west. Everything you see, the whole land spread out before you, I will give to you and your children forever. I'll make your descendants like dust—counting your descendants will be as impossible as counting the dust of the Earth. So—on your feet, get moving! Walk through the country, its length and breadth; I'm giving it all to you." Abram moved his tent. He went and settled by the Oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to God .

Genesis 14:10
The Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits. When the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into the tar pits, but the rest escaped into the mountains. The four kings captured all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah, all their food and equipment, and went on their way. They captured Lot, Abram's nephew who was living in Sodom at the time, taking everything he owned with them.

Genesis 20:1
Abraham traveled from there south to the Negev and settled down between Kadesh and Shur. While he was camping in Gerar, Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She's my sister." So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her. But God came to Abimelech in a dream that night and told him, "You're as good as dead—that woman you took, she's a married woman." Now Abimelech had not yet slept with her, hadn't so much as touched her. He said, "Master, would you kill an innocent man? Didn't he tell me, ‘She's my sister'? And didn't she herself say, ‘He's my brother'? I had no idea I was doing anything wrong when I did this." God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know your intentions were pure, that's why I kept you from sinning against me; I was the one who kept you from going to bed with her. So now give the man's wife back to him. He's a prophet and will pray for you—pray for your life. If you don't give her back, know that it's certain death both for you and everyone in your family." Abimelech was up first thing in the morning. He called all his house servants together and told them the whole story. They were shocked. Then Abimelech called in Abraham and said, "What have you done to us? What have I ever done to you that you would bring on me and my kingdom this huge offense? What you've done to me ought never to have been done." Abimelech went on to Abraham, "Whatever were you thinking of when you did this thing?" Abraham said, "I just assumed that there was no fear of God in this place and that they'd kill me to get my wife. Besides, the truth is that she is my half sister; she's my father's daughter but not my mother's. When God sent me out as a wanderer from my father's home, I told her, ‘Do me a favor; wherever we go, tell people that I'm your brother.'" Then Abimelech gave Sarah back to Abraham, and along with her sent sheep and cattle and servants, both male and female. He said, "My land is open to you; live wherever you wish." And to Sarah he said, "I've given your brother a thousand pieces of silver—that clears you of even a shadow of suspicion before the eyes of the world. You're vindicated." Then Abraham prayed to God and God healed Abimelech, his wife and his maidservants, and they started having babies again. For God had shut down every womb in Abimelech's household on account of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

Genesis 21:14
Abraham got up early the next morning, got some food together and a canteen of water for Hagar, put them on her back and sent her away with the child. She wandered off into the desert of Beersheba. When the water was gone, she left the child under a shrub and went off, fifty yards or so. She said, "I can't watch my son die." As she sat, she broke into sobs.

Genesis 25:24
When her time to give birth came, sure enough, there were twins in her womb. The first came out reddish, as if snugly wrapped in a hairy blanket; they named him Esau (Hairy). His brother followed, his fist clutched tight to Esau's heel; they named him Jacob (Heel). Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.

1 Samuel 15:7
Then Saul went after Amalek, from the canyon all the way to Shur near the Egyptian border. He captured Agag, king of Amalek, alive. Everyone else was killed under the terms of the holy ban. Saul and the army made an exception for Agag, and for the choice sheep and cattle. They didn't include them under the terms of the holy ban. But all the rest, which nobody wanted anyway, they destroyed as decreed by the holy ban.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them,.... These and all others he enjoined; by which tenure, even obedience to all his commands, moral, ritual, and judicial, they were to hold the land of Canaan, and their possessions in it, which is intended in the next clause:

and ye shall dwell in the land in safety; without any fear of enemies, or of the neighbouring nations about them seizing upon them, and distressing them; and Jarchi observes, that it was for transgressing the sabbatical year that Israel was carried captive, which he thinks is intimated in 2 Chronicles 36:21; and that the seventy years' captivity in Babylon were for the seventy sabbatical years that had been neglected.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In safety - i. e., secure from famine, Leviticus 26:5; Deuteronomy 12:10.