Leviticus 25:18

Obedience Protection and safety

¹⁶ You shall increase the price in proportion to a greater number of years, or decrease it in proportion to a lesser number of years; for he is selling you a given number of harvests.

¹⁷ Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.

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

¹⁹ Then the land will yield its fruit, so that you can eat your fill and dwell in safety in the land.

²⁰ Now you may wonder, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow or gather our produce?’

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: You are to keep My statutes and carefully observe My judgments, so that you may dwell securely in the land.
KJV: Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
WEB: “‘Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety.
ASV: Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep mine ordinances and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
DARBY: And ye shall do my statutes, and observe mine ordinances and do them: thus shall ye dwell in your land securely.
BLB: And you⁺ shall observe My statutes, and keep My ordinances and perform them, and you⁺ will dwell in the land in safety.

ÅB: Dere skal holde mine lover og ta vare på mine bud og holde dem; så skal dere bo trygt i landet.
OTB: "'Følg mine forskrifter og vær nøye med å adlyde mine lover, så skal dere bo trygt i landet.
B1930: I skal holde mine lover og ta vare på mine bud og holde dem; så skal I bo trygt i landet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 12:10
When you cross the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you dwell securely,
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Jeremiah 23:6
In 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.
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Proverbs 1:33
But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”
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Psalms 4:8
I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
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Leviticus 26:3–12
If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments,
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Deuteronomy 28:1–14
“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
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Leviticus 19:37
You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD.”
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Ezekiel 33:24–26
“Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’
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