Leviticus 26:6

6 I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to frighten [you]. I will remove dangerous animals from the land, and no sword will pass through your land.[a]

Leviticus 26:6 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 26:6

And I will give peace in the land
Among yourselves, as Aben Ezra; that as safety from enemies is promised before, here it is assured they should be free from insurrections and from riots, broils, contentions, and civil wars among themselves: and ye shall lie down, and none shall make [you] afraid;
that is, lie down upon their beds, and sleep quietly and comfortably, and not be in any fear of thieves and robbers breaking in upon them, ( Psalms 3:5 ) ( 4:8 ) ; and I will rid evil beasts out of the land:
out of the land of Israel, as the Targum of Jonathan, not out of the world, such as lions, bears, wolves which were sometimes troublesome and mischievous in the land: neither shall the sword go through your land;
either the sword of the enemy, which if it entered should not be suffered to proceed, much less to pervade the land and destroy the inhabitants of it: so the Targum of Jonathan,

``they that draw the sword shall not pass through your land,''
or the sword of the Lord, that is, the pestilence, ( 1 Chronicles 21:12 ) ; as Ainsworth suggests; though the Jews F11 commonly understand it of the sword of peace, as they call it, though that is of one that is not an enemy, but passes through one country to destroy another; which yet is distressing to the country he passes through, as in the case of Pharaoh Necho, whom Josiah went out to meet, ( 2 Chronicles 35:20 ) ; though, by what follows, it seems rather to be the first of these.
FOOTNOTES:

F11 T. Bab. Taanith, fol. 22. 1. 2.

Leviticus 26:6 In-Context

4 I will give you rain at the right time, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.
5 Your threshing will continue until grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have plenty of food to eat and live securely in your land.
6 I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to frighten [you]. I will remove dangerous animals from the land, and no sword will pass through your land.
7 You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall before you by the sword.
8 Five of you will pursue 100, and 100 of you will pursue 10,000; your enemies will fall before you by the sword.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Jr 30:10; Ezk 34:25,28; Mc 4:4
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