Leviticus 26:6

6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; and I will put away the evil beasts out of the land; and the sword shall not go through your land.

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 then I will give your rain in the season thereof, and the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit;
5 and your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing-time; and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land securely.
6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; and I will put away the evil beasts out of the land; and the sword shall not go through your land.
7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword;
8 and five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight; and your enemies shall fall beside you by the sword.
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