Leviticus 25:18

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

Leviticus 25:18 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 25:18

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.

Leviticus 25:18 In-Context

16 According to the greater number of the years, thou shalt increase the price thereof; and according to the fewness of years, thou shalt diminish the price of it; for it is the number of crops that he selleth unto thee.

17 And ye shall not oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God; for I am Jehovah your God.

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

19 And the land shall yield its fruit, and ye shall eat and be satisfied, and dwell therein securely.

20 And if ye say, What shall we eat in the seventh year? behold, we may not sow, nor gather in our produce;