Leviticus 25:18

NET Bible® (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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַעֲשִׂיתֶם֙ אֶת־חֻקֹּתַ֔י וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֥י תִּשְׁמְר֖וּ וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֣ם אֹתָ֑ם וִֽישַׁבְתֶּ֥ם עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ לָבֶֽטַח׃

Transliteration

And wə-ʿaśîtem [you-shall-do] ʾet-ḥuqqōtay [my-statutes] and wə-ʾet-mišpāṭay [my-judgments] tišmərû [you-shall-keep] and wə-ʿaśîtem [you-shall-do] ʾōtām [them] and wîšabtem [you-shall-dwell] upon-hā-ʾāreṣ [the-land] lābeṭaḥ [securely]

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʿaśîtem*: conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - and you shall do/perform
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *ḥuqqōtay*: noun, feminine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my statutes/decrees
• *wə-ʾet*: conjunction + direct object marker
• *mišpāṭay*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my judgments/ordinances
• *tišmərû*: verb, Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you shall keep/observe
• *ʾōtām*: direct object marker with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them
• *wîšabtem*: conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - and you shall dwell/sit/remain
• *ʿal*: preposition - upon/on
• *hā-ʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land/earth
• *lābeṭaḥ*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - in security/safety

Word Meanings

• *ʿaśîtem*: do/perform/accomplish/make
• *ḥuqqōtay*: statutes/decrees/ordinances/prescribed limits
• *mišpāṭay*: judgments/ordinances/legal decisions
• *tišmərû*: keep/guard/observe/preserve
• *yāšab*: dwell/sit/remain/inhabit
• *ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/ground/territory
• *beṭaḥ*: security/safety/confidence

Referenced Verses

• Deut 12:10 : 10 When you do go across the Jordan River and settle in the land he is granting you as an inheritance and you find relief from all the enemies who surround you, you will live in safety.
• Jer 23:6 : 6 Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety and Israel will live in security. This is the name he will go by:‘The LORD has provided us with justice.’
• Prov 1:33 : 33 But the one who listens to me will live in security, and will be at ease from the dread of harm.
• Ps 4:8 : 8 I will lie down and sleep peacefully, for you, LORD, make me safe and secure.
• Ps 103:18 : 18 to those who keep his covenant, who are careful to obey his commands.
• Lev 19:37 : 37 You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations. I am the LORD.
• Lev 26:3-9 : 3 The Benefits of Obedience“‘If you walk in my statutes and are sure to obey my commandments, 4 I will give you your rains in their time so that the land will give its yield and the trees of the field will produce their fruit. 5 Threshing season will extend for you until the season for harvesting grapes, and the season for harvesting grapes will extend until sowing season, so you will eat your bread until you are satisfied, and you will live securely in your land. 6 I will grant peace in the land so that you will lie down to sleep without anyone terrifying you. I will remove harmful animals from the land, and no sword of war 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 a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall before you by the sword. 9 I will turn to you, make you fruitful, multiply you, and maintain my covenant with you. 10 You will still be eating stored produce from the previous year and will have to clean out what is stored from the previous year to make room for new. 11 “‘I will put my tabernacle in your midst and I will not abhor you. 12 I will walk among you, and I will be your God and you will be my people.
• Deut 28:1-9 : 1 The Covenant Blessings“If you indeed obey the LORD your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth. 2 All these blessings will come to you in abundance if you obey the LORD your God: 3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the field. 4 Your children will be blessed, as well as the produce of your soil, the offspring of your livestock, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks. 5 Your basket and your mixing bowl will be blessed. 6 You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out. 7 The LORD will cause your enemies who attack you to be struck down before you; they will attack you from one direction but flee from you in seven different directions. 8 The LORD will decree blessing for you with respect to your barns and in everything you do– yes, he will bless you in the land he is giving you. 9 The LORD will designate you as his holy people just as he promised you, if you keep his commandments and obey him. 10 Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you belong to the LORD, and they will respect you. 11 The LORD will greatly multiply your children, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your soil in the land which he promised your ancestors he would give you. 12 The LORD will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do; you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any. 13 The LORD will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always end up at the top and not at the bottom, if you obey his commandments which I am urging you today to be careful to do. 14 But you must not turn away from all the commandments I am giving you today, to either the right or left, nor pursue other gods and worship them.
• Deut 33:12 : 12 Blessing on Benjamin Of Benjamin he said: The beloved of the LORD will live safely by him; he protects him all the time, and the LORD places him on his chest.
• Deut 33:28 : 28 Israel lives in safety, the fountain of Jacob is quite secure, in a land of grain and new wine; indeed, its heavens rain down dew.
• Jer 7:3-7 : 3 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel says: Change the way you have been living and do what is right. If you do, I will allow you to continue to live in this land. 4 Stop putting your confidence in the false belief that says,“We are safe! The temple of the LORD is here! The temple of the LORD is here! The temple of the LORD is here!” 5 You must change the way you have been living and do what is right. You must treat one another fairly. 6 Stop oppressing resident foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop paying allegiance to other gods. That will only bring about your ruin. 7 If you stop doing these things, I will allow you to continue to live in this land which I gave to your ancestors as a lasting possession.
• Jer 25:5 : 5 He said through them,‘Each of you must turn from your wicked ways and stop doing the evil things you are doing. If you do, I will allow you to continue to live here in the land that I gave to you and your ancestors as a lasting possession.
• Jer 33:16 : 16 Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety and Jerusalem will live in security. At that time Jerusalem will be called“The LORD has provided us with justice.”
• Ezek 33:24-26 : 24 “Son of man, the ones living in these 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 for a possession.’ 25 Therefore say to them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: You eat the meat with the blood still in it, pray to your idols, and shed blood. Do you really think you will possess the land? 26 You rely on your swords and commit abominable deeds; each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. Will you possess the land?’
• Ezek 33:29 : 29 Then they will know that I am the LORD when I turn the land into a desolate ruin because of all the abominable deeds they have committed.’
• Ezek 34:25-28 : 25 “‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and will rid the land of wild beasts, so that they can live securely in the wilderness and even sleep in the woods. 26 I will turn them and the regions around my hill into a blessing. I will make showers come down in their season; they will be showers that bring blessing. 27 The trees of the field will yield their fruit and the earth will yield its crops. They will live securely on their land; they will know that I am the LORD, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hand of those who enslaved them. 28 They will no longer be prey for the nations and the wild beasts will not devour them. They will live securely and no one will make them afraid.
• Ezek 36:24-28 : 24 “‘I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries; then I will bring you to your land. 25 I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols. 26 I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone from your body and give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put my Spirit within you; I will take the initiative and you will obey my statutes and carefully observe my regulations. 28 Then you will live in the land I gave to your fathers; you will be my people, and I will be your God.