Leviticus 25:18 KJV
Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
Words Then and Now
- Wherefore why; therefore Still heard today: the whys and wherefores, the reasons Webster’s 1828 · Wherefore
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Thou and Ye
- ye more than one
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbiddenThe word "jubilee" signifies a peculiarly animated sound of the silver trumpets. This sound was to be made on the evening of the great day of atonement; for...
Thompson Chains
- Prom, to ObedientSee the chain from Exodus 20:6 · 7 links
- StatutesSee the chain from Exodus 15:26 · 10 links
- Obedience (1)See the chain from Deuteronomy 26:16 · 7 links
- SecuritySee the chain from Job 11:18 · 10 links
Cross References
- Deuteronomy 12:10 But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;
- Jeremiah 23:6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
- Psalms 4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
- Proverbs 1:33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
- Leviticus 19:37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 26:3–12 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; …
- Deuteronomy 28:1–14 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: …
- Deuteronomy 33:12 And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the LORD shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
- Deuteronomy 33:28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
- Psalms 103:18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
- Jeremiah 7:3–7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. …
- Jeremiah 25:5 They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:
- Jeremiah 33:16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.
- Ezekiel 33:24–26 Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance. …
- Ezekiel 33:29 Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.
- Ezekiel 34:25–28 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. …
- Ezekiel 36:24–28 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. …
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Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Wherefore ye shall do וַעֲשִׂיתֶם waʿăśîtem עָשָׂה Verb · qal sequential perfect, second person masculine plural · with and
- my statutes אֶת ʾet Object marker חֻקֹּתַי ḥuqqōtay חֻקָּה Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with suffix: first person common singular
- and keep תִּשְׁמְרוּ tišmĕrû שָׁמַר Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine plural
- my judgments וְאֶת wĕʾet Object marker · with and מִשְׁפָּטַי mišpāṭay מִשְׁפָּט Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: first person common singular
- and do וַעֲשִׂיתֶם waʿăśîtem עָשָׂה Verb · qal sequential perfect, second person masculine plural · with and
- them; and ye shall dwell אֹתָם ʾōtām Object marker · with suffix: third person masculine plural וִישַׁבְתֶּם wîšabtem יָשַׁב Verb · qal sequential perfect, second person masculine plural · with and
- in the land עַל ʿal Preposition הָאָרֶץ hāʾāreṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the
- in safety לָבֶטַח lābeṭaḥ בֶּטַח Noun · masculine singular · with preposition
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