Leviticus 26:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rida evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. ”

• Leviticus 26:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  As “the book of the covenant” Exodus 20:22-23 concludes with promises and warnings Exodus 23:20-33 , so does this collection of laws contained in the Book of Leviticus. But the former passage re...

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• Leviticus 26:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make [you] afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the (b) sword go through your land. (b) You shal...

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• Leviticus 26:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The blessings of obedience: fertility, freedom from wild beasts, victory over enemies, and the presence of Yahweh Himself in the midst. For the first reward, cf. Amos 9:13 ; for the thought in gen...

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• Leviticus 26:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  peace, or prosperity. rid evil beasts. Compare Ezekiel 34:25 ; Ezekiel 34:28 .

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• Leviticus 26:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

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• Leviticus 26:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. No JFB comm...

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• Leviticus 26:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Concluding Exhortations Similar exhortations are found at the conelusion of other codes of laws, as in Exodus 23:20 ,; and frequently in Deuteronomy, e.g. in Leviticus 28. The leading ideas and p...

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• Leviticus 26:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And I will give peace. — Not only are they to have rich harvests, but the Lord will grant them peace among themselves, so that they shall be able to retire at night without any anxiety, or fear of...

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• Leviticus 26:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THE PROMISES AND THREATS OF THE COVENANT Leviticus 26:1-46 ONE would have expected that this chapter would have been the last in the book of Leviticus, for it forms a natural and fitting close...

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• Leviticus 26:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Results of Obedience and Disobedience Leviticus 26:1-20 There is a vast contrast between the ideal life of the first thirteen verses of this chapter and the remainder; just the distinction whic...

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• Leviticus 26:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  In these brief repetitions of laws two gracious promises and solemn warnings were set forth. The laws reiterated were fundamental. There must be no idolatry. There must be perpetual observance of the...

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• Leviticus 26:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Secondly, the blessed effects of it in the extent of the mercy from harvest to harvest. Amos 9:13 . But surely the gracious Reader will not overlook gospel mercies, as veiled under those promised ea...

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• Leviticus 26:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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, broi...

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• Leviticus 26:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make [you] afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. Ver. 6. Neithe...

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• Leviticus 26:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  I will give peace in the land , &c. As God promises to bless them with plenty, so also to protect them in the secure enjoyment of it. None shall make you afraid You shall be kept from the inva...

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• Leviticus 26:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  This chapter is more or less a summary of the moral lessons of the book of Leviticus, a chapter that presses home the seriousness of having to do with a God of absolute holiness and truth. It is divi...

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• Leviticus 26:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Promises. B. C. 1490.       1 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a...

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• Leviticus 26:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Neither shall the sword go through your land, i.e. war, as the sword is oft taken, as Numbers 14:3 2 Samuel 12:10 . Otherwise there is the sword of justice. It shall not enter into it, nor h...

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• Leviticus 26:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Blessings ( Leviticus 26:3-13 ). Here follow all the blessings that would be theirs if only they would walk in His statutes and keep His commandments in their hearts and do them. Leviticus...

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• Leviticus 26:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  Religion as determining a Nation’s Destiny SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 26:1-13 .—If ye walk in My statutes, etc. The Lord engaged to enrich them as a nation with temporal blessings and religio...

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• Leviticus 26:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Leviticus 26:1 . Neither set up any image of stone, any large sightly stone. The druids were apt to bring or roll large stones from afar, as at Stone-henge, at Shap in Westmoreland; at Stanton Dre...

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• Leviticus 26:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

  If ye walk in My statutes, and keep My commandments, and do them. The advantages of religion in a nation’s life I. Wherein a nation’s religious life consists. The recognised presence of God in...

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• Leviticus 26:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  PART V. CONCLUDING EXHORTATION . EXPOSITION THE first two verses of this chapter contain a prohibition of idolatry, and a command to observe the sabbath and to reverence God's sanctuary;...

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• Leviticus 26:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Blessings Promised to the Obedient

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• Leviticus 26:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Chronicles 22:9 ; 2 Kings 17:25 ; 2 Kings 17:26 ; 2 Kings 2:24 ; Acts 12:6 ; Exodus 23:29 ; Ezekiel 14:15 ; Ezekiel 14:17 ; Ezekiel 14:21 ; Ezekiel 34:25 ; Ezekiel 5:17 ; Haggai 2:9 ;...

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• Leviticus 26:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The sword — That is, war, as the sword is oft taken. It shall not enter into it, nor have passage through it, much less shall your land be made the seat of war.

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