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Leviticus 25:18

25:17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.
Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

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“‘Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety.

Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

Why you shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety.

25:19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.

What does Leviticus 25:18 mean?

Leviticus 25:18 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh), חֻקָּה (chuqqâh), שָׁמַר (shâmar).

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Wherefore
ye
shall
doעָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
my
statutes,חֻקָּהchuqqâh/khook-kaw'/H2708{an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)}
and
keepשָׁמַרshâmar/shaw-mar'/H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
my
judgments,מִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭ/mish-pawt'/H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
and
doעָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
them;
and
ye
shall
dwellיָשַׁבyâshab/yaw-shab'/H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
in
the
landאֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
in
safety.בֶּטַחbeṭach/beh'takh/H983properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Leviticus 25:18.

Exodus 12:17

And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.

Exodus 13:10

Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.

Genesis 1:11

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. grass: Heb. tender grass

Genesis 1:12

And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:25

And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:26

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Genesis 18:19

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

Genesis 2:4

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

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What does Leviticus 25:18 say?

Leviticus 25:18 (King James Version) reads: "Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety."

Is Leviticus 25:18 in the Old or New Testament?

Leviticus 25:18 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.

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