“‘Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety.
Parallel translations
- KJV Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
- BSB You are to keep My statutes and carefully observe My judgments, so that you may dwell securely in the land.
- NKJV ‘So you shall observe My statutes and keep My judgments, and perform them; and you will dwell in the land in safety.
- NASB ‘You shall therefore follow My statutes and keep My judgments so as to carry them out, so that you may live securely on the land.
- NLT “If you want to live securely in the land, follow my decrees and obey my regulations.
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Quick answer
Obeying God's statutes and ordinances would let Israel dwell securely in the land. Obedience and security were linked under the covenant.
Overview
God promised that faithful obedience to his laws would bring safe and settled life in the promised land. This reflects the covenant principle that blessing follows trust and obedience. While believers are saved by grace, the verse still teaches that walking in God's ways leads to true peace and well-being.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 17
- Deut 12:10But when you go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies around you, so that you dwell in safety;
- Jer 23:6In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely. This is his name by which he shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness.
- Prov 1:33But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm.”
- Lev 26:3–12“‘If you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
- Ps 4:8In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety.
- Deut 28:1–14It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you today, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
- Lev 19:37“‘You shall observe all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them. I am Yahweh.’”
- Ezek 34:25–28I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil animals to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
- Ezek 33:24–26Son of man, they who inhabit those waste places in 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.
- Jer 7:3–7Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says, “Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
- Deut 33:12About Benjamin he said, “The beloved of Yahweh will dwell in safety by him. He covers him all day long. He dwells between his shoulders.”
- Ezek 36:24–28For I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.
- Ezek 33:29Then shall they know that I am Yahweh, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment, because of all their abominations which they have committed.
- Jer 33:16In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell safely; and this is the name by which she shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness.”
- Ps 103:18to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts.
- Deut 33:28Israel dwells in safety; the fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine. Yes, his heavens drop down dew.
- Jer 25:5saying, “Return now everyone from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Yahweh has given to you and to your fathers, from of old and even forever more.
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