You are to keep My statutes and carefully observe My judgments, so that you may dwell securely in the land.
Parallel translations
- WEB “‘Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety.
- KJV Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
- 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.
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Cross-references · 17
- Deut 12:10When you cross the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you dwell securely,
- Jer 23:6In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
- Prov 1:33But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”
- Lev 26:3–12If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments,
- Ps 4:8I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
- Deut 28:1–14“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
- Lev 19:37You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD.”
- Ezek 34:25–28I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.
- Ezek 33:24–26“Son of man, those living in the 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 as a possession.’
- Jer 7:3–7Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place.
- Deut 33:12Concerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests.”
- Ezek 36:24–28For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.
- Ezek 33:29Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolate waste because of all the abominations they have committed.’
- Jer 33:16In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
- Ps 103:18to those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts.
- Deut 33:28So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens drip with dew.
- Jer 25:5The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.
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