“ ‘I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and no one will make you afraid. I will remove evil animals out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. You shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
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“ ‘I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and no one will make you afraid. I will remove evil animals out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
You shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
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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.
And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
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And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; and I will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
And five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
Cross-references (44)
- Joshua 23:10 (v8) One man of you shall chase a thousand; for it is Yahweh your God who fights for you, as he spoke to you.
- Deuteronomy 28:7 (v8) Yahweh will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be struck before you. They will come out against you one way, and will flee…
- Deuteronomy 32:30 (v8) How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and Yahweh had delivered them up?
- Isaiah 35:9 (v6) No lion will be there, nor will any ravenous animal go up on it. They will not be found there; but the redeemed will walk there.
- Zephaniah 3:13 (v6) The remnant of Israel will not do iniquity, nor speak lies, neither will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth, for they will feed and…
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- Psalms 147:14 (v6) He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.
- Numbers 14:9 (v8) Only don’t rebel against Yahweh, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us. Their defense is removed from over them,…
- Judges 7:19-21 (v8) So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outermost part of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch, when they had…
- 1 Chronicles 11:20 (v8) Abishai, the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three; for he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name…
- Jeremiah 30:10 (v6) Therefore don’t be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh. Don’t be dismayed, Israel. For, behold, I will save you from afar, and save…
- 1 Samuel 14:6-16 (v8) Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come! Let’s go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that Yahweh will…
- Psalms 29:11 (v6) Yahweh will give strength to his people. Yahweh will bless his people with peace.
- Ezekiel 34:25 (v6) “ ‘I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil animals to cease out of the land. They will dwell securely in the…
- Hosea 2:18 (v6) In that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the creeping things of…
- Haggai 2:9 (v6) ‘The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,’ says Yahweh of Armies; ‘and in this place I will give peace,’ says Yahweh…
- 1 Chronicles 11:11 (v8) This is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty; he lifted up his spear…
- Ezekiel 14:15 (v6) “If I cause evil animals to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it is made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of…
- Exodus 23:29 (v6) I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the animals of the field multiply against you.
- Job 11:19 (v6) Also you will lie down, and no one will make you afraid. Yes, many will court your favor.
- 2 Kings 2:24 (v6) He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in Yahweh’s name. Then two female bears came out of the woods, and mauled forty-two of…
- 2 Kings 17:25-26 (v6) So it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they didn’t fear Yahweh. Therefore Yahweh sent lions among them, which killed…
- 1 Chronicles 22:9 (v6) Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of peace. I will give him rest from all his enemies all around; for his name shall…
- Psalms 4:8 (v6) In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety.
- Psalms 85:8 (v6) I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to folly.
- Psalms 127:1-2 (v6) Unless Yahweh builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain. It is…
- Ezekiel 5:17 (v6) I will send on you famine and evil animals, and they will bereave you. Pestilence and blood will pass through you. I will bring the sword…
- Ezekiel 14:17 (v6) “Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, ‘Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and animal;’
- Micah 4:4 (v6) But they will sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and no one will make them afraid: For the mouth of Yahweh of Armies has…
- Zechariah 9:10 (v6) I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow will be cut off; and he will speak peace to the…
- John 14:27 (v6) Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be…
- Psalms 3:5 (v6) I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me.
- Psalms 81:14-15 (v8) I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries. The haters of Yahweh would cringe before him, and their…
- Isaiah 9:7 (v6) Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on David’s throne, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold…
- Isaiah 45:7 (v6) I form the light and create darkness. I make peace and create calamity. I am Yahweh, who does all these things.
- Jeremiah 31:26 (v6) On this I awakened, and saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.
- Ezekiel 14:21 (v6) For the Lord Yahweh says: “How much more when I send my four severe judgments on Jerusalem, the sword, the famine, the evil animals, and…
- Acts 12:6 (v6) The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of…
- Romans 5:1 (v6) Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
- Leviticus 26:22 (v6) I will send the wild animals among you, which will rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and make you few in number. Your roads…
- 1 Samuel 17:45-52 (v8) Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to you in the name of Yahweh…
- Job 5:23 (v6) For you will be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field will be at peace with you.
- Proverbs 3:24 (v6) When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.
- Proverbs 6:22 (v6) When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.
- Philippians 4:7-9 (v6) And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers,…
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v6 Ye shall have no war.
Ye shall have no war.
Hebrew, will cause the evil beast to cease.
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Job 11:19
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv6–8 Lev 26:6 And I will give peace in the…
Lev 26:6 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. Neither shall the sword.] To devour and desolate it, to eat flesh and drink blood, without measure or safety. A fire it is that feeds upon the people, {Isa 9:19} a hungry wolf that snatcheth on both hands. {Isa 9:20}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv6, 8 Neither shall the sword go through your land, i.e.…
Neither shall the sword go through your land, i.e. war, as the sword is oft taken, as Num 14:3; 2Sa 12:10. Otherwise there is the sword of justice. 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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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv6–8 And ye shall chase your enemies,.... Who being overcome…
And ye shall chase your enemies,.... Who being overcome in battle, and put to the flight, should be pursued:
and they shall fall before you by the sword; not by the sword of one another, as the Midianites did, Jdg 7:21, so Jarchi; but rather by the sword of the Israelites, for oftentimes multitudes of the enemy are killed in a pursuit.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv6, 8 The sword - That is, war, as the sword…
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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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv6, 8 Lev 26:6. I will give peace in the land,…
Lev 26:6. 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 invasions of enemies from abroad, and from the annoyance of man and beast at home. A very beautiful and striking picture this of national tranquillity.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v8 Five. Thus Gedeon’s 300 men put to flight the…
Five. Thus Gedeon’s 300 men put to flight the great army of the Madianites; (Judges vii. 22,) and the Machabees destroyed vast numbers with a small force.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv6, 8 6. I will give peace in the land —…
6. I will give peace in the land — If obedient to Jehovah, the Hebrews were never to suffer the horrors of a hostile invasion or of a civil war. Exemption from the latter would be a natural consequence of submission to Jehovah, the theocratic head of Israel. By his overruling providence he would dispose all surrounding nations to maintain peaceful relations with his people. Indeed, their very unity would make them too formidable to be attacked. Only nations weakened by internal strifes invite invasion.
Perpetual peace and security of life and property are inestimable blessings, which no tribe of men has yet enjoyed. Evil beasts were to be exterminated, not by miracle, but by the agency of the people, as the Canaanites were driven out “little by little” by God, lest the balance of natural forces should be disturbed. See Exodus xxiii, 30.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v6 6. none shall make you afraid] a familiar expression…
6. none shall make you afraid] a familiar expression in the prophetical books (Isa_17:2; Mic_4:4; Nah_2:11), found also in Job (Lev_11:19, etc.).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv6–8 (6) And I will give peace.—Not only are they…
(6) 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 robbers (Psa_3:5; Psa_4:8).
I will rid evil beasts out of the land.—The promise to destroy the beasts of prey, which endanger life, and which abounded in Palestine, is also to be found in Ezekiel, where exactly the same words are rendered in the Authorised Version, “And will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land” (Eze_34:25). The two passages should be uniform in the translation.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On v8 And five of you shall chase a hundred. Cf.…
And five of you shall chase a hundred. Cf. Jos_23:10, "One man of you shall chase a thousand." For examples, see Jud_1:3:31 15:15 1Sa_14:6-16 2Sa_23:8.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On v8 And five of you shall chase an hundred.
Lev_26:8
And five of you shall chase an hundred.
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Panic among soldiers
During the Italian war a panic occurred in a whole reserve corps darmee of the French forces, and the account is given us by the Hen. Mr. R-- , the editor of a prominent American journal, who was there, partook of the fright, and ran himself with the fugitives. Five Austrians, whose retreat was cut off, rode rapidly into the village where the reserve forces were stationed, with the design of giving themselves up. The frightened inhabitants cried out, The Austrians are coming! and ran for their lives. The soldiers followed suit--horse, foot, and dragoons, pell-mell, without waiting to take care of the wounded, ran fifteen miles without stopping. One wounded French general offered a large reward to be carried to a place of safety. Mr. R--confesses to have run ten miles on foot before he stopped. A panic among the loyal troops in the first battle of Bulls Run in the American civil conflict, if not the cause of their defeat, greatly aggravated the disasters of the battle. (Lowrie.)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v7 they will fall before you by the sword
they will fall before you by the sword
Here "falling" represents dying, and "the sword" represents either attacking people with a sword or battle in general. AT: "they will die when you attack them with the sword" or "you will kill them in battle" (See: Active or Passive)
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Five of you will chase away a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand
This means the Israelites will have victory against larger armies.
Five ... hundred ... ten thousand
"5 ... 100 ... 10,000" (See: Numbers)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v7 26:7 Success in warfare would result from obedience to…
26:7 Success in warfare would result from obedience to God (cp. 26:17, 36-37; Deut 28:6, 19).
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