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, Judges 7:21 , so Jarchi; but rather by the sword of the Israelites, for oftentimes multitudes of the enemy are killed in a pursuit. read more
And five of you shall chase an hundred ,.... One man chase twenty: and an hundred of you put ten thousand to flight ; which, had it been in proportion to the other number, should have been two thousand, as in Deuteronomy 32:30 ; where there is a proportion observed; and Abendana observes, there are some that give the sense of it thus, an hundred of you, an hundred times five, that is, five hundred, and so it comes up to a right computation; but here it seems to be a certain number for... read more
For I will have respect unto you ,.... Look at them with delight and pleasure, and with a careful eye on them, watch over them to do them good, and protect them from all evil; or turn himself to them from all others, having a particular regard for them and special care of them: and make you fruitful and multiply you ; increase their number, as he did in Egypt, even amidst all their afflictions; and much more might they expect this blessing in the land of Canaan, when settled there, which... read more
And ye shall eat old store ,.... What is very old, corn of three years old, as Jarchi and Kimchi F13 Sepher Shorash. rad. ישן . interpret it; such plenty should they have that it would be so long consuming: and bring forth the old because of the new ; out of their barns and granaries, to make room for the new, which they should have great quantities of, and scarce know where to bestow them; and therefore should empty their treasures and garners of the old, and fill them with new;... read more
And I will set my tabernacle amongst you ,.... Which God had directed them to make, and they had made, and also erected; but here he promises to fix and establish it among them, that so it might continue as a place for the public worship of him, and where he would take up his residence, and grant them his presence; so the Targum of Jonathan,"I will put the Shechinah of my glory among you:" and my soul shall not abhor you ; though in themselves, and because of their sins, loathsome and... read more
And I will walk among you ,.... As they journeyed from place to place, he walked among them, in the tabernacle built for him, see 2 Samuel 7:6 ; it may be expressive of the familiarity and communion which the Lord grants to his people, in and through Christ: and will be your God ; to provide for them, and supply them with all the blessings of his goodness, both in providence and grace; and to protect and defend them against all their enemies, temporal and spiritual: and ye shall be... read more
I am the Lord your Lord, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt ,.... Who, having done that, was able to fulfil the above promises; and which may be considered as an earnest and pledge of them, as well as be a motive to the Israelites, and an obligation upon them to obey the commandments of God, and walk in his statutes: that ye should not be their bondmen ; this was the end of their being brought out of Egypt, that they might be no longer in a state of bondage to the... read more
But if ye will not hearken unto me ,.... To his commandments, as the rule of their duty, and to his promises, as an encouragement to it, or to his prophets and ministers, explaining and enforcing his law, and exhorting to a cheerful obedience to it; so the Targum of Jonathan,"if ye will not hearken to the doctrine of them that teach my laws;'which was the sin of the Jews in later times, for which captivity and other calamities befell them, Jeremiah 7:25 , and will not do all these... read more
And if ye shall despise my statutes ,.... Which is an aggravated sin; to be negligent hearers of the commands of God is bad, not to be doers of them worse, but to treat them with contempt is worse still: or if your soul abhor my judgments : which is worst of all, to despise them as if not wisely or righteously made is a dreadful reflection upon the Maker of them; but to abhor them as bad things, not fit to be regarded, but to be had in the utmost detestation, is shocking impiety: so... read more
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:6
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, broils, contentions, and civil wars among themselves: and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid ; that is, lie down upon their beds, and sleep quietly and comfortably, and not be in any fear of thieves and robbers breaking in upon them, Psalm 3:5 , and I will rid evil beasts out... read more