Bible Strands
Leviticus 26:5
Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh addresses Israel in the wilderness covenant, outlining the material blessings that follow obedience to His statutes. The promise directly follows the guarantee of seasonal rains and land yield in Leviticus 26:4.
The words — The text uses hi.Sig (it will reach) to describe agricultural cycles overlapping, and ba.Tzir (grape harvest) to mark the end of the vintage season. This lexical pairing emphasizes uninterrupted harvest continuity.
The thread — The motif of overlapping harvests appears in Amos 9:13, where the plowman overtakes the reaper, and echoes the abundance promised in Joel 2:26. The secure dwelling tied to covenant obedience recurs in Leviticus 25:18.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that covenant obedience produces uninterrupted agricultural cycles and physical security. It requires the reader to accept material provision as a direct consequence of keeping the statutes.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
Cross-references
- Amos 9:13 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.
- Joel 2:26 You will have plenty to eat, until you are satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you. My people will never again be put to shame.
- Leviticus 25:18 You are to keep My statutes and carefully observe My judgments, so that you may dwell securely in the land.
- Joel 2:19 And the LORD answered His people: “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and by them you will be satisfied. I will never again make you a reproach among the nations.
- Deuteronomy 11:15 And I will provide grass in the fields for your livestock, and you will eat and be satisfied.
- Psalms 91:1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
- Proverbs 1:33 But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”
- Ezekiel 34:25 I 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.
- 1 Timothy 6:17 Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
- Exodus 16:8 And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”