Leviticus 26:6

And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God addresses Israel within the covenant blessing sequence of Leviticus 26, positioned between agricultural abundance (v. 5) and military victory (v. 7).

The words — מַחֲרִיד (macharid), "one who terrifies," names the threat as an active agent rather than an abstract fear; the BSB's "nothing to fear" flattens the Hebrew's participle. The verb הִשְׁבַּתִּי (hishbatti), "I will cause to cease," shares its root with שַׁבָּת (Shabbat), framing the removal of danger as a kind of enforced rest.

The thread — Isaiah 35:9 removes the lion and vicious beast from the redeemed's path; Zephaniah 3:13 promises the remnant will dwell in safety. Psalm 147:14 pairs border peace with fullness of wheat.

Why it lands — The verse defines peace not as an inner state but as the absence of external threat, and ties that absence to covenant obedience rather than personal piety. It asks the reader to hold that security here is a structural condition, not a feeling.

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The Hebrew words

וְנָתַתִּ֤יve./na.ta.Tiand/ I will give שָׁלוֹם֙sha.lOmpeace בָּאָ֔רֶץba./'A.retzin the/ land וּשְׁכַבְתֶּ֖םu./she.khav.Temand/ you will lie down וְאֵ֣יןve./'Einand/ there not מַחֲרִ֑ידma.cha.Rid[will be one who] terrifies וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֞יve./hish.ba.Tiand/ I will cause to cease חַיָּ֤הchai.Yahanimal[s]רָעָה֙ra.'Ahwild מִן־min-from הָאָ֔רֶץha./'A.retzthe/ land וְחֶ֖רֶבve./Che.revand/ a sword לֹא־lo'-not תַעֲבֹ֥רta.'a.Vorit will pass בְּאַרְצְכֶֽם׃be./'ar.tze./Khemin/ land/ your

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Isaiah 35:9 No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.
Zephaniah 3:13 The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”
Psalms 147:14 He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat.
Jeremiah 30:10 As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
Hosea 2:18 On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and battle in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
Psalms 29:11 The LORD gives His people strength; the LORD blesses His people with peace.
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.
Haggai 2:9 The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says the LORD of Hosts. And in this place I will provide peace, declares the LORD of Hosts.”
Ezekiel 14:15 Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts,
Exodus 23:29 I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.