Leviticus 26:8
And, five, of you shall chase, a hundred, And, a hundred, of you shall put ten thousand to flight,—So shall your foes fall before you, by the sword.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
7And ye shall chase your foes,—And they shall fall before you by the sword;
Cross References
Numbers 14:9Only against Yahweh, do not rebel. Do not, ye, fear the people of the land, For our food, they are,—Their shade hath departed, from over them. And Yahweh is with us, Do not fear them!
Deuteronomy 28:7Yahweh will deliver thine enemies who rise up against thee, to be routed before thee,—one way, shall they come out against thee, and seven ways, shall they flee before thee:
Joshua 23:10One man of you, can chase a thousand,—for, Yahweh your God, is he that fighteth for you, as he spake to you.
Judges 15:15Then found he the jawbone of an ass newly-slain,—so he thrust forth his hand, and took it, and smote therewith, a thousand men.
1 Samuel 14:13So Jonathan went up on his hands and on his feet, and, his armour-bearer, followed him,—and they fell before Jonathan, and, his armour-bearer, was slaying after him.
1 Chronicles 11:11And, this, is the number of the heroes who pertained to David,—Jashobeam son of a Hachmonite, chief of the thirty, the same, brandished his spear over three hundred—slain at one time.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 26:2-14
Promises. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God. 2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord . 3 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; 4 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. 5 And your threshing shall… Read the whole commentary →