Leviticus 26:7 (KJV)

Passage

And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 26:5 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.

Leviticus 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.

Leviticus 26:7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

Leviticus 26:8 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.

Leviticus 26:9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "chase", "enemies", "fall", "before", and "sword". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "chase", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "And I will give peace in the..." into verse 8's "And five of you shall chase an...", so "shall" and "chase" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "chase" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.