Leviticus 26:37

“And they shall fall one upon another, etc.] In their hurry and confusion, everyone making all the haste he can to escape the imaginary danger; or “a man upon his brother” f918; his friend, as Aben Ezra interprets it, having no regard to relation and friendship, every one endeavouring to save himself. There is another sense which some Jewish writers f919 give of this phrase, and is observed by Jarchi, which is, that everyone shall fall for the iniquities of his brother; for all the Israelites say, they are sureties for one another; but the former sense is best: as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: as if a sword was drawn and brandished at them, just ready to be thrust in them,…”

“As “the book of the covenant” Exodus 20:22-33 concludes with promises and warnings Exodus 23:20-33, so does this collection of laws contained in the Book of Leviticus. But the former passage relates to the conquest of the land of promise, this one to the subsequent history of the nation. The longer similar passage in Deuteronomy Deut. 27–30 is marked by broader and deeper promises and denunciations having immediate reference not only to outward consequences, but to the spiritual death incurred by transgressing the divine will. Leviticus 26:4 Rain in due season - The periodical rains, on which the fertility of the holy land so much depends, are here spoken of. There are two wet seasons,…”

“When none pursueth - Your guilt and fear causing you to imagine that they do pursue when indeed they do not. Leviticus 26:39”

“they shall: Jdg 7:22; Sa1 14:15, Sa1 14:16; Isa 10:4; Jer 37:10 and ye shall: Num 14:42; Jos 7:12, Jos 7:13; Jdg 2:14 Leviticus 26:38”