Leviticus 25:18
18You must obey my statutes and my regulations; you must be sure to keep them ▼▼ Heb “And you shall keep and do them.” This appears to be a kind of verbal hendiadys, where the first verb is a modifier of the action of the second verb (see GKC 386 #120.
d, although שָׁמַר [
shamar, “to keep”] is not cited there; cf.
Lev 20:8, etc.).
so that you may live securely in the land. ▼▼ Heb “and you shall dwell on the land to security.”