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Ramban on Leviticus 25:18/רמב"ן על ויקרא כ״ה:י״ח
אוַעֲשִׂיתֶם אֶת חֻקֹּתַי וְאֶת מִשְׁפָּטַי תִּשְׁמְרוּ יַזְהִיר בַּחֻקִּים מִפְּנֵי הַשְּׁמִטָּה וְהַיּוֹבֵל הַנִּזְכָּרִים, לְפִי שֶׁהֵם מִכְּלַל הַחֻקִּים, וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים מִפְּנֵי דִּין חֲזָרַת הַמִּמְכָּרִים וְהָעֲבָדִים בַּיּוֹבֵל וְהָאוֹנָאָה. וְאָמַר "וִישַׁבְתֶּם עַל הָאָרֶץ לָבֶטַח", שֶׁבַּעֲוֹן שְׁמִטָּה וְיוֹבֵל יִשְׂרָאֵל גּוֹלִים (אבות ה:ט). וְחָזַר וְאָמַר "וְנָתְנָה הָאָרֶץ פִּרְיָהּ וְגוֹ' וִישַׁבְתֶּם לָבֶטַח עָלֶיהָ" (ויקרא כ"ה:י"ט), שֶׁלֹּא תִּצְטָרְכוּ לָצֵאת מִמֶּנָּה בַּשְּׁבִיעִית לָגוּר בְּאֶרֶץ אַחֶרֶת מִפְּנֵי חֹסֶר לֶחֶם:
1AND YE SHALL DO MY STATUTES, AND KEEP MINE ORDINANCES. He warned [here] concerning [all] the statutes on account of the Sabbatical year and the Jubilee mentioned [above], because these [commandments] are in the category of “statutes” [for which no explicit reason is given], and [He warned concerning all] the ordinances on account of the law of the return of sales and servants in the Jubilee, and [the law of] overcharging [which are “ordinances” for which the reasons are obvious]. He said, and ye shall dwell in the Land in safety, because it is for the sin of [transgressing the laws of] the Sabbatical year and the Jubilee that Israel goes into exile. He then said again, And the Land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat until ye have enough, and dwell therein in safety,179 meaning that you will not have to go out of the Land in the Sabbatical year in order to live in another land on account of lack of food [because the Land shall yield enough fruit].