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Leviticus 26:11
11I will make My dwelling among you, and My soul will not reject nor separate itself from you.
Leviticus 26:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
- New International Version (NIV)I will put my dwelling place among you, and I will not abhor you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will make my dwelling among you, and my soul shall not abhor you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will set My tabernacle among you, and My soul shall not abhor you.
Context of Leviticus 26:11
9For I will turn toward you [with favor and regard] and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish and confirm My covenant with you. 10You will eat the old supply of [abundant] produce, and clear out the old [to make room] for the new. I will make My dwelling among you, and My soul will not reject nor separate itself from you. 12I will walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people. 13I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would not be their slaves; and I broke the bars of your yoke and made you walk upright [with heads held high as free men].
Read all of Leviticus 26Leviticus 26:11 word by word
וְנָתַתִּ֥י מִשְׁכָּנִ֖י בְּתוֹכְכֶ֑ם וְלֹֽא־תִגְעַ֥ל נַפְשִׁ֖י אֶתְכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 26:11
- Exodus 25:8Have them build a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.
- Exodus 29:45I will dwell among the sons of Israel and be their God.
- Joshua 22:19If, however, the land of your possession is unclean, then cross into the land of the possession of the Lord, where the Lord’s tabernacle is situated, and settle down among us. But do not rebel against the Lord, or rebel against us by building an altar for yourselves, besides the altar of the Lord our God [at Shiloh].
- 1 Kings 8:13I have certainly built You a lofty house, A place for You to dwell in forever.”
- Psalms 76:2His tabernacle is in Salem (Jerusalem); His dwelling place is in Zion.
- Psalms 78:68But He chose the tribe of Judah [as Israel’s leader], Mount Zion, which He loved [to replace Shiloh as His capital].
- Psalms 132:13For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place:
- Ezekiel 37:26I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will place them and multiply them, and will put My sanctuary in their midst forever.
- Ephesians 2:22In Him [and in fellowship with one another] you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
- Revelation 21:3and then I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “See! The tabernacle of God is among men, and He will live among them, and they will be His people, and God Himself will be with them [as their God,]
- Leviticus 20:23You shall not follow the statutes (laws, practices, customs) of the nation which I am driving out before you; for they did all these things, and therefore I have loathed them.
- Deuteronomy 32:19“The Lord saw it, and rejected them, Out of indignation with His sons and His daughters.
- Psalms 78:59When God heard this, He was filled with [righteous] wrath; And utterly rejected Israel, [greatly hating her ways],
- Psalms 106:40Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against His people And He detested His own inheritance.
- Jeremiah 14:21Do not treat us with contempt and condemn us, for Your own name’s sake; Do not disgrace Your glorious throne; Remember [with consideration] and do not break Your [solemn] covenant with us.
- Lamentations 2:7The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary. He has given into the hand of the enemy The walls of her palaces; They have made a noise in the house of the Lord As on a day of an appointed feast.
Commentaries on Leviticus 26:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11I will set my tabernacle among you - This and the following verse contain the grand promise of the Gospel dispensation, viz. the presence, manifestation, and indwelling of God in human nature, and his constant in dwelling in the souls of his followers. So John 1:14; the Word was made flesh, ̔, and Made His Tabernacle among us. And to this promise of the law St. Paul evidently refers, 2 Corinthians 6:16-18; and 2 Corinthians 7:1;Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3-45Verses 3-45 As “the book of the covenant” 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 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, called…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-39These blessings and curses are similar to a key part of ancient Near Eastern treaties between a suzerain (a powerful king) and a vassal (a lesser king). In these treaties, the suzerain king promised to protect the vassal king and his land. In return, the vassal swore loyalty to the suzerain. Blessings and curses followed, with curses usually being longer (compare Leviticus 26:3–13 with 26:14–39; see also Deuteronomy 27:15–28:68). These treaties often…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-133. If ye walk in my statutes--In that covenant into which God graciously entered with the people of Israel, He promised to bestow upon them a variety of blessings, so long as they continued obedient to Him as their Almighty Ruler; and in their subsequent history that people found every promise amply fulfilled, in the enjoyment of plenty, peace, a populous country, and victory over all enemies.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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