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Leviticus 26:11
11I will have my home among you, my people. I will never turn away from them.
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
9I will do good things for your people and I will give many children to them. Their number will grow. I will do everything that I have promised to do for them. 10They will have so much food that some will remain after the next harvest. I will have my home among you, my people. I will never turn away from them. 12I will walk among the people. They will belong to me. 13I am the Lord your God. I brought you out of Egypt. You will not be the slaves of people in Egypt. I saved you so that you need not be ashamed.
Read all of Leviticus 26Leviticus 26:11 word by word
וְנָתַתִּ֥י מִשְׁכָּנִ֖י בְּתוֹכְכֶ֑ם וְלֹֽא־תִגְעַ֥ל נַפְשִׁ֖י אֶתְכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Leviticus 26:11
- Exodus 25:8You must tell the Israelites to make a special place to be my home. Then I will live among them.
- Exodus 29:45I will live among the Israelites and I will be their God.
- Joshua 22:19If your land here in Gilead is unclean, come back across the river to the Lord's own land. You can come and live among us, in the land where the Lord's tabernacle is. But do not turn against the Lord or against us. Do not build an altar for yourselves. The Lord our God already has his altar here.
- 1 Kings 8:13Now I have built a great temple for you. It is a place where you can live for ever.’
- Psalms 76:2His home is in Salem. Yes, he lives in Zion.
- Psalms 78:68Instead, he chose the tribe of Judah. He chose Mount Zion, the place which he loves.
- Psalms 132:13The Lord has chosen Zion to be his home.
- Ezekiel 37:26I will make a covenant with them to give them peace. It is a promise to my people that will continue for ever. I will cause them to live safely in their land. I will cause them to grow in number. I will put my temple among them, to be with them for ever.
- Ephesians 2:22Because you belong to Christ, God is building you all together to become his house. That is where God lives by his Spirit.
- Revelation 21:3I heard a voice that spoke loudly from the throne. It said, ‘Look! God's home is now among people! God will live together with them. They will be his people. God himself will be with them and he will be their God.
- Leviticus 20:23The people who are living in Canaan now are doing bad things. I, the Lord, hate them because they do these things. I will send them out of Canaan.
- Deuteronomy 32:19When the Lord saw this, he turned away from them. His sons and daughters had made him angry.
- Psalms 78:59God heard what they were doing, and he became very angry. He turned against the Israelite people.
- Psalms 106:40So the Lord became angry with his people. They belonged to him but he turned away from them.
- Jeremiah 14:21But please do not refuse to help us. Show that you are a faithful God. Jerusalem is the place where you have your beautiful throne. So do not go away and leave us. Remember the covenant that you made with us. Please do what you promised to do for us.
- Lamentations 2:7His holy house and his altar there no longer give pleasure to the Lord. He has given Zion's most beautiful houses to the enemy. They shout in the holy house of the Lord as people shout on a special holy day.
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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