English Standard Version
Leviticus 26:11
11I will make my dwelling among you, and my soul shall not abhor 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will set My tabernacle among you, and My soul shall not abhor you.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I will live among you, and I will not despise you.
Context of Leviticus 26:11
9I will turn to you and make you fruitful and multiply you and will confirm my covenant with you. 10You shall eat old store long kept, and you shall clear out the old to make way for the new. I will make my dwelling among you, and my soul shall not abhor you. 12And I will walk among you and will be your God, and you shall be my people. 13I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves. And I have broken the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.
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 25:8And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst.
- Exodus 29:45I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God.
- Joshua 22:19But now, if the land of your possession is unclean, pass over into the Lord's land where the Lord's tabernacle stands, and take for yourselves a possession among us. Only do not rebel against the Lord or make us as rebels by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the Lord our God.
- 1 Kings 8:13I have indeed built you an exalted house, a place for you to dwell in forever."
- Psalms 76:2His abode has been established in Salem, his dwelling place in Zion.
- Psalms 78:68but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves.
- 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 shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore.
- Ephesians 2:22In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
- Revelation 21:3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
- Leviticus 20:23And you shall not walk in the customs of the nation that I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I detested them.
- Deuteronomy 32:19"The Lord saw it and spurned them, because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
- Psalms 78:59When God heard, he was full of wrath, and he utterly rejected Israel.
- Psalms 106:40Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his heritage;
- Jeremiah 14:21Do not spurn us, for your name's sake; do not dishonor your glorious throne; remember and do not break your covenant with us.
- Lamentations 2:7The Lord has scorned his altar, disowned his sanctuary; he has delivered into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they raised a clamor in the house of the Lord as on the day of festival.
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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