God’s Word Translation
Leviticus 26:11
11“I will put my tent among you, and I will never look at you with disgust.
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
9and I will be pleased with you. Your families will be large, and I will keep my promise to you. 10You will clear out old food supplies to make room for new ones. “I will put my tent among you, and I will never look at you with disgust. 12So I will live among you and be your God, and you will be my people. 13I am the Lord your God. I brought you out of Egypt so that you are no longer slaves of the Egyptians. I have broken their power over you and made you live as a free people.
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 25:8“Then have them make a holy place for me, and I will live among them.
- Exodus 29:45“Then I will live among the Israelites and be their God.
- Joshua 22:19If your land is unclean, come over here to the Lord’s land. The Lord’s tent is standing here. Take some property for yourselves among us. Don’t rebel against the Lord or against us by building an altar for yourselves in addition to the altar of the Lord our God.
- 1 Kings 8:13I certainly have built you a high temple, a home for you to live in permanently.”
- Psalms 76:2His tent is in Salem. His home is in Zion.
- Psalms 78:68but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
- Psalms 132:13The Lord has chosen Zion. He wants it for his home.
- Ezekiel 37:26I will promise them peace. This promise will last forever. I will establish them, make them increase in number, and put my holy place among them permanently.
- Ephesians 2:22Through him you, also, are being built in the Spirit together with others into a place where God lives.
- Revelation 21:3I heard a loud voice from the throne say, “God lives with humans! God will make his home with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them and be their God.
- Leviticus 20:23Never follow the practices of the people I am forcing out of your way. I cannot stand them because they did all these things.
- Deuteronomy 32:19The Lord saw this and rejected them, because his own sons and daughters had made him angry.
- Psalms 78:59When God heard, he became furious. He completely rejected Israel.
- Psalms 106:40The Lord burned with anger against his own people. He was disgusted with those who belonged to him.
- Jeremiah 14:21For the sake of your name, don’t despise us. Don’t dishonor your glorious throne. Remember your promise to us; don’t break it.
- Lamentations 2:7The Lord rejected his altar and disowned his holy place. He handed the walls of Zion’s palaces over to its enemies. The enemies made noise in the Lord’s temple as though it were a festival 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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