Leviticus 26:12
in Leviticus 26I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people.
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ASV
And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
KJV
And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
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This verse in Leviticus 26
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
I will make My dwelling place among you
on Leviticus 26:11-12
The tent stops being a place Israel visits and becomes a place God lives. Walking among them recalls the LORD God walking in the garden at Genesis 3:8.
This site's exposition
I will walk among you
Walk is a verb the chapter keeps returning to. God walks among His people here, and verse 13 has Him enable them to walk in uprightness. Adam Clarke read verses 11 and 12 as God dwelling with men, fulfilled at John 1:14 in the Son's coming in the flesh.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
God will be the source of every satisfaction, more than any heart can rightly crave, more than life and health, food and wealth, glory and honor, peace and every good—so that God, as St. Paul said, "may be all in all." He will be the consummation of all our desiring—the object of our unending vision, of our unlessening love, of our unwearying praise. And in this gift of vision, this response of love, this paean of praise, all alike will share, as all will share in everlasting life.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
I will keep up communion with you as a man walking with his friend." This seems to be alluded to, Rev. ii. 1 , where Christ is said to walk in the midst of the golden candlesticks. The grace of the covenant, as the fountain and foundation, the sweetness and security, of all these blessings: I will establish my covenant with you,
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): I will be your God, and you shall be my people; and they are all grounded upon their redemption: I am your God, because I brought you forth out of the land of Egypt,
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And I will walk among you,....
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
This means that My conduct with you will be well-known, as when a monarch walks in the midst of his army, supplying them with all their needs.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
“This means the Sanctuary [at Jerusalem].” AND MY SOUL SHALL NOT ‘THIG’AL’ (ABHOR) YOU. “This means that My spirit shall not reject you.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהִתְהַלַּכְתִּי֙ | vehithalakhti | and I will walk about | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| בְּת֣וֹכְכֶ֔ם | betokhem | in midst of you | H8432 → | 418 times |
| וְהָיִ֥יתִי | vehayiti | and I will become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָכֶ֖ם | lakhem | for <the> you | ||
| לֵֽאלֹהִ֑ים | lelohim | <into> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וְאַתֶּ֖ם | veatem | and you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| תִּהְיוּ־ | tihyu- | you will become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לִ֥י | li | for <the> me | ||
| לְעָֽם׃ | leam | <into> a people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
וְהִתְהַלַּכְתִּי֙and I will walk about
vehithalakhtiH1980 →1546 times
בְּת֣וֹכְכֶ֔םin midst of you
betokhemH8432 →418 times
וְהָיִ֥יתִיand I will become
vehayitiH1961 →3559 times
לָכֶ֖םfor <the> you
lakhem
לֵֽאלֹהִ֑ים<into> God
lelohimH430 →2601 times
וְאַתֶּ֖םand you
veatemH859 →1094 times
תִּהְיוּ־you will become
tihyu-H1961 →3559 times
לִ֥יfor <the> me
li
לְעָֽם׃<into> a people
leamH5971 →1873 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Corinthians 6:16What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and…
it leads to
- Revelation 21:3
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will…
- Exodus 29:45
Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.
- Hebrews 8:10
For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And…
- Jeremiah 32:38
They will be My people, and I will be their God.
- Ezekiel 37:26–27
And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever.
- Revelation 21:3
Through
Jeremiah 7:23but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that…
it leads to
- Exodus 15:26
saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then…
- Deuteronomy 5:33
You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
- Exodus 19:5–6
Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
- Exodus 15:26
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Andrew Bonar, A Commentary on Leviticus; Augustine of Hippo, City of God 22.30; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.