Leviticus 26:11
in Leviticus 26And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
KJV
And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
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This verse in Leviticus 26
Commentary
5 notes on this verseI 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 Joh 1:14 the Word was made flesh, και εσκηνωσεν εν ἡμιν, and Made His Tabernacle among us. And to this promise of the law St. Paul evidently refers, 2Co 6:16-18 and 2Co 7:1
This 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.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
), as there is in that threatening, My soul shall have no pleasure in him, Heb. x. Though there was that among them which might justly have alienated him from them, yet, if they would closely adhere to his institutions, he would not abhor them.
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And I will set my tabernacle amongst you,....
It was their honour and advantage that God's tabernacle was lately erected among them; but here he lets them know that the continuance and establishment of it depended upon their good behaviour. The tabernacle that was now set should be settled if they would be obedient, else not.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
“This means the Sanctuary [at Jerusalem].” AND MY SOUL SHALL NOT ‘THIG’AL’ (ABHOR) YOU. “This means that My spirit shall not reject you.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
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.
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
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנָתַתִּ֥י | venatati | and I will put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| מִשְׁכָּנִ֖י | mishkani | dwelling place my | H4908 → | 139 times |
| בְּתוֹכְכֶ֑ם | betokhem | in midst of you | H8432 → | 418 times |
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תִגְעַ֥ל | tigal | it will abhor | H1602 → | 10 times |
| נַפְשִׁ֖י | nafshi | self my | H5315 → | 754 times |
| אֶתְכֶֽם׃ | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
וְנָתַתִּ֥יand I will put
venatatiH5414 →2011 times
מִשְׁכָּנִ֖יdwelling place my
mishkaniH4908 →139 times
בְּתוֹכְכֶ֑םin midst of you
betokhemH8432 →418 times
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
תִגְעַ֥לit will abhor
tigalH1602 →10 times
נַפְשִׁ֖יself my
nafshiH5315 →754 times
אֶתְכֶֽם׃<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 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
Revelation 21:3And 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…
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 6:16
What 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…
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 37:27
My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- John 14:23
Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
- Leviticus 26:11–12
And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.
- Zechariah 8:8
I will bring them back to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.”
- 2 Corinthians 6:16
Through
Exodus 25:8And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.
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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 21:3
Through
Ephesians 2:22And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.
it leads to
- 1 Peter 2:4–5
As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
- 1 Corinthians 3:16
Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
- 1 Peter 2:4–5
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Andrew Bonar, A Commentary on Leviticus; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.