Leviticus 26:11

Translations

Modern

And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.

Traditional

And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.

Literal

And I will set My tabernacle in your midst, and My soul shall not abhor you.

Latin

Ponam tabernaculum meum in medio vestri, et non abjiciet vos anima mea.

Original

Hebrew

English

And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.

Notes

Leviticus 26:3–39

These 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 called upon gods as witnesses and enforcers. Yet, in God's covenant with Israel, God was one of the treaty parties, with Israel as the other. Since God could not swear by anyone greater, he swore by himself (see Hebrews 6:13; Genesis 22:16).

Theme notes and profiles

Ancient Law Codes Blessing Counsel from Others Curses and Blessings God’s Covenants Promised Land The Land True Success

Related verses

Exodus 25:8
And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.
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 be with them as their God.
Exodus 29:45
Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.
Psalm 132:13–14
For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
Ephesians 2:22
And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.
Psalm 106:40
So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
Psalm 76:2
His tent is in Salem, His dwelling place in Zion.
Joshua 22:19
If indeed the land of your inheritance is unclean, then cross over to the land of the LORD’s possession, where the LORD’s tabernacle stands, and take possession of it among us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the LORD our God.
Ezekiel 37:26–28
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.
Leviticus 20:23
You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.
1 Kings 8:27
But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
1 Kings 8:13
I have indeed built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”

Glossary

Biblical Concept of Law Branch Curse, Cursed Deuteronomy, Book of Earth History of Israel Inheritance Leviticus, Book of People of God Ransom Remnant Reward Second Letter to the Corinthians

Topics

Blessing: Contingent Upon Obedience Church of Israel: Had: The Divine Presence Manifested in It Church: Tabernacle Contingencies in Divine Government of Man God: Grace of Obedience: Enjoined Reward: A Motive to Faithfulness The Theocracy: or Immediate Government by God: The Tabernacle Designed As a Royal Residence for God During

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