Leviticus 26 · Verse 11

Leviticus 26:11

And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
Leviticus 26:11, King James Version

Leviticus 26:11 in other translations

BSBAnd I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.
WEBI will set my tent among you, and my soul won’t abhor you.
ASVAnd I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
YLT‘And I have given My tabernacle in your midst, and My soul doth not loathe you;
DARBYAnd I will set my habitation among you; and my soul shall not abhor you;
BBEAnd I will put my holy House among you, and my soul will not be turned away from you in disgust.
WebsterAnd I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.

What does Leviticus 26:11 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 I 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, 2Cor 6:16-18 and 2Cor 7:1

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 26:1-13

This chapter contains a general enforcement of all the laws given by Moses; by promises of reward in case of obedience, on the one hand; and threatenings of punishment for disobedience, on the other. While Israel maintained a national regard to God's worship, sabbaths, and sanctuary, and did not turn aside to idolatry, the Lord engaged to continue to them temporal mercies and religious advantages. These great and…

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Leviticus 26:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְנָתַתִּ֥יve.na.ta.Tiand I will putH5414
מִשְׁכָּנִ֖יmish.ka.Nidwelling place myH4908
בְּתוֹכְכֶ֑םbe.tokh.Khemin midst of youH8432
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
תִגְעַ֥לtig.'Alit will abhorH1602
נַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.Shiself myH5315
אֶתְכֶֽם\׃'et.Khem<obj.> youH853

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Leviticus 26:11

  • Exodus 25:8

    And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.

  • Revelation 21:3

    And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

  • Psalms 132:13-14

    For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

  • Exodus 29:45

    And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.

  • Ephesians 2:22

    In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

  • Psalms 76:2

    In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.

  • Psalms 106:40

    Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.

  • Leviticus 20:23

    And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

  • Ezekiel 37:26-28

    Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And the heathen shall know that I the Lord do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

  • Joshua 22:19

    Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the Lord, wherein the Lord’s tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the Lord, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the Lord our God.

  • 1 Kings 8:13

    I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.

  • 1 Kings 8:27

    But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will.
Ex 25:8; 29:45; Jos 22:19; 1Ki 8:13,27; Ps 76:2; 78:68,69
Ps 132:13,14; Eze 37:26-28; Eph 2:22; Re 21:3
abhor.
20:23; De 32:19; Ps 78:59; 106:40; Jer 14:21; La 2:7; Zec 11:8

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Context

  • Leviticus 26:10

    And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

  • Leviticus 26:11

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

  • Leviticus 26:12

    And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.

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Leviticus 26:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y pondré mi morada en medio de vosotros, y mi alma no os abominará:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et je mettrai mon tabernacle au milieu de vous, et mon âme ne vous aura pas en horreur;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ich werde meine Wohnung in eure Mitte setzen, und meine Seele wird euch nicht verabscheuen;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ponam tabernaculum meum in medio vestri, et non abjiciet vos anima mea.