Leviticus 26:11

11 I will place my dwelling in your midst, and I shall not abhor you.

Leviticus 26:11 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 26:11

And I will set my tabernacle amongst you
Which God had directed them to make, and they had made, and also erected; but here he promises to fix and establish it among them, that so it might continue as a place for the public worship of him, and where he would take up his residence, and grant them his presence; so the Targum of Jonathan,

``I will put the Shechinah of my glory among you:''
and my soul shall not abhor you;
though in themselves, and because of their sins, loathsome and abominable; the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan are,
``my Word shall not abhor you;''
and the whole may have respect to Christ, the Word made flesh, and tabernacling among them; the tabernacle being a type and emblem of the human nature of Christ, in which the fulness of the Godhead dwells bodily, and is the true tabernacle which God pitched and not man, ( John 1:14 ) ( Colossians 1:9 ) ( Hebrews 8:2 ) .

Leviticus 26:11 In-Context

9 I will look with favor upon you and make you fruitful and multiply you; and I will maintain my covenant with you.
10 You shall eat old grain long stored, and you shall have to clear out the old to make way for the new.
11 I will place my dwelling in your midst, and I shall not abhor you.
12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you shall be my people.
13 I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be their slaves no more; I have broken the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.
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