Leviticus 26:12

12 I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people.

Leviticus 26:12 in Other Translations

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

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

12 I will walk among you; I will be your God, and you will be my people.

12 I'll stroll through your streets. I'll be your God; you'll be my people.

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

12 So I will live among you and be your God, and you will be my people.

12 I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people.

12 I will walk among you. I will be your God. And you will be my people.

Leviticus 26:12 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 26:12

And I will walk among you
As they journeyed from place to place, he walked among them, in the tabernacle built for him, see ( 2 Samuel 7:6 ) ; it may be expressive of the familiarity and communion which the Lord grants to his people, in and through Christ: and will be your God;
to provide for them, and supply them with all the blessings of his goodness, both in providence and grace; and to protect and defend them against all their enemies, temporal and spiritual: and ye shall be my people;
appear to be a special and peculiar people of his, chosen, redeemed, and sanctified by him, and to whom he bore a special love, and took special care of; see ( 2 Corinthians 6:16 ) ; the Targum of Jonathan of the whole is,

``I will make the glory of my Shechinah dwell among you, and my Word shall be unto you for God the Redeemer, and ye shall be to my name for a people of Holy Ones.''

Leviticus 26:12 In-Context

10 You will still be eating last year’s harvest when you will have to move it out to make room for the new.

11 I will put my dwelling place among you, and I will not abhor you.

12 I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people.

13 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians; I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk with heads held high.

14 “ ‘But if you will not listen to me and carry out all these commands,

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 3:8
• 2. S Genesis 17:7
• 3. Exodus 6:7; Jeremiah 7:23; Jeremiah 11:4; Jeremiah 24:7; Jeremiah 30:22; Jeremiah 31:1; Zechariah 13:9; 2 Corinthians 6:16*