Israel · God's dwelling among His people

Leviticus 26:3-13

Moses · ~1446 BC · Status: Fulfilled · Confidence: 65%
“If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.”
King James Version · the opening — all 11 verses are below
More of Leviticus 26 on this siteLeviticus 26:14-33 · Leviticus 26:33 · Leviticus 26:34-35 · Leviticus 26:36-39 · Leviticus 26:40-45

God's covenant promise to dwell and walk among His people as their God — a thread running to the incarnation and the new creation.

Read the whole passage — all 11 verses (KJV)

26:3If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

26:4Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

26:5And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

26:6And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

26:7And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

26:8And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

26:9For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

26:10And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

26:11And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.

26:12And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.

26:13I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.

Fulfillment References

2 Corinthians 6:16 John 1:14 Revelation 21:3 Ezekiel 37:27

How Traditions Read This Prophecy

Apostolic (Oneness) Pentecostal'I will walk among you, and will be your God' — fulfilled in Jesus, Immanuel (John 1:14), the one God dwelling with His people, consummated in Revelation 21:3.
JewishThe covenant blessing of God's dwelling presence (Shekhinah) among Israel — the heart of the covenant relationship.
CatholicFulfilled progressively in the Incarnation ('the Word dwelt among us') and consummately in the new creation (Rev. 21:3).
ProtestantThe dwelling promise runs from the tabernacle to Christ (John 1:14) to the Church (2 Cor. 6:16) to the new creation (Rev. 21:3).
OrthodoxGod dwelling with His people, fulfilled in the Incarnation and the life of the Church.
DispensationalThe dwelling promise realized in stages, consummated in the kingdom and new creation.
AcademicPart of the Holiness Code's covenant-blessing formula; the 'I will be their God' formula recurs across the canon, picked up in NT consummation texts.
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