“ And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people. ”
As “the book of the covenant” Exodus 20:22-23 concludes with promises and warnings Exodus 23:20-33 , so does this collection of laws contained in the Book of Leviticus. But the former passage re...
The blessings of obedience: fertility, freedom from wild beasts, victory over enemies, and the presence of Yahweh Himself in the midst. For the first reward, cf. Amos 9:13 ; for the thought in gen...
walk. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia, App-6. or, literally, as in Eden. See Genesis 3:8 . App-4. Quoted 2 Corinthians 6:16 .
And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Concluding Exhortations Similar exhortations are found at the conelusion of other codes of laws, as in Exodus 23:20 ,; and frequently in Deuteronomy, e.g. in Leviticus 28. The leading ideas and p...
And I will walk among you. — This promise is quoted by St. Paul ( 2 Corinthians 6:16 ).
THE PROMISES AND THREATS OF THE COVENANT Leviticus 26:1-46 ONE would have expected that this chapter would have been the last in the book of Leviticus, for it forms a natural and fitting close...
Results of Obedience and Disobedience Leviticus 26:1-20 There is a vast contrast between the ideal life of the first thirteen verses of this chapter and the remainder; just the distinction whic...
In these brief repetitions of laws two gracious promises and solemn warnings were set forth. The laws reiterated were fundamental. There must be no idolatry. There must be perpetual observance of the...
Seventhly, as by the grace of the LORD JESUS, his people are secured in all the privileges of redemption; so on the covenant relationship into which they are brought with GOD their FATHER through him...
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 communio...
And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people. Ver. 12. And I will walk. ] See Trapp on " 2Co 6:16 "
I will set my tabernacle among you To crown all their blessings, God promises that his special presence, whereof the tabernacle was a symbol, should abide with them. I will walk among you As I ha...
This chapter is more or less a summary of the moral lessons of the book of Leviticus, a chapter that presses home the seriousness of having to do with a God of absolute holiness and truth. It is divi...
Promises. B. C. 1490. 1 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a...
I will walk among you, as I have hitherto done, both by my pillar of cloud and fire, and by my tabernacle, which have walked or gone along with you in all your journeys, and stayed among you in all...
The Blessings ( Leviticus 26:3-13 ). Here follow all the blessings that would be theirs if only they would walk in His statutes and keep His commandments in their hearts and do them. Leviticus...
Religion as determining a Nation’s Destiny SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 26:1-13 .—If ye walk in My statutes, etc. The Lord engaged to enrich them as a nation with temporal blessings and religio...
Leviticus 26:1 . Neither set up any image of stone, any large sightly stone. The druids were apt to bring or roll large stones from afar, as at Stone-henge, at Shap in Westmoreland; at Stanton Dre...
If ye walk in My statutes, and keep My commandments, and do them. The advantages of religion in a nation’s life I. Wherein a nation’s religious life consists. The recognised presence of God in...
PART V. CONCLUDING EXHORTATION . EXPOSITION THE first two verses of this chapter contain a prohibition of idolatry, and a command to observe the sabbath and to reverence God's sanctuary;...
Blessings Promised to the Obedient
2 Corinthians 6:16 ; Deuteronomy 23:14 ; Exodus 19:5 ; Exodus 19:6 ; Exodus 3:6 ; Exodus 6:7 ; Ezekiel 11:20 ; Ezekiel 36:38 ; Genesis 17:7 ; Genesis 3:8 ; Genesis 5:22 ; Genesis 5:24 ;...
I will walk among you — As I have hitherto done, both by my pillar of cloud and fire, and by my tabernacle, which have walked or gone along with you in all your journeys, and staid among you in all...