Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:9
For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
9. will establish ] rather, will carry out. The Heb. expression means, to fulfil the promises of an older covenant. Cp. Gen 26:3, ‘I will establish [to Isaac] the oath which I sware unto Abraham’; Deu 9:5, to ‘establish the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers.’ So Jer 34:18 of the inhabitants of Jerusalem who did not carry out the words of the covenant which they had made.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
i.e. Actually perform all that I have promised you in my covenant made with you,
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
For I will have respect unto you,…. Look at them with delight and pleasure, and with a careful eye on them, watch over them to do them good, and protect them from all evil; or turn himself to them from all others, having a particular regard for them and special care of them:
and make you fruitful and multiply you; increase their number, as he did in Egypt, even amidst all their afflictions; and much more might they expect this blessing in the land of Canaan, when settled there, which is the original blessing of mankind, see Ge 1:28;
and establish my covenant with you; not the new covenant spoken of in
Jer 31:31; as Jarchi and other Jewish writers l suggest; for that was not to take place but in future time, under the Gospel dispensation; but rather the covenant made with them at Sinai, though perhaps it chiefly respects the covenant made with their ancestors concerning multiplication of their seed as the stars of heaven and the sand of the sea, Ge 15:5, since it follows upon the promise of an increase of them.
l Torat Cohenim, apud Yalkut, par. 1. fol. 196. 3.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Moreover the Lord would bestow His covenant blessing upon them without intermission. signifies a sympathizing and gracious regard (Psa 25:16; Psa 69:17). The multiplication and fruitfulness of the nation were a constant fulfilment of the covenant promise (Gen 17:4-6) and an establishment of the covenant (Gen 17:7); not merely the preservation of it, but the continual realization of the covenant grace, by which the covenant itself was carried on further and further towards its completion. This was the real purpose of the blessing, to which all earthly good, as the pledge of the constant abode of God in the midst of His people, simply served as the foundation.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
9. For I will have respect unto you (211) God is said to “turn Himself” to the people, whom He undertakes to cherish and preserve; just as also when He forsakes those who have alienated themselves from Him, He is said to be turned away from them. Hence the common exhortation in the Prophets, “Be ye turned to me, and I will be turned to you;” whereby God reminds us that He has not promised in vain what we here read. Therefore the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, to confirm His covenant towards them by watching for their safety. Hence, too, we are also taught, that when we depart from God, His covenant is made void by our own fault; wherewith Jeremiah reproaches the Israelites. (Jer 31:32.) In order, therefore, that God’s covenant should remain firm and effectual, it is not only necessary that the Law should be engraven on our hearts, but also that He should add another grace, and not remember our iniquities. When He says, “Ye shall eat old store,” He again magnifies their abundance; for, whereas scarcity compels us to make immediate use of the new fruits, so it is a great sign of abundance to bring forth old wheat from the granary, and old wine from the cellar. The continuance of His bounty is represented in the end of the verse, where He says that there shall be no place for the new fruits, unless they empty their store-houses; because (212) it might happen that, after a year of scarcity, all their storehouses should be empty, and there would be no new corn to succeed in place of the old.
(211) Literally, “I will turn myself to you.”
(212) This last sentence omitted in Fr.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(9) For I will have respect unto you.Better, And I will turn unto you, as it is rendered in the Authorised Version in Eze. 46:9, the only other passage where this phrase occurs; that is, be merciful to them and bless them. (Comp. 2Ki. 13:23; Psa. 25:16; Psa. 69:17, &c.)
And multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.That is, by multiplying them as the stars of heaven and the sand of the sea, God fulfil the covenant which He made with their fathers (Gen. 12:2; Gen. 13:16; Gen. 15:5; Gen. 22:17; Exo. 23:26).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
9. I will have respect I will favourably regard you.
Multiply Rapid increase in population, especially with Oriental nations, is a manifest proof of the divine favour. Virtue promotes health and wealth. These conduce to a multiplication of the people, so long as luxury and its attendant vices are avoided. It is a sign of national decay when marriages and births relatively diminish.
Establish my covenant Confirm the covenant already made with Abraham.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Fourthly, the blessings of increase. See here again, in a gospel sense, that promise. Col 2:19 . Fifthly, and which is the fountain of all blessings the LORD’S favor. David’s prayer is to this effect. Psa 106:4 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Lev 26:9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
Ver. 9. And establish my covenant with you. ] This is more than all the rest. So Gen 17:20-21 , “I have blessed Ishmael; twelve princes shall he beget, but my covenant will I establish with Isaac.”
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
have respect = turn unto you, as rendered in Eze 46:9; the only other place where this form occurs.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
for I: Exo 2:25, 2Ki 13:23, Neh 2:20, Psa 89:3, Psa 138:6, Psa 138:7, Jer 33:3, Heb 8:9
make you: Gen 17:6, Gen 17:7, Gen 17:20, Gen 26:4, Gen 28:3, Gen 28:14, Exo 1:7, Deu 28:4, Deu 28:11, Neh 9:23, Psa 107:38
establish: Gen 6:18, Gen 17:7, Exo 6:4, Isa 55:3, Eze 16:62, Luk 1:72
Reciprocal: Gen 1:22 – General Gen 1:28 – General Deu 7:14 – male or Deu 30:9 – make thee Job 5:25 – thy seed
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
26:9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and {c} establish my covenant with you.
(c) Perform that which I have promised.