Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:11
And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
Verse 11. I will set my tabernacle among you] This and the following verse contain the grand promise of the Gospel dispensation, viz. the presence, manifestation, and indwelling of God in human nature, and his constant in dwelling in the souls of his followers. So Joh 1:14 the WORD was made flesh, , and MADE HIS TABERNACLE among us. And to this promise of the law St. Paul evidently refers, 2Co 6:16-18 and 2Co 7:1
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
As I have placed it, so I will continue it among you, and not remove it from you, as once I did upon your miscarriage, Exo 33:7.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
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, Joh 1:14.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
“I will make My dwelling among you, and My soul will not despise you.” , applied to the dwelling of God among His people in the sanctuary, involves the idea of satisfied repose.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
11. And I will set my tabernacle among you. He alludes, indeed, to the visible sanctuary in which He was worshipped; still He would shew them that it should be effectually manifested, that He had not chosen His home amongst them in vain, inasmuch as He would exert His power by sure proofs to aid and preserve them. In a word, He signifies that the sanctuary would not be an empty sign of His presence, but that the reality should correspond with the sign; and this He further confirms in the next verse, where He says that He would “walk among” them. For as yet they had not arrived at their place of rest, and therefore had need of Him as their Leader, in order that their journey might be prosperous. Although He does not say in express terms that they should be spiritually blessed, still there is no doubt but that He lifts their thoughts above the world when He promises that He would be their God; for this expression, “I will be your God,” contains, as Christ interprets it, the hope of eternal immortality; because He is the fountain of life, and “not the God of the dead.” (Mat 22:32.) The true and solid felicity, then, is now promised, which was typically represented. For this reason David, although he greatly magnifies the earthly blessings of God, yet, by the conclusion which he adds, demonstrates that he did not stop short with them;
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God’s mercy (he says) shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord, to length of days.” (213) (Psa 23:6.)
And elsewhere, when he had said that they are happy, to whom God abundantly supplies all things (needful, (214)) presently adds, as if in explanation,
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Happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.” (Psa 144:15.)
Finally, He recalls to their recollection that He had been their Deliverer, that they may assuredly gather from what was past, that the flow of His grace would be continuous, if only they themselves do run the course unto which He had called them.
(213) See Margin A. V.
(214) Added from Fr.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(11) And I will set my tabernacle among you.Better, And I will set my dwelling-place among you. (See Lev. 15:31.) Not only will God bless them with these material blessings, but will permanently abide with them in the sanctuary erected in their midst.
My soul shall not abhor you.That is, God has no aversion to them; does not regard it below His dignity to sojourn amongst them, and to show them His favour.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
11. My tabernacle among you The highest possible honour and the richest source of blessings are found in the manifested and abiding presence of the gracious Jehovah in the midst of Israel, guiding their journeyings, forgiving their sins, and shielding them from their enemies by his outflashing glory. Exo 14:24. But still greater blessings are here prefigured for the obedient in these latter days which have seen God tabernacling in the humanity of Jesus Christ, (Joh 1:14, note,) “in whom,” says Paul, “ye also are builded together for a habitation of God through the Spirit.” Eph 2:22. Christian privilege in this life culminates in the fulfilment of this wonderful promise of Christ, “we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.” Joh 14:23. Greater only in external manifestations of glory will be the bliss of the saints in the new Jerusalem, when a great voice from heaven will say, “Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them.”
Rev 21:3.
Abhor Thrust you away.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Sixthly, JESUS tabernacling in our nature is the ground and assurance of all. Rev 21:3 . Compared with Amo 9:11 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Lev 26:11 And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
Ver. 11. I will set my tabernacle. ] The philosopher could comfort himself, that though he had little else to trust to, yet Y , Here are the gods with me, meaning his household gods. And he in Plutarch said of the Scythians, That though they had no music, nor vines amongst them, yet they had gods. How much more may the saints glory in God’s presence! Habent omnia qui habent habentem omnia. a
a August.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
tabernacle = habitation. Hebrew. mishkan. App-40.
My soul = Myself, or I. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
I will: Exo 25:8, Exo 29:45, Jos 22:19, 1Ki 8:13, 1Ki 8:27, Psa 76:2, Psa 78:68, Psa 78:69, Psa 132:13, Psa 132:14, Eze 37:26-28, Eph 2:22, Rev 21:3
abhor: Lev 20:23, Deu 32:19, Psa 78:59, Psa 106:40, Jer 14:21, Lam 2:7, Zec 11:8
Reciprocal: Exo 40:18 – reared Lev 26:30 – my soul Lev 26:44 – abhor Num 5:3 – in the midst Jos 22:31 – the Lord is 2Sa 7:7 – walked 1Ki 6:13 – I will dwell 1Ch 17:6 – walked Jer 14:9 – art Joe 2:27 – I am Amo 6:8 – I abhor
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lev 26:11-13. 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 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 your stations, to protect, conduct, instruct, and comfort you. And I will own you for that peculiar people which I have singled out of mankind, to bless you here, and to save you hereafter. Made you go upright With heads lifted up, not pressed down with a yoke. It denotes their liberty, security, confidence, and glory.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
26:11 And I will set my {d} tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
(d) I will be daily present with you.