I will make my dwelling among you, and my soul shall not abhor you.
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.
Here is, I. The inculcating of those precepts of the law which were of the greatest consequence, and by which were of the greatest consequence, and by which especially their obedience would be tried, Lev 26:1, Lev 26:2. They are the abstract of the second and fourth commandments, which, as they are by much the largest in the decalogue, so they are most frequently insisted...
Commenting on Leviticus 26:1-13
And I will walk among you,.... As they journeyed from place to place, he walked among them, in the tabernacle built for him, see Sa2 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...