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Leviticus 26:12

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

KJV

Ambulabo inter vos, et ero Deus vester, vosque eritis populus meus.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐνπεριπατήσω ἐν ὑμῖν καὶ ἔσομαι ὑμῖν θεός, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔσεσθέ μου λαός.

LXX

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

ASV

וְ/הִתְהַלַּכְתִּי֙ בְּ/ת֣וֹכְ/כֶ֔ם וְ/הָיִ֥יתִי לָ/כֶ֖ם לֵֽ/אלֹהִ֑ים וְ/אַתֶּ֖ם תִּהְיוּ לִ֥/י לְ/עָֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
ת֣וֹךְ
tvk
noun · 416×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

  • 2Cor 6:16 · paraphrase
    "And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people."
    Leviticus: I will walk among you and be your God — Paul on the temple

Themes

Prophecy

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2550On this way of perfection, the Spirit and the Bride call whoever hears them344 to perfect communion with God: There will true glory be, where no one will be praised by mistake or flattery; true honor will not be refused to the worthy, nor granted to the unworthy; likewise, no one unworthy will pretend to be worthy, where only those who are worthy will be admitted. There true pe…
Chapter 30.—Of the Eternal Felicity of the City of God, and of the Perpetual Sabbath. How great shall be that felicity, which shall be tainted with no evil, which shall lack no good, and which shall afford leisure for the praises of God, who shall be all in all! For I know not what other employment there can be where no lassitude shall slacken activity, nor any want stimulate t…

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 6:16 — And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my p
  • 2Cor 6:16 — And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my p
  • Deut 23:14 — For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away
  • Deut 23:14 — For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away
  • Exod 3:6 — Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
  • Exod 6:7 — And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
  • Exod 19:5 — Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
  • Exod 29:45 — And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
  • Ezek 11:20 — That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
  • Ezek 36:38 — As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
  • Gen 3:8 — And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
  • Gen 5:22 — And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
  • Gen 17:7 — And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
  • Gen 17:7 — And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
  • Gen 17:8 — And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
  • Heb 11:16 — But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
  • Isa 12:2 — Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
  • Isa 41:10 — Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
  • Jer 7:23 — But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
  • Jer 11:4 — Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall
  • Jer 11:4 — Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall
  • Jer 30:22 — And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
  • Jer 31:33 — But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God
  • Jer 32:38 — And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
  • Joel 2:27 — And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
  • Ps 50:7 — Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
  • Rev 21:7 — He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
  • Zech 2:10 — Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.
  • Zech 8:8 — And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.
  • Zech 13:9 — And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my
  • Zech 13:9 — And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my