John Gill Commentary Leviticus 26:12

John Gill Commentary

Leviticus 26:12

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

Leviticus 26:12

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people." — Leviticus 26:12 (ASV)

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 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, both in providence and grace; and to protect and defend them against all their enemies, temporal and spiritual:

and you shall be my people; appear to be a special and peculiar people of his, chosen, redeemed, and sanctified by him, and to whom he bore a special love, and took special care of; see (2 Corinthians 6:16);

the Targum of Jonathan of the whole is, ``I will make the glory of my Shechinah dwell among you, and my Word shall be unto you for God the Redeemer, and you shall be to my name for a people of Holy Ones.''