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You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
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Commentators emphasize that the greatest promise here is not just the land, but the restored relationship: "ye shall be my people, and I will be your God." Scholars like John Gill call this the "sum and substance of the covenant of grace," while Charles Spurgeon describes it as a promise so profound its fullness can never be exhausted. This intimate relationship is the ultimate goal of God's redemptive work.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Ye shall be my people—(Compare to 2 Corinthians 6:16–18; Hebrews 8:10). The writers of the New Testament ap…
19th Century
Anglican
Ye shall dwell in the land.— The Israelites were not yet able to seek the spiritual, except as connected with the tempora…
Baptist
And cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And you shall dwell in the land which I gave to your fathers , &c.] Not only shall be brought into it, but shall inh…
Water is an emblem of the cleansing of our polluted souls from sin. But no water can do more than take away the filth of the flesh. Water seems in …