King James Version
Exodus 29:45 in the King James Version says “And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 29 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.”
Exodus 29:45 · KJV
And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. the tabernacle: or, Israel
And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office.
And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LORD their God.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And I will dwell”
H7931to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
“the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“and will be their God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
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