King James Version
Leviticus 26:11 in the King James Version says “And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 26 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.”
Leviticus 26:11 · KJV
For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.
And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And I will set”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“my tabernacle”
H4908a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the temple); specifically, the tabernacle (properly, its w
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“you and my soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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