King James Version
Leviticus 26:12 in the King James Version says “And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 26 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.”
Leviticus 26:12 · KJV
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.
But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And I will walk”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“and ye shall be”
H1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“your 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
“and ye shall be”
H1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“my people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
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