And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
- BSB Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.
- NKJV I will dwell among the children of Israel and will be their God.
- NASB And I will dwell among the sons of Israel and will be their God.
- NLT Then I will live among the people of Israel and be their God,
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Quick answer
God promises to dwell among the Israelites and be their God. The heart of the covenant is God's gracious presence with His people.
Overview
This is the climactic purpose of the tabernacle: that the holy God would live in the midst of His redeemed people. The covenant formula 'I will be their God' captures the intimacy God intends with Israel. This dwelling theme runs through Scripture to its fulfillment in Christ, who tabernacled among us, and to the new creation where God dwells with His people forever (John 1:14; Revelation 21:3).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Lev 26:12And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
- Exod 25:8And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
- 2 Cor 6:16And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
- Zech 2:10Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.
- Rev 21:3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
- John 14:17Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
- Exod 15:17Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O LORD, which thy hands have established.
- John 14:23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
- Ps 68:18Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
- Eph 2:22In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
- John 14:20At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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