Leviticus 26:12 (ASV)

Passage

And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 26:10 And ye shall eat old store long kept, and ye shall bring forth the old because of the new.

Leviticus 26:11 And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.

Leviticus 26:12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.

Leviticus 26:13 I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you go upright.

Leviticus 26:14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "walk", "shall", and "people". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "walk" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "And I will set my tabernacle among..." into verse 13's "I am Jehovah your God who brought...", so "walk" and "shall" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "walk" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.