Leviticus 26:11 (DRB)

Passage

I will set my tabernacle in the midst of you: and my soul shall not cast you off.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 26:9 I will look on you, and make you increase: you shall be multiplied, and I will establish my covenant with you.

Leviticus 26:10 You shall eat the oldest of the old store: and, new coming on, you shall cast away the old.

Leviticus 26:11 I will set my tabernacle in the midst of you: and my soul shall not cast you off.

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

Leviticus 26:13 I am the Lord your God: who have brought you out of the land of the Egyptians, that you should not serve them: and who have broken the chains of your necks, that you might go upright.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "You shall eat the oldest of the..." into verse 12's "I will walk among you and will...", so "tabernacle" and "midst" 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 "tabernacle" and "midst" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.