Leviticus 26:11 (WEB)

Passage

I will set my tent among you, and my soul won’t abhor you.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 26:9 “‘I will have respect for you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.

Leviticus 26:10 You shall eat old store long kept, and you shall move out the old because of the new.

Leviticus 26:11 I will set my tent among you, and my soul won’t abhor you.

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

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

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "You shall eat old store long kept..." into verse 12's "I will walk among you and will...", so "tent" and "soul" 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 "tent" and "soul" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.