Leviticus 26:12

“And I will walk among you, etc.] As they journeyed from place to place, he walked among them, in the tabernacle built for him, (see <100706>2 Samuel 7:6); it may be expressive of the familiarity and communion which the Lord grants to his people, in and through Christ: and will be your God; to provide for them, and supply them with all the blessings of his goodness, both in providence and grace; and to protect and defend them against all their enemies, temporal and spiritual: and ye shall be my people; appear to be a special and peculiar people of his, chosen, redeemed, and sanctified by him, and to whom he bore a special love, and took special care of; (see <470616>2 Corinthians 6:16); the…”

“As “the book of the covenant” Exodus 20:22-33 concludes with promises and warnings Exodus 23:20-33, so does this collection of laws contained in the Book of Leviticus. But the former passage relates to the conquest of the land of promise, this one to the subsequent history of the nation. The longer similar passage in Deuteronomy Deut. 27–30 is marked by broader and deeper promises and denunciations having immediate reference not only to outward consequences, but to the spiritual death incurred by transgressing the divine will. Leviticus 26:4 Rain in due season - The periodical rains, on which the fertility of the holy land so much depends, are here spoken of. There are two wet seasons,…”

“I will walk among you - As I have hitherto done, both by my pillar of cloud and fire, and by my tabernacle, which have walked or gone along with you in all your journeys, and staid among you in all your stations, to protect, conduct, instruct, and comfort you. And I will own you for that peculiar people which I have singled out of mankind, to bless you here and to save you hereafter. Leviticus 26:13”

“26:12 your God . . . my people: The covenant bound the parties to one another, making each belong to the other.”

“I will: Gen 3:8, Gen 5:22, Gen 5:24, Gen 6:9; Deu 23:14; Co2 6:16; Rev 2:1 will be: Gen 17:7; Exo 3:6, Exo 6:7, Exo 19:5, Exo 19:6; Psa 50:7, Psa 68:18-20; Isa 12:2, Isa 41:10; Jer 7:23, Jer 11:4, Jer 30:22, Jer 31:33, Jer 32:38; Eze 11:20, Eze 36:38; Joe 2:27; Zac 13:9; Mat 22:32; Heb 11:16; Rev 21:7 Leviticus 26:13”

“God's walking in the midst of Israel does not refer to His accompanying and leading the people on their journeyings, but denotes the walking of God in the midst of His people in Canaan itself, whereby He would continually manifest Himself to the nation as its God and make them a people of possession, bringing them into closer and closer fellowship with Himself, and giving them all the saving blessings of His covenant of grace. Leviticus 26:13”