Leviticus 26:9

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Summary

Leviticus 26:9

For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

For i

Hebrews 8:9

Make you

Psalm 107:38

Establish

General references

Genesis 1:22

Deuteronomy 28:4

Bible References

For i

God saw the Israelites being oppressed and was concerned about them.

But Jehovah was kind to them and had pity on them, caring for them, because of his agreement with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He would not put them to destruction or send them away from his presence until now.

I answered them: The God of heaven will be our help; so we, his servants, will go on with our building. But you have no part or right or any name in Jerusalem.

I made a covenant with my chosen; I swore to David my servant:

Even though Jehovah is high above, he sees humble people close up, and he recognizes arrogant people from a distance.

Call to me and I will answer you. I will tell you grand and impressive things, things you do not know.'

It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand and led them out of Egypt. They were not faithful to the covenant I made with them, and so I paid no attention to them.

Make you

I will make you very fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.

I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky. I will give your descendants all of this land. They will be a blessing to every nation on earth.

Almighty God will bless your marriage and give you many children. You will become the father of many nations!

The children of Israel had many children. They became so numerous and strong that the land was filled with them.

Jehovah will bless you with many children, with abundant crops, and with many cattle and sheep.

You made their children as great in number as the stars of heaven. You took them into the land, of which you had said to their fathers that they were to go in and take it for themselves.

He blesses them, and their numbers multiply, and he does not allow a shortage of cattle.

Establish

But I will establish my covenant with you. You will enter the ark, you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.

I will establish my covenant as a long lasting covenant between us. It will be for your descendants after you, for the generations to come. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

I also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as foreigners.

Give ear and come to me; listen to me, that you may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.

I will renew my covenant with you, and you will know that I am Jehovah.

He shows mercy towards our fathers and remembers his holy covenant.

General references

God blessed them and said: Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.

Jehovah will bless you with many children, with abundant crops, and with many cattle and sheep.