Bible Strands
Leviticus 26:9
I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses the Israelites in Leviticus 26, speaking immediately after promising military victory and immediately before promising agricultural abundance.
The words — פָּנָה (panah) means "to turn toward," and הִפְרֵיתִי (hipreiti) means "I will make fruitful," both describing God's active orientation toward the people and their subsequent multiplication.
The thread — The motif of divine multiplication and covenant establishment recurs in Genesis 17:6, Nehemiah 9:23, and Psalm 107:38.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to recognize that covenant faithfulness precedes divine blessing and that God's promises of fruitfulness are grounded in His deliberate, active commitment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
Cross-references
- Genesis 17:6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
- Nehemiah 9:23 You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess.
- Psalms 107:38 He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.
- Ezekiel 16:62 So I will establish My covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD,
- Isaiah 55:3 Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
- Genesis 28:3 May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
- Psalms 138:6 Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
- Exodus 2:25 God saw the Israelites and took notice.
- Deuteronomy 28:11 The LORD will make you prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.
- Jeremiah 33:3 Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.