Ezekiel 37:27

“And my dwelling will be over them; and I will be their Elohim, and they will be my people.”

Ezekiel 37:27 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Quotation · 2 Corinthians 6:16

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The second part of the quotation (“I will be their God, and they will be my people”) is also in Ezekiel 37:27.

Formula: καθὼς εἶπεν ὁ θεὸς ὅτι “just as God said” (2 Corinthians 6:16)

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Greek of the New Testament: τίς δὲ συγκατάθεσις ναῷ θεοῦ μετὰ εἰδώλων ἡμεῖς γὰρ ναὸς θεοῦ ἐσμεν ζῶντος καθὼς εἶπεν ὁ θεὸς ὅτι Ἐνοικήσω ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐμπεριπατήσω καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτῶν θεός καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔσονταί μου λαός

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וְהָיָה מִשְׁכָּנִי עֲלֵיהֶם וְהָיִיתִי לָהֶם לֵאלֹהִים וְהֵמָּה יִהְיוּ לִי לְעָם

Septuagint (Ezekiel 37:27 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ ἔσται ἡ κατασκήνωσίς μου ἐν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτοῖς θεός, καὶ αὐτοί μου ἔσονται λαός.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 3 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Ezekiel 37:27, word by word

And my dwellingמִשְׁכָּנִmishkani

dwelling

The holy tent where YHWH lived among Israel.

Where else “mishkani” appears
will beהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “haya” appears
Elohimאלֹהִיםlohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “lohim” appears
my peopleעָםam

Ammi

Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".

Where else “am” appears

Translation note

See Revelation 21:3.

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Quotation · 2 Corinthians 6:16

The second part of the quotation (“I will be their God, and they will be my people”) is also in Ezekiel 37:27.

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Ezekiel 37:27

27And my dwelling will be over them; and I will be their Elohim, and they will be my people.

2 Corinthians 6:16

16And what agreement has the sanctuary of God with idols? For we are the sanctuary of the living God; just as God said, “I will dwell among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.”

The context

26And I will make with them a covenant of peace; an eternal covenant it will be with them. And I will place them, and I will multiply them, and I will set my sanctuary in their midst forever.

27 · This verse (above)

28And the nations will know that I, YHWH, sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary is in their midst forever.’”

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