8And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)We may suppose that when Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and abode there so long, where the holy angels attended the shechinah , or divine Majesty, he saw and heard very glorious things relating to the upper world, but they were things which it was not lawful nor possible to utter; and therefore, in the records he kept of the transactions there, he says nothing to satisfy the curiosity of…
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