1 Chronicles 17:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I didn't live in a temple when I brought my people out of Egypt, and I don't live in one now. A tent has always been my home wherever I have gone with them.

Cross References

2 Samuel 6:17

They put the chest inside a tent that David had set up for it. David worshipped the LORD by sacrificing animals and burning them on an altar,

2 Samuel 7:6

I didn't live in a temple when I brought my people out of Egypt, and I don't live in one now. A tent has always been my home wherever I have gone with them.

1 Kings 8:27

There's not enough room in all of heaven for you, LORD God. How could you possibly live on earth in this temple I have built?

2 Chronicles 2:6

No one can ever build a temple large enough for God—even the heavens are too small a place for him to live in! All I can do is build a place where we can offer sacrifices to him.

2 Chronicles 6:18

There's not enough room in all of heaven for you, LORD God. How could you possibly live on earth in this temple I have built?