I did not live in a house at the time I took the Israelites out of Egypt. No, I traveled around in a tent. I used the tent for my home.
Exodus 40:18 - Easy To Read Version Moses set up the Holy Tent like the Lord had said. He put the bases down first. Then he put the frames on the bases. Then he put the braces on and set up the posts. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Moses set up the tabernacle, laid its sockets, set up its boards, put in its bars, and erected its pillars. American Standard Version (1901) And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up its pillars. Common English Bible Moses set up the dwelling. He laid out its bases. He set up its boards, inserted its bars, and raised up its posts. Catholic Public Domain Version And he placed the testimony in the ark, applying the bars beneath, and the oracle above. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he put the testimony in the ark, thrusting bars underneath, and the oracle above. |
I did not live in a house at the time I took the Israelites out of Egypt. No, I traveled around in a tent. I used the tent for my home.
So the Holy Tent [493] was set up at the right time. It was the first day of the first month during the second year {from the time they left Egypt}.
After that, Moses put the outer tent over the Holy Tent. Then he put the covering over the outer tent. He did these things like the Lord had commanded.
“On the first day of the first month, set up the Holy Tent, [481] that is, the Meeting Tent.
No person living there will say, “I am sick.” The people living there are people whose sins are forgiven.
Also, I will place my Holy Tent [443] among you. I will not turn away from you!
So I tell you, you are Peter. {\cf2\super [230]} And I will build my church on this rock. The power of death {\cf2\super [231]} will not be able to defeat my church.
The Word {\cf2\super [5]} became a man and lived among us. We saw his glory—the glory that belongs to the only Son of the Father. The Word was full of grace (kindness) and truth.
But when the right time came, God sent his Son. God’s Son was born from a woman. God’s Son lived under the law. {\cf2\super [48]}
Then, even if I cannot come soon, you will know about the things that people must do in the family {\cf2\super [13]} of God. That family is the church of the living God. And God’s church is the support and foundation of the truth.
God’s power protects you through your faith, and it keeps you safe until your salvation comes. That salvation is ready to be given to you at the end of time.
I heard a loud voice from the throne. The voice said, “Now God’s home is with people. He will live with them. They will be his people. God himself will be with them and will be their God.