Exodus 25:8
Context| NETBible | Let them make 1 for me a sanctuary, 2 so that I may live among them. |
| XREF | Ex 15:2; Ex 29:45; Ex 36:1-4; Le 4:6; Le 10:4; Le 21:12; 1Ki 6:13; Isa 12:6; Zec 2:10; Zec 8:3; 2Co 6:16; Heb 3:6; Heb 9:1,2; Re 21:3 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn The verb is a perfect with vav (ו) consecutive; it follows in the sequence initiated by the imperative in v. 2 and continues with the force of a command. 2 tn The word here is מִקְדּשׁ (miqdash), “a sanctuary” or “holy place”; cf. NLT “sacred residence.” The purpose of building it is to enable Yahweh to reside (וְשָׁכַנְתִּי, vÿshakhanti) in their midst. U. Cassuto reminds the reader that God did not need a place to dwell, but the Israelites needed a dwelling place for him, so that they would look to it and be reminded that he was in their midst (Exodus, 327). |
