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2 Samuel 7:6

For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.

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ASV

for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.

KJV

Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808 →
יָשַׁ֙בְתִּי֙ya.Shav.tiI have dweltH3427 →
בְּבַ֔יִתbe.Va.yitin a houseH1004 →
לְ֠מִיּוֹםLe.mi.yom<to> from [the] dayH3117 →
הַעֲלֹתִ֞יha.'a.lo.Tibrought up IH5927 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
בְּנֵ֤יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
מִמִּצְרַ֔יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimfrom EgyptH4714 →
וְעַ֖דve.'Adand untilH5704 →
הַיּ֣וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117 →
הַזֶּ֑הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
וָאֶֽהְיֶה֙va.'eh.Yehand I have beenH1961 →
מִתְהַלֵּ֔ךְmit.ha.Lekhgoing aboutH1980 →
בְּאֹ֖הֶלbe.'O.helin a tentH168 →
וּבְמִשְׁכָּֽן׃u.ve.mish.Kanand in a tabernacleH4908 →

The walk

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1 Kings 8:16‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’1 Chronicles 17:5For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved from tent to tent and dwelling to dwelling.Exodus 40:18–19When Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.Joshua 18:1Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,2 Samuel 11:11Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”Exodus 40:34–38Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.1 Chronicles 17:5–6For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved from tent to tent and dwelling to dwelling.Deuteronomy 23:14For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.Leviticus 26:23–24And if in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,Leviticus 26:27–28But if in spite of all this you do not obey Me, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,Acts 7:44Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.Numbers 10:33–36So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.Revelation 2:1“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.Exodus 33:14–15And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”2 Corinthians 6:16What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”Exodus 26:36For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.

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