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When David was living in his house, he said to the prophet Nathan, "I'm living in a house made of cedar, while the ark of the LORD's promise is inside a tent."
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When David was living in his house, he said to the prophet Nathan, "I'm living in a house made of cedar, while the ark of the LORD's promise is inside a tent."
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Nathan told David, "Do everything you have in mind, because God is with you."
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But that same night God spoke his word to Nathan:
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"Say to David, my servant, 'This is what the LORD says: You must not build this house for me to live in.
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I haven't lived in a house from the day I brought Israel out [of Egypt] to this day, but I've gone from tent site to tent site, moving the tent [of meeting] from one location [to another].