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Natan said to David, "Go, do everything that is in your heart, for God is with you."
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But that same night the word of God came to Natan:
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"Go, and tell David my servant that this is what ADONAI says: 'You are not to build me a house to live in,
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because from the day I brought up Isra'el until today, I never lived in a house; rather, I've gone from tent to tent and from one tabernacle to another.
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Everywhere I traveled with all Isra'el, did I ever speak a word to any of the judges of Isra'el, whom I ordered to shepherd my people Isra'el, asking, "Why haven't you built me a cedar-wood house?"'
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.