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For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought upIsrael unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.
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And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying ,
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Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in :
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For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.
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Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying , Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?
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Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel: