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And as David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, "Look, I live in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Yahweh [is] under tent curtains."
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And Nathan said to David, "Whatever [is] in your heart, do, for God [is] with you."
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And it happened that same night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
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"Go and say to David my servant, 'Thus says Yahweh, "You [are] not to build a house for me to live [in],
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for I have not lived in a house from the day that I brought out Israel unto this day. I have been from tent to tent and from tabernacle [to tabernacle].
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