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"Our fathershad1the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to Mosesdirected him to make it 2according to the patternwhich he had seen.
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"And having received it in their turn, our fathers3brought it in with Joshua upon dispossessing the nationswhomGoddrove out before* our fathers, until the time of David.
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"4David foundfavor in God'ssight, and 5asked that he might find a dwellingplace for the God of Jacob.
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"But it was 6Solomon who built a house for Him.
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"However, 7the MostHigh does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophetsays:
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'8HEAVEN IS MY THRONE, AND EARTH IS THE FOOTSTOOL OF MY FEET; WHATKIND OF HOUSE WILL YOU BUILD FOR ME?' says the Lord, 'ORWHATPLACE IS THERE FOR MY REPOSE?
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'9WAS IT NOT MY HAND WHICH MADEALLTHESETHINGS?'