“All this,” said David, “the Lord made me understand in writing by His hand upon me, all the details of this pattern.”
Parallel translations
- WEB “All this”, said David, “I have been made to understand in writing from Yahweh’s hand, even all the works of this pattern.”
- KJV All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
- BSB “All this,” said David, “all the details of this plan, the LORD has made clear to me in writing by His hand upon me.”
- NKJV “All this,” said David, “the Lord made me understand in writing, by His hand upon me, all the works of these plans.”
- NLT “Every part of this plan,” David told Solomon, “was given to me in writing from the hand of the Lord.”
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Quick answer
David declared that the entire pattern was made known to him in writing from the Lord's hand. It affirms the divine origin of the whole temple plan.
Overview
David testified that every detail of the temple's design came to him from the Lord's own hand, made plain in writing. As with the tabernacle revealed to Moses, the temple followed a God-given pattern. This underscores that true worship is not invented by men but received from God, who alone ordains how he is rightly approached and honored.
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Cross-references · 6
- 1 Chr 28:11–12Then David gave to Solomon his son the plans for the porch of the temple, for its houses, for its treasuries, for its upper rooms, for its inner rooms, for the place of the mercy seat;
- Exod 25:40See that you make them after their pattern, which has been shown to you on the mountain.
- Exod 26:30You shall set up the tabernacle according to the way that it was shown to you on the mountain.
- Ezek 3:14So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and Yahweh’s hand was strong on me.
- Ezek 1:3Yahweh’s word came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and Yahweh’s hand was there on him.
- Ezek 3:22Yahweh’s hand was there on me; and he said to me, “Arise, go out into the plain, and I will talk with you there.”
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