Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
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- WEB which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David,
- BSB And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,
- NKJV which our fathers, having received it in turn, also brought with Joshua into the land possessed by the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the days of David,
- NASB Our fathers in turn received it, and they also brought it in with Joshua upon dispossessing the nations that God drove out from our fathers, until the time of David.
- NLT Years later, when Joshua led our ancestors in battle against the nations that God drove out of this land, the Tabernacle was taken with them into their new territory. And it stayed there until the time of King David.
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The next generation brought the tabernacle into the Promised Land under Joshua, where it remained until David. God's dwelling accompanied His people through the conquest and settlement.
Overview
Stephen traces the tabernacle from the wilderness, into Canaan under Joshua as God drove out the nations, down to David's time (Joshua 3; 18:1). This shows that God's presence was not tied to a fixed place but moved with His people. The history sets up the contrast between a tent and the later temple.
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- Ps 44:2How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
- Josh 18:1And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
- Josh 23:9For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.
- Josh 24:18And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God.
- Josh 3:11–17Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.
- 1 Sam 4:4So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
- 1 Chr 16:39And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,
- Neh 9:24So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
- Judg 18:31And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
- 1 Kgs 8:4And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.
- Acts 13:19And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
- Josh 3:6–7And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
- Heb 4:8For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
- 2 Sam 6:1–23Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
- Deut 32:49Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
- Ps 78:55He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
- 1 Chr 15:1–17And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
- 1 Chr 21:29For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.
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