I will also meet with the Israelites there, and that place will be consecrated by My glory.
Parallel translations
- WEB There I will meet with the children of Israel; and the place shall be sanctified by my glory.
- KJV And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
- NKJV And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by My glory.
- NASB I will meet there with the sons of Israel, and it shall be consecrated by My glory.
- NLT I will meet the people of Israel there, in the place made holy by my glorious presence.
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Quick answer
God promises to meet with Israel there, and the place will be sanctified by His glory. God's own presence is what makes the sanctuary holy.
Overview
It is not the structure but Yahweh's glorious presence that consecrates the meeting place. This anticipates the cloud of glory that would fill the tabernacle in Exodus 40. The same glory dwelt bodily in Christ (John 1:14) and now indwells His people, the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19).
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- 1 Kgs 8:11so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.
- 2 Chr 5:14so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.
- Ezek 43:5Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
- 2 Chr 7:1–3When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
- Mal 3:1“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Exod 40:34Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
- 1 Jn 3:2Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.
- 2 Cor 3:18And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
- Isa 60:1Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
- Hag 2:7–9I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.
- 2 Cor 4:6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- Rev 21:22–23But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
- Isa 6:1–3In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.
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