And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
Parallel translations
- WEB There I will meet with the children of Israel; and the place shall be sanctified by my glory.
- BSB I will also meet with the Israelites there, and that place will be consecrated 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 to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
- 2 Chr 5:14So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
- Ezek 43:5So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.
- 2 Chr 7:1–3Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.
- Mal 3:1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
- Exod 40:34Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
- 1 Jn 3:2Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
- 2 Cor 3:18But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD.
- Isa 60:1Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
- Hag 2:7–9And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.
- 2 Cor 4:6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- Rev 21:22–23And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
- Isa 6:1–3In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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