I will meet the people of Israel there, in the place made holy by my glorious presence.
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.
- 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.
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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 by reason of the cloud; for Yahweh’s glory filled Yahweh’s house.
- 2 Chr 5:14so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for Yahweh’s glory filled God’s house.
- Ezek 43:5The Spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and behold, Yahweh’s glory filled the house.
- 2 Chr 7:1–3Now when Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and Yahweh’s glory filled the house.
- Mal 3:1“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!” says Yahweh of Armies.
- Exod 40:34Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and Yahweh’s glory filled the tabernacle.
- 1 Jn 3:2Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
- 2 Cor 3:18But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
- Isa 60:1“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.
- Hag 2:7–9and I will shake all nations. The precious things of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory, says Yahweh of Armies.
- 2 Cor 4:6seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- Rev 21:22–23I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple.
- Isa 6:1–3In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.
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