Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel His dominion.
Parallel translations
- WEB Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
- KJV Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
- NKJV Judah became His sanctuary, And Israel His dominion.
- NASB Judah became His sanctuary; Israel, His dominion.
- NLT the land of Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel became his kingdom.
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Quick answer
At the exodus Judah became God's sanctuary and Israel His domain. God's people became the place of His dwelling and rule.
Overview
By redeeming Israel, God made His people His own sanctuary and kingdom, the sphere where He dwells and reigns. This anticipates the New Testament reality that God dwells among and within His redeemed people (1 Corinthians 3:16). Redemption's purpose is that God might dwell with His people as their King.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Exod 15:17You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance—the place, O LORD, You have prepared for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established.
- Exod 25:8And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.
- Ps 78:68–69But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
- Ezek 37:26–28And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever.
- Exod 19:5–6Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
- Exod 6:7I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
- Exod 29:45–46Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.
- Deut 23:14For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.
- Lev 11:45For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.
- Deut 27:9Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: “Be silent, O Israel, and listen! This day you have become the people of the LORD your God.
- Rev 21:3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.
- 2 Cor 6:16–17What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
- Deut 27:12“When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
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