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It had been made as God directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen. <a href="/nlt/acts/7.htm">New Living Translation</a> “Our ancestors carried the Tabernacle with them through the wilderness. It was constructed according to the plan God had shown to Moses. <a href="/esv/acts/7.htm">English Standard Version</a> “Our fathers had the tent of witness in the wilderness, just as he who spoke to Moses directed him to make it, according to the pattern that he had seen. <a href="/bsb/acts/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen. <a href="/blb/acts/7.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> The tabernacle of the testimony was with our fathers in the wilderness, just as the One speaking to Moses had commanded to make it according to the pattern that he had seen, <a href="/kjv/acts/7.htm">King James Bible</a> Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen. <a href="/nkjv/acts/7.htm">New King James Version</a> “Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as He appointed, instructing Moses to make it according to the pattern that he had seen, <a href="/nasb_/acts/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern which he had seen. <a href="/nasb/acts/7.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern which he had seen. <a href="/nasb77/acts/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern which he had seen. <a href="/lsb/acts/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as He, who spoke to Moses, directed him to make it according to the pattern which he had seen. <a href="/amp/acts/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as God directed Moses to make it according to the pattern which he had seen. <a href="/csb/acts/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, just as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern he had seen. <a href="/hcsb/acts/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern he had seen. <a href="/asv/acts/7.htm">American Standard Version</a> Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he appointed who spake unto Moses, that he should make it according to the figure that he had seen. <a href="/cev/acts/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The tent where our ancestors worshiped God was with them in the desert. This was the same tent that God had commanded Moses to make. And it was made like the model that Moses had seen. <a href="/erv/acts/7.htm">English Revised Version</a> Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he appointed who spake unto Moses, that he should make it according to the figure that he had seen. <a href="/gwt/acts/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "In the desert our ancestors had the tent of God's promise. Moses built this tent exactly as God had told him. He used the model he had seen. <a href="/gnt/acts/7.htm">Good News Translation</a> "Our ancestors had the Tent of God's presence with them in the desert. It had been made as God had told Moses to make it, according to the pattern that Moses had been shown. <a href="/isv/acts/7.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Our ancestors had the Tent of Testimony in the wilderness constructed, just as the one who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern he had seen. <a href="/msb/acts/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen. <a href="/net/acts/7.htm">NET Bible</a> Our ancestors had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as God who spoke to Moses ordered him to make it according to the design he had seen. <a href="/nheb/acts/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen; <a href="/wbt/acts/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking to Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen. <a href="/wey/acts/7.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "Our forefathers had the Tent of the Testimony in the Desert, built as He who spoke to Moses had instructed him to make it in imitation of the model which he had seen. <a href="/web/acts/7.htm">World English Bible</a> “Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen; <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/acts/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> The Dwelling Place of the Testimony was among our fathers in the wilderness, according as He directed, who is speaking to Moses, to make it according to the figure that he had seen; <a href="/blb/acts/7.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> The tabernacle of the testimony was with our fathers in the wilderness, just as the One speaking to Moses had commanded to make it according to the pattern that he had seen, <a href="/ylt/acts/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'The tabernacle of the testimony was among our fathers in the wilderness, according as He did direct, who is speaking to Moses, to make it according to the figure that he had seen; <a href="/slt/acts/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> The tent of testimony was with our fathers in the desert, as he speaking set to Moses, to make it according to the type which he had seen.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/acts/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> The tabernacle of the testimony was with our fathers in the desert, as God ordained for them, speaking to Moses, that he should make it according to the form which he had seen. <a href="/cpdv/acts/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> The tabernacle of the testimony was with our fathers in the desert, just as God ordained for them, speaking to Moses, so that he would make it according to the form that he had seen. <a href="/nabre/acts/7.htm">New American Bible</a> Our ancestors had the tent of testimony in the desert just as the One who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern he had seen. <a href="/nrsvce/acts/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> “Our ancestors had the tent of testimony in the wilderness, as God directed when he spoke to Moses, ordering him to make it according to the pattern he had seen.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/acts/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Behold the tabernacle of the testimony of our fathers was in the wilderness just as he who spoke to Moses had commanded him to make it after the pattern which he had shown him. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/7.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Behold, the tabernacle of the testimony of our fathers was in the wilderness according to what he who spoke with Moses commanded to make it, with the likeness which he showed him.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/acts/7.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> The tabernacle of the testimony was with our fathers in the wilderness, built as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to build it, according to the pattern which he had seen: <a href="/godbey/acts/7.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And the tabernacle of testimony was with our fathers in the wilderness, as the one speaking to Moses commanded him to make it according to the example he had seen; <a href="/haweis/acts/7.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> The tabernacle of the testimony was with our fathers in the wilderness, as he that spake to Moses commanded, that he should make it according to the model which he had seen. <a href="/mace/acts/7.htm">Mace New Testament</a> our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, ordering Moses to make it according to the model that he had seen. <a href="/wey/acts/7.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "Our forefathers had the Tent of the Testimony in the Desert, built as He who spoke to Moses had instructed him to make it in imitation of the model which he had seen. <a href="/worrell/acts/7.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> "Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as He, directed, Who spake to Moses, that he should make it according to the model which he had seen; <a href="/worsley/acts/7.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> The tabernacle of witness was among our fathers in the wilderness, as He, that spake unto Moses, ordered him to make it according to the model which he had seen in the mount: <a href="/parallel/acts/7-44.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=2187" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/acts/7.htm">Stephen's Address to the Sanhedrin</a> …43You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’ 44<a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: hēmōn (PPro-G1P) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">Our</a> <a href="/greek/3962.htm" title="3962: patrasin (N-DMP) -- Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a father.">fathers</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: ēn (V-IIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">had</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: Hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4633.htm" title="4633: skēnē (N-NFS) -- A tent, booth, tabernacle, abode, dwelling, mansion, habitation. Apparently akin to skeuos and skia; a tent or cloth hut.">tabernacle</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/3142.htm" title="3142: martyriou (N-GNS) -- Neuter of a presumed derivative of martus; something evidential, i.e. evidence given or, the Decalogue.">Testimony</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tois (Art-DMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">with them</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2048.htm" title="2048: erēmō (Adj-DFS) -- Lonesome, i.e. waste.">wilderness.</a> <a href="/greek/4160.htm" title="4160: poiēsai (V-ANA) -- (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.">It was constructed</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autēn (PPro-AF3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons."></a> <a href="/greek/2531.htm" title="2531: kathōs (Adv) -- According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that.">exactly as</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">God</a> <a href="/greek/2980.htm" title="2980: lalōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words."></a> <a href="/greek/1299.htm" title="1299: dietaxato (V-AIM-3S) -- To give orders to, prescribe, arrange. From dia and tasso; to arrange thoroughly, i.e. institute, prescribe, etc.">had directed</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3475.htm" title="3475: Mōusē (N-DMS) -- Or Moses, or Mouses of Hebrew origin; Moseus, Moses, or Mouses, the Hebrew lawgiver.">Moses,</a> <a href="/greek/2596.htm" title="2596: kata (Prep) -- A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).">according to</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/5179.htm" title="5179: typon (N-AMS) -- From tupto; a die, i.e. a stamp or scar; by analogy, a shape, i.e. A statue, style or resemblance; specially, a sampler, i.e. A model or instance.">pattern</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hon (RelPro-AMS) -- Who, which, what, that. "></a> <a href="/greek/3708.htm" title="3708: heōrakei (V-LIA-3S) -- Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.">he had seen.</a> 45And 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,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/25-9.htm">Exodus 25:9</a> You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you. <a href="/exodus/25-40.htm">Exodus 25:40</a> See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain. <a href="/hebrews/8-5.htm">Hebrews 8:5</a> The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.” <a href="/exodus/26-30.htm">Exodus 26:30</a> So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain. <a href="/numbers/8-4.htm">Numbers 8:4</a> This is how the lampstand was constructed: it was made of hammered gold from its base to its blossoms, fashioned according to the pattern the LORD had shown Moses. <a href="/exodus/27-8.htm">Exodus 27:8</a> Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain. <a href="/exodus/40-2.htm">Exodus 40:2-3</a> “On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting. / Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil. <a href="/exodus/40-34.htm">Exodus 40:34-35</a> Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. / Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. <a href="/1_kings/8-4.htm">1 Kings 8:4</a> and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. So the priests and Levites carried them up. <a href="/2_chronicles/5-5.htm">2 Chronicles 5:5</a> and they brought up the ark and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. The Levitical priests carried them up. <a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a> The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. <a href="/revelation/21-3.htm">Revelation 21:3</a> And 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. <a href="/hebrews/9-1.htm">Hebrews 9:1-5</a> Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary. / A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place. / Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place, ... <a href="/exodus/36-1.htm">Exodus 36:1</a> “So Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person are to carry out everything commanded by the LORD, who has given them skill and ability to know how to perform all the work of constructing the sanctuary.” <a href="/exodus/39-32.htm">Exodus 39:32-43</a> So all the work for the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses. / Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent with all its furnishings, its clasps, its frames, its crossbars, and its posts and bases; / the covering of ram skins dyed red, the covering of fine leather, and the veil of the covering; ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking to Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.the tabernacle.<a href="/exodus/38-21.htm">Exodus 38:21</a> This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.<a href="/numbers/1-50.htm">Numbers 1:50-53</a> But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle… <a href="/numbers/9-15.htm">Numbers 9:15</a> And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.speaking.<a href="/exodus/25-40.htm">Exodus 25:40</a> And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.<a href="/exodus/26-30.htm">Exodus 26:30</a> And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.<a href="/1_chronicles/28-11.htm">1 Chronicles 28:11,19</a> Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat, … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/7-35.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/luke/17-28.htm">Built</a> <a href="/acts/5-40.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/acts/7-42.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/acts/5-4.htm">Design</a> <a href="/acts/3-4.htm">Directed</a> <a href="/luke/9-29.htm">Fashion</a> <a href="/acts/7-39.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/john/16-29.htm">Figure</a> <a href="/acts/7-39.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-15.htm">Imitation</a> <a href="/acts/7-22.htm">Instructed</a> <a href="/acts/4-24.htm">Make</a> <a href="/acts/7-40.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/acts/5-40.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-10.htm">Pattern</a> <a href="/acts/7-38.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/acts/7-43.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/acts/7-43.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/acts/4-33.htm">Testimony</a> <a href="/acts/7-38.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/acts/7-42.htm">Wilderness</a> <a href="/acts/4-33.htm">Witness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/10-42.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/acts/7-47.htm">Built</a> <a href="/acts/8-38.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/acts/8-26.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/acts/9-24.htm">Design</a> <a href="/acts/10-22.htm">Directed</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/7-31.htm">Fashion</a> <a href="/acts/7-45.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/romans/5-14.htm">Figure</a> <a href="/acts/7-45.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-5.htm">Imitation</a> <a href="/acts/10-22.htm">Instructed</a> <a href="/acts/22-18.htm">Make</a> <a href="/acts/13-39.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/acts/8-38.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/galatians/4-28.htm">Pattern</a> <a href="/acts/8-34.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/acts/7-45.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/acts/7-45.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/acts/10-37.htm">Testimony</a> <a href="/acts/8-26.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/acts/13-18.htm">Wilderness</a> <a href="/acts/8-25.htm">Witness</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 7</div>1. <a href="/acts/7-1.htm">Stephen, permitted to answer to the accusation of blasphemy,</a> 2. <a href="/acts/7-2.htm">shows that Abraham worshipped God rightly, and how God chose the fathers,</a> 20. <a href="/acts/7-20.htm">before Moses was born, and before the tabernacle and temple were built;</a> 37. <a href="/acts/7-37.htm">that Moses himself witnessed of Christ;</a> 44. <a href="/acts/7-44.htm">and that all outward ceremonies were ordained to last but for a time;</a> 51. <a href="/acts/7-51.htm">reprehending their rebellion, and murdering of Christ, whom the prophets foretold.</a> 54. <a href="/acts/7-54.htm">Whereupon they stone Stephen to death, </a> 59. <a href="/acts/7-59.htm">who commends his soul to Jesus, and humbly prays for them.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "fathers" refers to the Israelites, the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who were led by Moses out of Egypt. The "tabernacle of the Testimony" is the portable sanctuary that God instructed Moses to build, as described in <a href="/exodus/25.htm">Exodus 25-31</a>. It served as the dwelling place of God among His people during their journey through the wilderness. The term "Testimony" refers to the tablets of the Law, the Ten Commandments, which were housed within the Ark of the Covenant inside the tabernacle. The wilderness journey lasted 40 years, a period of testing and reliance on God's provision and guidance. The tabernacle symbolized God's presence and covenant with Israel, emphasizing His holiness and the need for atonement and worship.It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, The construction of the tabernacle was a divine mandate, with God providing detailed instructions to Moses on Mount Sinai. This is recorded in <a href="/exodus/25-9.htm">Exodus 25:9</a>, where God specifies that the tabernacle should be made according to the pattern shown to Moses. The precision in its construction underscores the importance of obedience to God's commands and the sacredness of the space where God would dwell. The meticulous details highlight the order and intentionality of God's design, reflecting His character and the seriousness of worship.according to the pattern he had seen. Moses received a vision or revelation of the heavenly pattern, which he was to replicate on earth. This concept is echoed in <a href="/hebrews/8-5.htm">Hebrews 8:5</a>, where the earthly tabernacle is described as a shadow of the heavenly one. The pattern signifies the heavenly reality of God's presence and the ultimate fulfillment in Jesus Christ, who is the true tabernacle (<a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a>). The earthly tabernacle was a type, a foreshadowing of Christ's work of redemption and His role as the mediator between God and humanity. The adherence to the pattern also points to the importance of divine revelation and the need for humanity to align with God's heavenly purposes.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/o/our_fathers.htm">Our Fathers</a> Refers to the ancestors of the Israelites, particularly those who wandered in the wilderness after the Exodus from Egypt. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle_of_the_testimony.htm">The Tabernacle of the Testimony</a> A portable earthly dwelling place for God among the Israelites, constructed as per divine instructions given to Moses. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a> The desert area where the Israelites wandered for 40 years after their exodus from Egypt. 4. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The divine being who provided the instructions for the construction of the tabernacle. 5. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The prophet and leader of the Israelites who received the pattern for the tabernacle from God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/divine_instruction_and_obedience.htm">Divine Instruction and Obedience</a> The construction of the tabernacle according to God's pattern underscores the importance of obedience to divine instructions. As believers, we are called to follow God's Word precisely, trusting in His wisdom and design for our lives. <a href="/topical/g/god's_presence_among_his_people.htm">God's Presence Among His People</a> The tabernacle symbolizes God's desire to dwell among His people. Today, through the Holy Spirit, God dwells within us, making our bodies His temple. This calls for a life of holiness and reverence. <a href="/topical/f/foreshadowing_christ.htm">Foreshadowing Christ</a> The tabernacle serves as a foreshadowing of Christ, who is the ultimate revelation of God's presence. Understanding the tabernacle helps us appreciate the fullness of God's plan in sending Jesus to dwell among us. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_worship.htm">Community and Worship</a> The tabernacle was central to the community life of Israel, serving as a place of worship and sacrifice. In the church today, gathering for worship remains vital for spiritual growth and community. <a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_the_wilderness.htm">Faithfulness in the Wilderness</a> The Israelites carried the tabernacle through the wilderness, a testament to faithfulness amidst trials. In our own "wilderness" experiences, we are encouraged to remain faithful, trusting in God's presence and guidance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_acts_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Acts 7</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_aromatherapy.htm">What is the Bible's stance on aromatherapy?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'deliver_us_from_evil'_mean.htm">Did Jesus deceive His brothers?</a> <a href="/q/who_are_the_sons_of_jacob.htm">What are the three biblical tabernacles?</a> <a href="/q/who_were_the_twelve_apostles_of_jesus.htm">Who were the Twelve Apostles of Jesus?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(44) The tabernacle of witness.--The word was applied by the LXX. to the Tabernacle, as in <a href="/numbers/9-15.htm" title="And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was on the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.">Numbers 9:15</a>; <a href="/numbers/17-7.htm" title="And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.">Numbers 17:7</a>, as containing the Two Tables of Stone, which were emphatically the testimony of what was God's will as the rule of man's conduct (<a href="/exodus/25-16.htm" title="And you shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.">Exodus 25:16</a>; <a href="/exodus/25-21.htm" title="And you shall put the mercy seat above on the ark; and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.">Exodus 25:21</a>; <a href="/exodus/31-18.htm" title="And he gave to Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him on mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.">Exodus 31:18</a>). It should be noted that the LXX. gives the same rendering for the words which the English version translates as the "tabernacle of the congregation," e.g., in <a href="/exodus/29-10.htm" title="And you shall cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the bullock.">Exodus 29:10</a>; <a href="/exodus/33-7.htm" title="And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out to the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.">Exodus 33:7</a>; <a href="/context/numbers/16-18.htm" title="And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron.">Numbers 16:18-19</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 44. - The testimony for witness, A.V.; even as he appointed who spake for as he had appointed, speaking, A.V.; figure for fashion, A.V. Chrysostom calls attention to the mention of the wilderness, as showing that God's presence and service were not confined to Jerusalem. <a href="/commentaries/acts/7-44.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Our ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. fathers πατράσιν (patrasin) Noun - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3962.htm">Strong's 3962: </a> Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'. [had] ἦν (ēn) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. the Ἡ (Hē) Article - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. tabernacle σκηνὴ (skēnē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4633.htm">Strong's 4633: </a> A tent, booth, tabernacle, abode, dwelling, mansion, habitation. Apparently akin to skeuos and skia; a tent or cloth hut. of the τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. testimony μαρτυρίου (martyriou) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3142.htm">Strong's 3142: </a> Neuter of a presumed derivative of martus; something evidential, i.e. evidence given or, the Decalogue. with [them] τοῖς (tois) Article - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. the τῇ (tē) Article - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. wilderness. ἐρήμῳ (erēmō) Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2048.htm">Strong's 2048: </a> Lonesome, i.e. waste. [It was] constructed ποιῆσαι (poiēsai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_4160.htm">Strong's 4160: </a> (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do. exactly as καθὼς (kathōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_2531.htm">Strong's 2531: </a> According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that. [God] ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. had directed διετάξατο (dietaxato) Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1299.htm">Strong's 1299: </a> To give orders to, prescribe, arrange. From dia and tasso; to arrange thoroughly, i.e. institute, prescribe, etc. Moses, Μωϋσῇ (Mōusē) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3475.htm">Strong's 3475: </a> Or Moses, or Mouses of Hebrew origin; Moseus, Moses, or Mouses, the Hebrew lawgiver. according to κατὰ (kata) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_2596.htm">Strong's 2596: </a> A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined). the τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. pattern τύπον (typon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5179.htm">Strong's 5179: </a> From tupto; a die, i.e. a stamp or scar; by analogy, a shape, i.e. A statue, style or resemblance; specially, a sampler, i.e. A model or instance. he had seen. ἑωράκει (heōrakei) Verb - Pluperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3708.htm">Strong's 3708: </a> Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/acts/7-44.htm">Acts 7:44 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/acts/7-44.htm">Acts 7:44 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/acts/7-44.htm">Acts 7:44 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/acts/7-44.htm">Acts 7:44 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/acts/7-44.htm">Acts 7:44 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/acts/7-44.htm">Acts 7:44 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/acts/7-44.htm">Acts 7:44 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/acts/7-44.htm">Acts 7:44 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/acts/7-44.htm">Acts 7:44 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/acts/7-44.htm">Acts 7:44 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/acts/7-44.htm">NT Apostles: Acts 7:44 Our fathers had the tabernacle (Acts of the Apostles Ac) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/acts/7-43.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 7:43"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 7:43" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/acts/7-45.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 7:45"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 7:45" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>