Exodus 25:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

2 Cor 6:16 : 16 And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Rev 21:3 : 3 And I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, [ and be] their God:
Exod 29:45 : 45 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
1 Kgs 6:13 : 13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
Heb 9:1-2 : 1 Now {G3303} even a first [covenant] had ordinances of divine service, and its sanctuary, [a sanctuary] of this world. 2 For there was a tabernacle prepared, the first, wherein {G1722} [were] the candlestick, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the Holy place.
Heb 3:6 : 6 but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.
Num 5:3 : 3 both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camp, in the midst whereof I dwell.
Isa 12:6 : 6 Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great in the midst of thee is the Holy One of Israel.
Zech 2:10 : 10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith Jehovah.
Zech 8:3 : 3 Thus saith Jehovah: I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called The city of truth; and the mountain of Jehovah of hosts, The holy mountain.
Exod 36:1-5 : 1 And Bezalel and Oholiab shall work, and every wise-hearted man, in whom Jehovah hath put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that Jehovah hath commanded. 2 And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart Jehovah had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it: 3 and they received of Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, wherewith to make it. And they brought yet unto him freewill-offerings every morning. 4 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they wrought; 5 and they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which Jehovah commanded to make.
Lev 4:6 : 6 and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before Jehovah, before the veil of the sanctuary.
Lev 10:4 : 4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Draw near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.
Lev 21:12 : 12 neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am Jehovah.
Exod 15:2 : 2 Jehovah is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will praise him; My father's God, and I will exalt him.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Exod 25:9
80%
9According to all that I show thee, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the furniture thereof, even so shall ye make it.
Exod 29:43-46
4 verses
78%
43And there I will meet with the children of Israel; and [the Tent] shall be sanctified by my glory.
44And I will sanctify the tent of meeting, and the altar: Aaron also and his sons will I sanctify, to minister to me in the priest's office.
45And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
46And they shall know that I am Jehovah their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them: I am Jehovah their God.
2 Chr 20:8
77%
8And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,
1 Kgs 6:13
75%
13And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
Ezek 37:26-28
3 verses
75%
26Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
27My tabernacle also shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
28And the nations shall know that I am Jehovah that sanctifieth Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
Exod 25:40
75%
40And see that thou make them after their pattern, which hath been showed thee in the mount.
Exod 27:8
75%
8Hollow with planks shalt thou make it: as it hath been showed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.
Exod 26:30-31
2 verses
75%
30And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which hath been showed thee in the mount.
31And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shall it be made:
Heb 9:1-2
2 verses
74%
1Now {G3303} even a first [covenant] had ordinances of divine service, and its sanctuary, [a sanctuary] of this world.
2For there was a tabernacle prepared, the first, wherein {G1722} [were] the candlestick, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the Holy place.
Exod 31:7-8
2 verses
74%
7the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy-seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the Tent,
8and the table and its vessels, and the pure candlestick with all its vessels, and the altar of incense,
Exod 25:22
74%
22And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
Exod 30:6
74%
6And thou shalt put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
1 Kgs 6:19
73%
19And he prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.
Exod 35:10-11
2 verses
72%
10And let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that Jehovah hath commanded:
11the tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its clasps, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;
Exod 25:7
72%
7onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
Heb 8:5
72%
5who serve [that which is] a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses is warned [of God] when he is about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern that was showed thee in the mount.
Lev 26:11-12
2 verses
72%
11And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
12And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
Acts 7:46
72%
46who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
Heb 8:2
72%
2a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, {G2532} not man.
Ezek 43:9
72%
9Now let them put away their whoredom, and the dead bodies of their kings, far from me; and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.
Exod 25:1
72%
1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
1 Kgs 8:27
72%
27But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!
Ps 26:8
72%
8Jehovah, I love the habitation of thy house, And the place where thy glory dwelleth.
Exod 25:24
72%
24And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
Exod 31:1
72%
1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Exod 20:24
72%
24An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in every place where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee.
2 Chr 6:18
71%
18But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have builded!
1 Kgs 8:21
71%
21And there have I set a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
2 Chr 6:2
71%
2But I have built thee a house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in for ever.
Hos 12:9
71%
9But I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
Exod 37:2
71%
2And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.
Ezek 45:3
71%
3And of this measure shalt thou measure a length of five and twenty thousand, and a breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary, which is most holy.
2 Sam 7:6
71%
6for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
Num 17:4
71%
4And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.
2 Chr 7:16
71%
16For now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
Exod 25:11
71%
11And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
1 Chr 17:5
71%
5for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, unto this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from [one] tabernacle [to another].