Acts 7:44

7:44 Our ancestors132 had the tabernacle133 of testimony in the wilderness,134 just as God135 who spoke to Moses ordered him136 to make it according to the design he had seen.

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132	tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”
133	tn Or “tent.” sn The tabernacle was the tent used to house the ark of the covenant before the construction of Solomon’s temple. This is where God was believed to reside, yet the people were still unfaithful.
134	tn Or “desert.”
135	tn Grk “the one”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
136	tn The word “him” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.