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Acts 7:44

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7:44Our 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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  1. 132 Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”
  2. 133 Or “tent.” 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.
  3. 134 Or “desert.”
  4. 135 Grk “the one”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  5. 136 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.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the covenant law with them in the wilderness. It had been made as God directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“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.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Our ancestors carried the Tabernacle with them through the wilderness. It was constructed according to the plan God had shown to Moses.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The tabernacle of the testimony belonged to our fathers in the wilderness, just as the one who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the design that he had seen,

KJV 1900King James Version

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.