^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. ^7:45Our¹³⁷ ancestors¹³⁸ received possession of it and brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our ancestors,¹³⁹ until the time¹⁴⁰ of David.

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Footnotes

132 Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”
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.
134 Or “desert.”
135 Grk “the one”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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.
137 Grk “And.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.
138 Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”
139 Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.” Before our ancestors. Stephen has backtracked here to point out how faithful God had been before the constant move to idolatry just noted.
140 Grk “In those days.”

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. Our fathers in turn brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our fathers. So it was until the days of David,

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. After receiving the tabernacle, our ancestors under Joshua brought it with them when they took the land from the nations God drove out before them. It remained in the land until the time of David,

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. Our ancestors in turn received it and with Joshua brought it in when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before them, until the days of David.

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. Years later, when Joshua led our ancestors in battle against the nations that God drove out of this land, the Tabernacle was taken with them into their new territory. And it stayed there until the time of King David.

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, and which, after receiving it in turn, our fathers brought in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out from the presence of our fathers, until the days of David,

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. Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

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