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"Our fathers had ^(C1)the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to Moses directed him to make it ^(C2)according to the pattern which he had seen.

"Our fathers in turn received it, and they also ^(C1)brought it in with Joshua upon dispossessing the ^(F1)nations that God drove out from our fathers, until the time of David.

"^(F1)(C1)David found favor in God's sight, and ^(C2)asked that he might ^(F2)find a dwelling place for the ^(F3)house of Jacob.

"But it was ^(C1)Solomon who built a house for Him.

"However, ^(C1)the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet says:

'^(C1)HEAVEN IS MY THRONE, AND THE EARTH IS THE FOOTSTOOL OF MY FEET; WHAT KIND OF HOUSE WILL YOU BUILD FOR ME?' says the Lord, 'OR WHAT PLACE IS THERE FOR MY REST?

-'^(C1)WAS IT NOT MY HAND THAT MADE ALL THESE THINGS?'