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1 Chronicles 21:29

At this time the Tabernacle that Moses had constructed in the desert, and with it the Altar of Burnt Offering, were set up at the worship center at Gibeon. But David, terrified by the angel's sword, wouldn't go there to

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gibeon;   Tabernacle;   Temple;   Thompson Chain Reference - Tabernacle;   Worship;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Tabernacle;   Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gibeon;   Tabernacle;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Gibeon;   Tabernacle;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Judges, the Book of;   Priest;   Temple;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Araunah;   High Place;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gibeon ;   Tabernacle, the;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Tabernacle;   Temple;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Gibeon;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bamah;   Criticism (the Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis);   High Place;   Tabernacle;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Corner-Stone;   High Place;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at the high place in Gibeon,
Hebrew Names Version
For the tent of the LORD, which Moshe made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering, were at that time in the high place at Giv`on.
King James Version
For the tabernacle of the Lord , which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.
English Standard Version
For the tabernacle of the Lord , which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time in the high place at Gibeon,
New Century Version
The Holy Tent that Moses made while the Israelites were in the desert and the altar of burnt offerings were in Gibeon at the place of worship.
New English Translation
Now the Lord 's tabernacle (which Moses had made in the wilderness) and the altar for burnt sacrifices were at that time at the worship center in Gibeon.
Amplified Bible
For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.
New American Standard Bible
For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were on the high place at Gibeon at that time.
World English Bible
For the tent of Yahweh, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.
Geneva Bible (1587)
(But the Tabernacle of the Lorde which Moses had made in the wildernesse, and the altar of burnt offring were at that season in the hie place at Gibeon.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now the tabernacle of Yahweh, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were in the high place at Gibeon at that time.
Berean Standard Bible
For the tabernacle of the LORD that Moses had made in the wilderness and the altar of burnt offering were presently at the high place in Gibeon,
Contemporary English Version
because he was afraid of the angel's sword and did not want to go all the way to Gibeon. That's where the sacred tent that Moses had made in the desert was kept, as well as the altar where sacrifices were offered to the Lord .
Complete Jewish Bible
For at that time the tabernacle of Adonai , which Moshe had made in the desert, together with the altar for burnt offerings, were in the high place at Giv‘on.
Darby Translation
And the tabernacle of Jehovah, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt-offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.
Easy-to-Read Version
(The Lord 's Holy Tent and the altar of burnt offerings were at the high place in the town of Gibeon. Moses had made the Holy Tent while the Israelites were in the desert.
George Lamsa Translation
And he pitched there before the LORD the tabernacle which Moses had made in the wilderness when the children of Israel went forth out of Egypt.
Good News Translation
The Tent of the Lord 's presence which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar on which sacrifices were burned were still at the place of worship at Gibeon at this time;
Lexham English Bible
Now the tabernacle of Yahweh that Moses had made in the desert and the altar of burnt offering were at that time at the high place of Gibeon.
Literal Translation
And the tabernacle of Jehovah that Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that time in the high place in Gibeon;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For ye habitacion of ye LORDE which Moses had made in the wyldernes, and the altare of burntofferynges, was at that tyme in the hye place at Gibeon.
American Standard Version
For the tabernacle of Jehovah, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt-offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.
Bible in Basic English
For the House of the Lord, which Moses had made in the waste land, and the altar of burned offerings, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For the tabernacle of the Lorde which Moyses made in the wildernesse, & the aulter of burnt offring, were at that season in the hill of Gibeon:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt-offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.
King James Version (1611)
For the tabernacle of the Lord which Moses made in the wildernesse, and the Altar of the burnt offering were at that season, in the high place at Gibeon:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the tabernacle of the Lord which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of whole-burnt-offerings, were at that time in the high place at Gabaon.
English Revised Version
For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe the tabernacle of the Lord, that Moyses hadde maad in the deseert, and the auter of brent sacrifices, was in that tempest in the hiy place of Gabaon;
Update Bible Version
For the tabernacle of Yahweh, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt-offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.
Webster's Bible Translation
For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt-offering, [were] at that season in the high place at Gibeon.
New King James Version
For the tabernacle of the LORD and the altar of the burnt offering, which Moses had made in the wilderness, were at that time at the high place in Gibeon.
New Living Translation
At that time the Tabernacle of the Lord and the altar of burnt offering that Moses had made in the wilderness were located at the place of worship in Gibeon.
New Life Bible
The meeting tent which Moses had made in the desert was in the high place at Gibeon then. The altar of burnt gifts was there also.
New Revised Standard
For the tabernacle of the Lord , which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time in the high place at Gibeon;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, the habitation of Yahweh, which Moses made in the desert, and the altar of ascending-sacrifice, were, at that time, in the high place at Gibeon;
Douay-Rheims Bible
But the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses made in the desert, and the altar of holocausts, was at that time in the high place of Gabaon.
Revised Standard Version
For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time in the high place at Gibeon;
Young's Literal Translation
and the tabernacle of Jehovah that Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt-offering, [are] at that time in a high place, in Gibeon;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were in the high place at Gibeon at that time.

Contextual Overview

18The angel of God ordered Gad to tell David to go and build an altar to God on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. David did what Gad told him in obedience to God 's command. 20Meanwhile Araunah had quit threshing the wheat and was watching the angel; his four sons took cover and hid. David came up to Araunah. When Araunah saw David, he left the threshing floor and bowed deeply before David, honoring the king. 22 David said to Araunah, "Give me the site of the threshing floor so I can build an altar to God . Charge me the market price; we're going to put an end to this disaster." 23 "O Master, my king," said Araunah, "just take it; do whatever you want with it! Look, here's an ox for the burnt offering and threshing paddles for the fuel and wheat for the meal offering—it's all yours!" 24David replied to Araunah, "No. I'm buying it from you, and at the full market price. I'm not going to offer God sacrifices that are no sacrifice." So David bought the place from Araunah for six hundred shekels of gold. He built an altar to God there and sacrificed Whole-Burnt-Offerings and Peace-Offerings. He called out to God and God answered by striking the altar of Whole-Burnt-Offering with lightning. Then God told the angel to put his sword back into its scabbard. 28 And that's the story of what happened when David saw that God answered him on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite at the time he offered the sacrifice. 29At this time the Tabernacle that Moses had constructed in the desert, and with it the Altar of Burnt Offering, were set up at the worship center at Gibeon. But David, terrified by the angel's sword, wouldn't go there to

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the tabernacle: Exodus 40:1-38

Gibeon: 1 Chronicles 16:39, 1 Kings 3:4-15, 2 Chronicles 1:3, 2 Chronicles 1:13

Reciprocal: Exodus 26:1 - the tabernacle with ten curtains Joshua 9:17 - Gibeon Psalms 43:3 - tabernacles Acts 7:45 - Which

Cross-References

Genesis 33:8
Esau then asked, "And what was the meaning of all those herds that I met?" "I was hoping that they would pave the way for my master to welcome me."
1 Samuel 15:14
Samuel said, "So what's this I'm hearing—this bleating of sheep, this mooing of cattle?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses made,.... Or ordered to be made by the command of God, and according to his direction:

and the altar of burnt offerings, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon; which was four or five miles from Jerusalem, and too far for David to go in that time of extremity; though he must have gone thither to sacrifice, had not the Lord bid him build an altar on the threshingfloor; for there was the altar of burnt offering, on which only, according to the law of Moses, sacrifices were to be offered: this high place is, in the Targum, called the sanctuary, it including, as Kimchi observes, the whole house, the tabernacle, and the altar in it; which had been here, and at Nob, fifty seven years, as the Jewish writers say n.

n Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Zebachim, c. 14. sect. 7.


 
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