King James Version
What Does 1 Chronicles 21:29 Mean?
“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.”
Context
27
And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.
28
At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
29
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.
30
But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(29, 30) A parenthesis, relating why it was that David did not rather resort to the ancient Tabernacle, which then stood at Gibeon. (Comp. 1Chronicles 16:39-40.)
(29) **For the tabernacle.**—*Now the dwelling-place of Jehovah:* in contrast with Oman’s threshingfloor, the new sanctuary.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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