King James Version
Exodus 25:8 in the King James Version says “And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.”
Exodus 25:8 · KJV
Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“me a sanctuary”
H4720a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of jehovah or of idols) or asylum
“that I may dwell”
H7931to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
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