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1 Chronicles 21:29
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,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler addresses the reader at the moment David finishes sacrifices at Ornan’s threshing floor, explaining the location of the established sanctuary. The words — מִשְׁכָּן (mishkan) means tabernacle or tent of meeting, and מִזְבֵּחַ (mizbeach) means altar of burnt offering, both specified as remaining at Gibeon. The thread — This geographic and cultic arrangement appears in 1 Chronicles 16:39, 2 Chronicles 1:3, and 2 Chronicles 1:13. Why it lands — The passage requires readers to note that David’s worship shifts to a new site because the established sanctuary at Gibeon remains inaccessible due to the angel’s presence.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- 1 Chronicles 16:39 And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon
- 2 Chronicles 1:3 And Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
- 2 Chronicles 1:13 So Solomon went to Jerusalem from the high place in Gibeon, from before the Tent of Meeting, and he reigned over Israel.
- Exodus 40:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
- 1 Kings 3:4 Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.