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Acts 7:45
And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Stephen addresses the Sanhedrin during his trial, recounting Israel’s history to demonstrate their persistent rejection of God’s messengers. He notes that the Israelites brought the tabernacle into the promised land under Joshua’s leadership.
The words — διαδεξόμενοι (diadexamenoi) means “having received by succession,” indicating the tabernacle was passed down through generations before Joshua led it into Canaan. εἰσὴγαγον (eisēgagon) translates literally as “brought in,” marking the physical transfer of the sacred object into the land.
The thread — The text echoes Joshua 18:1 and Joshua 23:9, which record the tent’s establishment at Shiloh and the Lord’s driving out of the nations. It also anticipates Psalms 44:2, which recalls how God dispossessed the nations to plant Israel in the land.
Why it lands — The verse states that the tabernacle remained only until David’s time, establishing a historical limit on its institutional presence. It requires readers to recognize that physical sacred objects do not guarantee ongoing divine favor and must be evaluated against faithful obedience.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
Cross-references
- Psalms 44:2 With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
- Joshua 18:1 Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,
- Joshua 23:9 The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you.
- Joshua 24:18 And the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because He is our God!”
- Deuteronomy 32:49 “Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as their own possession.
- Joshua 3:6 And he said to the priests, “Take the ark of the covenant and go on ahead of the people.” So they carried the ark of the covenant and went ahead of them.
- Joshua 3:11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go ahead of you into the Jordan.
- Judges 18:31 So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.
- 1 Samuel 4:4 So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
- 2 Samuel 6:1 David again assembled the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in all.