Acts 7:44 Parallel Translations

"In the desert our ancestors had the tent of God's promise. Moses built this tent exactly as God had told him. He used the model he had seen.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.

ASV:

Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he appointed who spake unto Moses, that he should make it according to the figure that he had seen.

BBE:

Our fathers had the Tent of witness in the waste land, as God gave orders to Moses to make it after the design which he had seen.

DBY:

Our fathers had the tent of the testimony in the wilderness, as he that spoke to Moses commanded to make it according to the model which he had seen;

ERV:

Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he appointed who spake unto Moses, that he should make it according to the figure that he had seen.

WEY:

"Our forefathers had the Tent of the Testimony in the Desert, built as He who spoke to Moses had instructed him to make it in imitation of the model which he had seen.

WBS:

Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking to Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.

WEB:

"Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen;

YLT:

'The tabernacle of the testimony was among our fathers in the wilderness, according as He did direct, who is speaking to Moses, to make it according to the figure that he had seen;

Acts 7:44 Cross References

XREF:

Exodus 25:8 "Let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them.

Exodus 25:9 "According to all that I am going to show you, as the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furniture, just so you shall construct it.

Exodus 25:40 "See that you make them after the pattern for them, which was shown to you on the mountain.

Exodus 38:21 This is the number of the things for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were numbered according to the command of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

7:44 {5} Our fathers had the tabernacle of {r} witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
(5) Moses indeed erected a tabernacle, but that was to call them back to the one whom he had seen on the mountain.
(r) That is, of the covenant.

PNT:

7:44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness. The tabernacle built at Sinai, a witness of the Covenant (Nu 18:2), and of the good things to come (Heb 8:5). This tabernacle, built by God's command, according to his pattern (Ex 25:9,40), they had rejected for the tabernacle of Moloch (Ac 7:43).

WES:

7:44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony - The testimony was properly the two tables of stone, on which the ten commandments were written. Hence the ark which contained them is frequently called the ark of the testimony; and the whole tabernacle in this place. The tabernacle of the testimony - according to the model which he had seen - When he was caught up in the visions of God on the mount.

MHC:

7:42-50 Stephen upbraids the Jews with the idolatry of their fathers, to which God gave them up as a punishment for their early forsaking him. It was no dishonour, but an honour to God, that the tabernacle gave way to the temple; so it is now, that the earthly temple gives way to the spiritual one; and so it will be when, at last, the spiritual shall give way to the eternal one. The whole world is God's temple, in which he is every where present, and fills it with his glory; what occasion has he then for a temple to manifest himself in? And these things show his eternal power and Godhead. But as heaven is his throne, and the earth his footstool, so none of our services can profit Him who made all things. Next to the human nature of Christ, the broken and spiritual heart is his most valued temple.

CONC:

Appointed Built Commanded Desert Design Direct Directed Fashion Fathers Figure Forefathers Imitation Instructed Model Orders Pattern Spake Speaking Spoke Tabernacle Tent Testimony Waste Wilderness Witness

Appointed Built Commanded Desert Design Directed Fashion Fathers Figure Forefathers Imitation Instructed Make Moses Orders Pattern Speaking Tabernacle Tent Testimony Waste Wilderness Witness

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