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tabernacle

Meaning of “tabernacle”

Sense 1: A tent, booth, or dwelling; especially Israel’s sacred tent of worship. Sense 2: Figuratively, the body as a dwelling.

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328 occurrences297 verses23 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 25:9

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Acts 7:43
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
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1611 witness · Acts 7:43 · retained source text

Yea, ye tooke vp the Tabernacle of Moloch, and the starre of your God Remphan, figures which ye made, to worship them: and I will carie you away beyond Babylon.

Acts 7:44
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.
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1611 witness · Acts 7:44 · retained source text

Our fathers had the Tabernacle of witnesse in the wildernesse, as hee had appointed, speaking vnto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seene.

1611 marginal noteExod. 25.40.

Acts 7:46
Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
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1611 witness · Acts 7:46 · retained source text

Who found fauour before God, and desired to find a Tabernacle for the God of Iacob.

Acts 15:16
After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
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1611 witness · Acts 15:16 · retained source text

After this I will returne, and wil build againe the Tabernacle of Dauid, which is fallen downe: and I will build againe the ruines thereof, and I will set it vp:

1611 marginal noteAmos 9.11

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