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Acts 7:44

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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness,.... The Ethiopic version adds, "of Sinai"; there it was that the tabernacle was first ordered to be built, and there it was built, and set…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The tabernacle of witness - The “tent” or “tabernacle” which Moses was commanded to make. It was called a tabernacle of “witness,” or of “testimony,” because it was the visible witness or proof of…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness - That is, the tabernacle in which the two tables of stone written by the finger of God were laid up, as a testimony that he had delivered…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Acts 7:42-50

Two things we have in these verses: -

I. Stephen upbraids them with the idolatry of their fathers, which God gave them up to, as a punishment for their early forsaking him in worshipping the golden…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Our fathers had the tabernacle of Witness[of the testimony] in the wilderness The name is found first Exo 38:21. The ark is also called the ark of the testimony, as Exo 25:22, &c., and the name was no…