Exodus 25:8

And let them make me a sanctuary,.... An holy place to dwell in, and so called from his dwelling in it, as follows:

that I may dwell amongst them; in the midst of them, where the tabernacle was…

Yahweh had redeemed the Israelites from bondage. He had made a covenant with them and had given them laws. He had promised, on condition of their obedience, to accept them as His own “peculiar…

Let them make me a sanctuary - מקדש mikdash, a holy place, such as God might dwell in; this was that part of the tabernacle that was called the most holy place, into which the high priest entered only…

We may suppose that when Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and abode there so long, where the holy angels attended the shechinah, or divine Majesty, he saw and heard very glorious things…

sanctuary about 12 times in H and P (as Lev 19:30; Lev 12:4); often in Ezek., of the Temple (as Eze 5:11; Eze 8:6; Eze 44:1; Eze 44:5, &c.), and occasionally besides (as ch. Exo 15:17; Jer 17:12; Psa…