2 Samuel 7:5-7

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5} “Go and say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord, “^(A)Are you the one who should build Me a house to dwell in? ^{Tools
6} For ^(B)I have not dwelt in a house since the day I brought up the sons of Israel from Egypt, even to this day; but I have been moving about ^(C)in a tent, even in a ^(a)tabernacle. ^{Tools
7} ^(D)Wherever I have gone with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel, ^(E)which I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’”’

Footnotes:

a. 2 Samuel 7:6: ['Lit ', dwelling place]

Cross references:

B. 2 Samuel 7:6: Joshua 18:1

C. 2 Samuel 7:6: Exodus 40:18; Exodus 40:34

D. 2 Samuel 7:7: Leviticus 26:11; Leviticus 26:12

E. 2 Samuel 7:7: 2 Samuel 5:2