4 Bible Verses about Tents
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By [having] faith, he became an alien in the foreign country that had been promised to him. He lived in tents, along with Isaac [his son] and Jacob [his grandson], who [also] were to receive the same inheritance he had been promised. For he was looking forward to [living in] a city with [lasting] foundations, designed and built by God. [Note: This undoubtedly refers to heaven].
and, because they followed the same trade of tentmaking, he stayed with them and went to work [for them].
For we know that if our earthly "house" [i.e., our physical body] which is like a tent, is torn down, we have [the promise of] a building from God, a never ending "house" in heaven that is not made by human hands.
But I consider it the right thing to do, as long as I am in this "tent" [Note: This is an allusion to his still being alive], to stir up your memory [of these things], knowing that [I will] soon put off my "tent" [i.e., I will soon die], even as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.
From Thematic Bible
Booth » Tents » living in » israelites » Feast of Tabernacles
Tents » Were used by » All eastern nations
Tents » Were pitched » In the neighborhood of wells, &c
Tents » Were used by » The people of israel in all their wars
Tents » Were used by » Patriarchs
By [having] faith, he became an alien in the foreign country that had been promised to him. He lived in tents, along with Isaac [his son] and Jacob [his grandson], who [also] were to receive the same inheritance he had been promised.
Tents » Fastened by cords to stakes or nails
Tents » Called » Tabernacles
By [having] faith, he became an alien in the foreign country that had been promised to him. He lived in tents, along with Isaac [his son] and Jacob [his grandson], who [also] were to receive the same inheritance he had been promised.
Tents » Were used by » Shepherds while tending their flocks
Tents » Of the jews contrasted with those of the arabs
Tents » Were used by » The rechabites
Tents » Were pitched » Under trees
Tents » Were used by » Israel in the desert
Tents » Custom of sitting and standing at the door of
Tents » Called » Curtains
So, even as the Holy Spirit said [Psa. 95:7-11], "Today, if you hear His [i.e., God's] voice,
