Sentences with phrase «substitute tabernacle»

In chapter 33 before us it may be that the tent of meeting is envisaged as a provisional arrangement, a substitute tabernacle for the duration of Yahweh's withholding his own direct Presence from Israel: Yahweh meets only Moses in the tent of meeting — and that «face to face»!

In chapter 33 it may be that the tent of meeting is envisaged as a provisional arrangement, a substitute tabernacle for the duration of God's withholding his own direct Presence from Israel: God meets directly only with Moses in the tent of meeting — and that «face to face» (vs. 11; but note also the contrast in verse 20, apparently stemming from another of the sources employed by tradition in the shaping of the present account).

Not exact matches

James lends his masterful support as a conservative Jewish Christian to the same position by fortifying it with reference to the prophet Amos, who says that the Lord will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down, and will gather therein all the gentiles (James in Acts) substitutes «Gentiles» for Amos's «heathen») who are called by God's name (Amos 9:11 - 12).