Keluaran 25:8

25:8 Let them make ¹  for me a sanctuary, ²  so that I may live among them.

Keluaran 27:21

27:21 In the tent of meeting ³  outside the curtain that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons are to arrange it from evening ⁴  to morning before the Lord. This is to be a lasting ordinance among the Israelites for generations to come. ⁵ 

Keluaran 34:26

34:26 “The first of the firstfruits of your soil you must bring to the house of the Lord your God.

You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.” ⁶ 

[25:8]  ¹ tn The verb is a perfect with vav (ו) consecutive; it follows in the sequence initiated by the imperative in v. 2 and continues with the force of a command.

[25:8]  ² tn The word here is מִקְדּשׁ (miqdash), “a sanctuary” or “holy place”; cf. NLT “sacred residence.” The purpose of building it is to enable Yahweh to reside (וְשָׁכַנְתִּי, vÿshakhanti) in their midst. U. Cassuto reminds the reader that God did not need a place to dwell, but the Israelites needed a dwelling place for him, so that they would look to it and be reminded that he was in their midst (Exodus, 327).

[27:21]  ³ tn The LXX has mistakenly rendered this name “the tent of the testimony.”

[27:21]  ⁴ sn The lamps were to be removed in the morning so that the wicks could be trimmed and the oil replenished (30:7) and then lit every evening to burn through the night.

[27:21]  ⁵ sn This is the first of several sections of priestly duties. The point is a simple one here: those who lead the worship use the offerings of the people to ensure that access to God is illumined regularly. The NT will make much of the symbolism of light.

[34:26]  ⁶ sn See the note on this same command in 23:19.