The Pulpit Commentary on Acts 7:46

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

In the sight of for before, A.V. ( ἐνώπιον); asked for desired, A.V.; habitation for tabernacle, A.V. ( σκήνωμα). Habitation. In Deuteronomy 33:18 σκήνωμα stands in the LXX. for להֶאִ, and in 2 Peter 1:13, 2 Peter 1:5 :14, for the human body as the tabernacle or temporary dwelling of the soul or spirit.

And the idea of a temporary or movable dwelling seems to suit Stephen's argument better than that of a fixed one. The תוֹנכָשְׁםִ of Psalms 132:5 (to which perhaps, as well as 2 Samuel 7:1-6, Stephen refers) is equally applicable to a tent.

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