God’s Word Translation
Exodus 29:45
45“Then I will live among the Israelites and be their God.
Exodus 29:45 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
- New International Version (NIV)Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will dwell among the children of Israel and will be their God.
Context of Exodus 29:45
43I will also meet with the Israelites there, and my glory will make this place holy. 44I will dedicate the tent of meeting and the altar for their holy purposes. I will set Aaron and his sons apart for their holy duties of serving me as priests. “Then I will live among the Israelites and be their God. 46They will know that I am the Lord their God. I brought them out of Egypt so that I might live among them. I am the Lord their God.”
Read all of Exodus 29Exodus 29:45 word by word
וְשָׁ֣כַנְתִּ֔י בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְהָיִ֥יתִי לָהֶ֖ם לֵאלֹהִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Exodus 29:45
- Exodus 15:17You will bring them and plant them on your own mountain, the place where you live, O Lord, the holy place that you built with your own hands, O Lord.
- Exodus 25:8“Then have them make a holy place for me, and I will live among them.
- Leviticus 26:12So I will live among you and be your God, and you will be my people.
- Psalms 68:18You went to the highest place. You took prisoners captive. You received gifts from people, even from rebellious people, so that the Lord God may live there.
- Zechariah 2:10Sing for joy and rejoice, people of Zion. I’m going to come and live among you, declares the Lord.
- John 14:17That helper is the Spirit of Truth. The world cannot accept him, because it doesn’t see or know him. You know him, because he lives with you and will be in you.
- 2 Corinthians 6:16Can God’s temple contain false gods? Clearly, we are the temple of the living God. As God said, “I will live and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
- Ephesians 2:22Through him you, also, are being built in the Spirit together with others into a place where God lives.
- Revelation 21:3I heard a loud voice from the throne say, “God lives with humans! God will make his home with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them and be their God.
Commentaries on Exodus 29:45
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 45I will dwell among the children of Israel - This is the great charter of the people of God, both under the Old and New Testaments; see Exodus 25:8; Leviticus 26:11, Leviticus 26:12; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Revelation 21:3. God dwells Among them: he is ever to be found in his Church to enlighten, quicken, comfort, and support it; to dispense the light of life by the preaching of his word, and the influences of his Spirit for the conviction and conversion of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 38-46Verses 38-46 Exodus 29:38 The continual burnt-offering - The primary purpose of the national altar is here set forth. The victim slain every morning and every evening was an acknowledgment that the life of the people belonged to Yahweh; the offering of meal was an acknowledgment that all their works rightly done were His due (see Exodus 29:39 At even - See Exodus 12:6. Exodus 29:40 A tenth deal - i. e. the tenth part of an Ephah; it is sometimes called an…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 38-46Verses 38-46 A lamb was to be offered upon the altar every morning, and a lamb every evening. This typified the continual intercession which Christ ever lives to make for his church. Though he offered himself but once for all, that one offering thus becomes a continual offering. This also teaches us to offer to God the spiritual sacrifices of prayer and praise every day, morning and evening. Our daily devotions are the most needful of our daily works, and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 42-46The purpose of the Tent of Meeting (the tabernacle), the priesthood, and the sacrificial system was to help people have fellowship with God. Fellowship means a close relationship. The Lord would meet with his people there (29:42, 43). He would live among them as their God (29:45, 46).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 38-4638. two lambs of the first year day by day continually--The sacred preliminaries being completed, Moses was instructed in the end or design to which these preparations were subservient, namely, the worship of God; and hence the institution of the morning and evening sacrifice. The institution was so imperative, that in no circumstances was this daily oblation to be dispensed with; and the due observance of it would secure the oft-promised grace and…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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