^{44 Ref} Our fathers had the Tent of witness in the waste land, as God gave orders to Moses to make it after the design which he had seen.

^{45 Ref} Which our fathers, in their turn, took with them when, with Joshua, they came into the heritage of the nations whom God was driving out before the face of our fathers, till the time of David,

^{46 Ref} Who was pleasing to God; and he had a desire to make a holy tent for the God of Jacob.

^{47 Ref} But Solomon was the builder of his house.

^{48 Ref} But still, the Most High has not his resting-place in houses made with hands, as the prophet says,

^{49 Ref} Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is a resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, says the Lord, or what is my place of rest?

^{50 Ref} Did not my hand make all these things?

^{51 Ref} You whose hearts are hard and whose ears are shut to me; you are ever working against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.

^{44 Ref} "Our fathers had the tent of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen;

^{45 Ref} which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David,

^{46 Ref} who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.

^{47 Ref} But Solomon built him a house.

^{48 Ref} However, the Most High doesn't dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,

^{49 Ref} 'heaven is my throne, And the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?' says the Lord; 'Or what is the place of my rest?

^{50 Ref} Didn't my hand make all these things?'

^{51 Ref} "You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.