^{44 Ref} `The tabernacle of the testimony was among our fathers in the wilderness, according as He did direct, who is speaking to Moses, to make it according to the figure that he had seen;

^{45 Ref} which also our fathers having in succession received, did bring in with Joshua, into the possession of the nations whom God did drive out from the presence of our fathers, till the days of David,

^{46 Ref} who found favour before God, and requested to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;

^{47 Ref} and Solomon built Him an house.

^{48 Ref} `But the Most High in sanctuaries made with hands doth not dwell, according as the prophet saith:

^{49 Ref} The heaven `is' My throne, and the earth My footstool; what house will ye build to Me? saith the Lord, or what `is' the place of My rest?

^{50 Ref} hath not My hand made all these things?

^{51 Ref} `Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and in ears! ye do always the Holy Spirit resist; as your fathers -- also ye;

^{44 Ref} Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he appointed who spake unto Moses, that he should make it according to the figure that he had seen.

^{45 Ref} Which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered on the possession of the nations, that God thrust out before the face of our fathers, unto 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} Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in `houses' made with hands; as saith the prophet,

^{49 Ref} The heaven is my throne, And the earth the footstool of my feet: What manner of house will ye build me? saith the Lord: Or what is the place of my rest?

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

^{51 Ref} Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.