1 Chronicles 17:4-6

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⁴ “Go and tell David my servant, ‘·This is what the Lord says [^TThus says the Lord]: You are not the person to build a house for me to live in. ⁵ From the time I brought Israel ·out of [^Lup from] Egypt until now I have not lived in a house. I have moved from one tent site to another and ·from one place to another [or lived in a Tabernacle]. ⁶ As I have ·moved [walked] with the Israelites to different places, ·I have never [^Lhave I ever…?] said to the ·leaders [^Ljudges of Israel], whom I commanded to ·take care of [shepherd] my people, “Why haven’t you built me a house of cedar?” ’