Acts 7:46 - Exposition

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.