Exodus 25:8

sanctuary about 12 times in H and P (as Leviticus 19:30; Leviticus 12:4); often in Ezek., of the Temple (as Ezekiel 5:11; Ezekiel 8:6; Ezekiel 44:1; Ezekiel 44:5, &c.), and occasionally besides (as ch. Exodus 15:17; Jeremiah 17:12; Psalms 73:17).

that I may dwell in their midst] Cf. Exodus 29:45 f., Numbers 5:3: also Ezekiel 43:7; Ezekiel 43:9; Zechariah 2:10-11; Zechariah 8:3; and, in the ideal consummation, Revelation 21:3. This is the essential aim and object of the Tent of Meeting as conceived by P. Cf. the next note but one. The verb is the one from which Shekinah, -that which dwelleth," the post-Bibl. term for the Presence or Manifestation of Jehovah, is derived: see the Jewish Encycl.or DB.s.v. It is very common in the Targums: thus Deuteronomy 1:42 is in Onk. -for my Shekinah is not among you." For the idea of Jehovah's being, or -dwelling," -in the midst" (בתוך) of His people see also Leviticus 15:31; Leviticus 16:16; Leviticus 22:32; Leviticus 26:11-12; Numbers 16:3; Numbers 18:20; Numbers 35:34 (all P or H).