Exodus 25:8

25:8 Let them make ¹  for me a sanctuary, ²  so that I may live among them.

Exodus 15:17

15:17 You will bring them in ³  and plant them in the mountain ⁴  of your inheritance,

in the place you made ⁵  for your residence, O Lord,

the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hands have established.

[25:8]  ¹ tn The verb is a perfect with vav (ו) consecutive; it follows in the sequence initiated by the imperative in v. 2 and continues with the force of a command.

[25:8]  ² tn The word here is מִקְדּשׁ (miqdash), “a sanctuary” or “holy place”; cf. NLT “sacred residence.” The purpose of building it is to enable Yahweh to reside (וְשָׁכַנְתִּי, vÿshakhanti) in their midst. U. Cassuto reminds the reader that God did not need a place to dwell, but the Israelites needed a dwelling place for him, so that they would look to it and be reminded that he was in their midst (Exodus, 327).

[15:17]  ³ tn The verb is imperfect.

[15:17]  ⁴ sn The “mountain” and the “place” would be wherever Yahweh met with his people. It here refers to Canaan, the land promised to the patriarchs.

[15:17]  ⁵ tn The verb is perfect tense, referring to Yahweh’s previous choice of the holy place.