Exodus 25:8 - Exposition

A sanctuary well expresses the Hebrew micdash , which is derived from cadash—"to be holy." It is a name never given to the temples of the heathen deities. That I may dwell among them. Compare Exodus 29:45 ; Numbers 35:34 . There is a sense in which "God dwelleth not in temples made with hands"( Acts 7:48 ; Acts 17:24 )— i.e; he is not comprehended in them, or confined to them; but there is another sense in which he may be truly said to dwell in them, viz; as manifesting himself in them either to the senses, or to the spirit. In the tabernacle he manifested himself sensibly ( Exodus 40:34 , Exodus 40:35 , Exodus 40:38 ).