44 "In the wilderness our ancestors had the Tabernacle of Testimony built, as he appointed who told Moses to make it according to the pattern he had seen.

45 "That tabernacle was brought in by our ancestors, in their turn, when they under Joshua entered on the possession of the nations whom God thrust out before them, until the days of David.

46 "David obtained favor with God, and asked permission to find a dwelling-place for the God of Jacob.

47 "But it was Solomon who built him a house.

48 "Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made with hands; as said the prophet.

49 "The heaven is my throne, And the earth the footstool of my feet; What kind of house will you build for me? saith the Lord. Or what resting-place shall I have?

50 Did not my hand make this universe?