44. “The Holy Tent where God spoke to our ancestors was with them in the desert. God told Moses how to make this Tent, and he made it like the plan God showed him.
45. Later, Joshua led our ancestors to capture the lands of the other nations. Our people went in, and God forced the other people out. When our people went into this new land, they took with them this same Tent they had received from their ancestors. They kept it until the time of David,
46. who pleased God and asked God to let him build a house for him, the God of Jacob.
47. But Solomon was the one who built the Temple.
48. “But the Most High does not live in houses that people build with their hands. As the prophet says:
49. ‘Heaven is my throne,and the earth is my footstool.So do you think you can build a house for me? says the Lord.Do I need a place to rest?
50. Remember, my hand made all these things!’ ”