David brought the ark into Jerusalem, but the rest of the tabernacle remained at Gibeon (16:39-40). I’m not sure why I never caught the details of this passage before. What was it about this arrangement that was acceptable to God? It seems to me that David altered the patter than God had given Moses in his attempt to draw near to God. Maybe part of the acceptance was rooted in Israel having already separated the ark from the Tabernacle. God saw David’s move as the first in many steps to reunite the heavenly picture but to also to bring the sense of permanence to picture with the temple of stone, wood, and gold. We know that in Solomon’s days the ark, the tabernacle, and the temple mount would be united in a glorious picture of worship and splendor of God’s power and providence on that mountain in Jerusalem. Maybe that is why God accepted David’s move of the ark.
It took me 13 minutes to read this passage.
Stuart
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