1. When David was living in his house, he said to the prophet Nathan, “I’m living in a house made of cedar, while the ark of the Lord’s promise is inside a tent.”
2. Nathan told David, “Do everything you have in mind, because God is with you.”
3. But that same night God spoke his word to Nathan:
4. “Say to David, my servant, ‘This is what the Lord says: You must not build this house for me to live in.
5. I haven’t lived in a house from the day I brought Israel out ⌊of Egypt⌋ to this day, but I’ve gone from tent site to tent site, moving the tent ⌊of meeting⌋ from one location ⌊to another⌋.