“Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.”
'David found favor with God and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob' - David's desire to build a 'dwelling place' (skēnōma, tent or dwelling) for God is recorded in 2 Samuel 7:2. David's motivation is devotion, yet the plan will be deferred. The 'God of Jacob' (theoi Iakōb) anchors the desire in patriarchal continuity.
Church Fathers on Acts 7:33
When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him. Acts 7:31 Lo! He was deemed worthy of the Voice also. I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. (v. 32, 33.) Lo! how He shows that He is none other than the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob — He, the Angel of the Great Counsel. (Isaiah 9:6. LXX. Wonderful, Counsellor, E.V.) Here he…
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