¹³ I will live among the Israelites and will never abandon my people Israel.”

⁶ So be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. For the Lord your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you.”

⁸ “Have the people of Israel build me a holy sanctuary so I can live among them.

³ I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them.^[a]

⁵ Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said,

¹¹ I will live among you, and I will not despise you.

⁸ Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord will personally go ahead of you. He will be with you; he will neither fail you nor abandon you.”

¹⁶ And what union can there be between God’s temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said:

²⁶ And I will make a covenant of peace with them, an everlasting covenant. I will give them their land and increase their numbers,^[a] and I will put my Temple among them forever. ²⁷ I will make my home among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people. ²⁸ And when my Temple is among them forever, the nations will know that I am the Lord, who makes Israel holy.”