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Psalms 114:2

1 When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,

Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel His dominion.

3 The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;

4 the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

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BSB
Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel His dominion.
KJV
Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
WEB
Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
ASV
Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
DARBY
Judah was his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
BLB
Judah became His sanctuary, Israel His dominion.
ÅB
da ble Juda hans[^1] helligdom, Israel hans rike.
OTB
Ble Juda hans hellige sted,
Israel, hans rike.
B1930
da blev Juda hans helligdom, Israel hans rike. / < Herrens.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 25:8

    And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.

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  • Exodus 15:17

    You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance— the place, O LORD, You have prepared for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established.

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  • Psalms 78:68–69

    But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.

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  • Ezekiel 37:26–28

    And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever.

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  • Exodus 19:5–6

    Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.

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  • Exodus 6:7

    I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.

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  • Exodus 29:45–46

    Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.

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  • Deuteronomy 27:9

    Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: “Be silent, O Israel, and listen! This day you have become the people of the LORD your God.

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