Keluaran 15:17

15:17 You will bring them in ¹  and plant them in the mountain ²  of your inheritance,

in the place you made ³  for your residence, O Lord,

the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hands have established.

Mazmur 15:1

Psalm 15 ⁴ 

A psalm of David.

15:1 Lord, who may be a guest in your home? ⁵ 

Who may live on your holy hill? ⁶ 

[15:17]  ¹ tn The verb is imperfect.

[15:17]  ² sn The “mountain” and the “place” would be wherever Yahweh met with his people. It here refers to Canaan, the land promised to the patriarchs.

[15:17]  ³ tn The verb is perfect tense, referring to Yahweh’s previous choice of the holy place.

[15:1]  ⁴ sn Psalm 15. This psalm describes the character qualities that one must possess to be allowed access to the divine presence.

[15:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “Who may live as a resident alien in your tent?”

[15:1]  ⁶ sn In this context the Lord’s holy hill probably refers to Zion/Jerusalem. See Isa 66:20; Joel 2:1; 3:17; Zech 8:3; Pss 2:6; 43:3; 48:1; 87:1; Dan 9:16.