...was I using a weird translation?

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I decided to stop at the Adoration Chapel after work one day, and ended up deciding to pray the rosary.

I wound up using one of the bibles that were already in the chapel, because my own was at home and I always use scripture to pray the rosary with.

I was praying the Luminous Mysteries. 🙂

I got to the Transfiguration, and the scripture had Peter offering to build three tabernacles instead of three tents…

I found this translation confusing… are not tabernacles only for God, not for his prophets who are undeniably human?

or am I just being too picky?

with prayers and much love,
Esther Rose
 
In some older translations, “tabernacle” is used synonymously with tent. While this definition of “tabernacle” has fallen out of use in more modern times, it’s still in the dictionary:

dictionary.reference.com/browse/tabernacle (see definition 5).

“a temporary dwelling or shelter, as a tent or hut.”
 
The Feast of Tabernacles is also called the Feast of Tents. I believe it celebrates the Tent that the Israelites built to house the Ark of the Covenant while they were wandering in the desert.
 
Genesis315 said:
In some older translations, “tabernacle” is used synonymously with tent. While this definition of “tabernacle” has fallen out of use in more modern times, it’s still in the dictionary:

dictionary.reference.com/browse/tabernacle (see definition 5).

“a temporary dwelling or shelter, as a tent or hut.”
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From the Douay-Rheims:
Mat 17:4 And Peter answering, said to Jesus: Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
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From the KJV:
Mat 17:4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
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Hi Esther Rose,

“Tabernaculum” is Latin for “tent”. Your translation was probably of the Douay-Rheims family, done from the Latin. This translation is very partial to Latinisms.

Our modern use of "tabernacle, where the sacred species are kept, comes from the Ancient Testament. In the desert, the arch of the convenant was kept in a tent (tabernaculum). Also, God’s “home” in the desert was a tent.

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The Feast of Tabernacles is also called the Feast of Tents. I believe it celebrates the Tent that the Israelites built to house the Ark of the Covenant while they were wandering in the desert.
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Is that the same that I’ve heard called the Feast of Booths?
 
Paul was a tent maker.

Ok, I can’t think of anything to say.
 
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