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Nehemiah 8:14-17
They found written in the law how the LORD had commanded through Moses that the Israelites should dwell in shelters during the festival of the seventh month.So they proclaimed and spread this news throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying,“ Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make shelters, just as it is written.”The people went out, brought back branches, and made shelters for themselves on each of their rooftops and courtyards, the court of the house of God, the square by the Water Gate, and the square by the Ephraim Gate.The whole community that had returned from exile made shelters and lived in them. The Israelites had not celebrated like this from the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day. And there was tremendous joy.
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Hebrews 11:13-16
These all died in faith, although they had not received the things that were promised. But they saw them from a distance, greeted them, and confessed that they were foreigners and temporary residents on the earth.Now those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.If they were thinking about where they came from, they would have had an opportunity to return.But they now desire a better place— a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
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Numbers 24:2
When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came on him,
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Jeremiah 35:10
But we have lived in tents and have obeyed and done everything our ancestor Jonadab commanded us.
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Numbers 24:5
How beautiful are your tents, Jacob, your dwellings, Israel.
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Genesis 33:17
but Jacob went to Succoth. He built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.
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2 Corinthians 5 1
For we know that if our earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling in the heavens, not made with hands.
