{The tabernacle of the testimony} (h(8820)sk(886e)(8820)tou
marturiou). Probably suggested by the mention of "the tabernacle
of Moloch" (verse  43 ). See on 烘t 17:4| for discussion of
sk(886e)(885c) (from skia, shadow, root ska, to cover). This first
sanctuary was not the temple, but the tent in the wilderness.
"Stephen passes on from the conduct of the Israelites to his
other argument that God is not necessarily worshipped in a
particular spot" (Page). {According to the figure} (kata ton
tupon). According to the type or pattern. Tupos is from
	upt(935c), to strike, to smite, and is the print of the blow ( Joh
20:25 ), then the figure formed by a blow or impression like our
type, a model or example. Quoted from  Ex 25:40 . Common word in
the old Greek. {That he had seen} (hon he(9372)akei). Past perfect
active of hora(935c), to see (double reduplication).