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# to speak blasphemies against God
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"to say disrespectful things about God"
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# blaspheming his name and his tabernacle, those who live in heaven
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The words "those who live in heaven" describe "his tabernacle." John is speaking as though God's people were a tabernacle in which God dwells. Alternate translation: "blaspheming his name and those who live in heaven, who are like a tabernacle for him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# blaspheming his name
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God's name is a metonym for God himself. Alternate translation: "blaspheming God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# his name and his tabernacle, those who live in heaven
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Some modern translations read, "his name, his tabernacle, and those who live in heaven."
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