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Sforno on Exodus 15:17/ספורנו על שמות ט״ו:י״ז
אתְּבִיאֵמוֹ וְתִטָּעֵמוֹ. שֶׁלֹּא יִגְלוּ מִמֶּנָּה:
1תביאמו ותטעמו, in a manner that will ensure that they will never be exiled from there.
בבְּהַר נַחֲלָתְךָ. בְּהַר הַבַּיִת שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר עָלָיו "בְּהַר ה' יֵרָאֶה" (בראשית כב:יד).
2בהר נחלתך, on the Temple Mount, of which it has been said in Genesis 22,14 בהר ה' יראה, “on the Mountain of the Lord He manifests Himself.”
גמָכוֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ פָּעַלְתָּ ה'. כְּאָמְרוֹ (תהלים קלב:יד) "פֹּה אֵשֵׁב כִּי אִוִּתִיהָ".
3'מכון לשבתך פעלת ה, similar to what David, quoting G’d, said in Psalms 132,14 פה אשב כי אויתיה, “here I shall dwell for I have yearned for it.”
דמִקְדָּש ה' כּוֹנְנוּ יָדֶיךָ. כַּאֲמָרוֹ "וְעָשׂוּ לִי מִקְדָּשׁ" (שמות כה:ח), כְּכָל אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי מַרְאֶה אוֹתָךְ (שמות כה:ט). וְכֵן דָּוִד אָמַר "הַכֹּל בִּכְתָב, מִיַּד ה' עָלַי הִשְׂכִּיל" (דברי הימים א כח:יט), בְּכָל מְלַאכוֹת הַתַּבְנִית.
4מקדש ה' כוננו ידיך, a veiled reference to the sanctuary which G’d would instruct the Jewish people to build for His Presence in Exodus 25,8-9. [G’d’s stating the sizes, furnishings, and materials this Sanctuary would be made of makes it equivalent to He Himself having constructed it. Ed.] Also David, in Chronicles I 28,19 spoke about his having received the details of the blueprint of the Temple to be built by his son Solomon from G’d, proving that G’d Himself considered this as His permanent residence on earth.