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Therefore (dia touto). Because of the washing described in Rev 7:14.
They serve him (latreuousin autōi). Dative case with latreuō (present active indicative, old verb, originally to serve for hire latron, then service in general, then religious service to God, Mat 4:10, then in particular ritual worship of the priests, Heb 8:5). All the redeemed are priests (Rev 16:5, Rev 16:10) in the heavenly temple (Rev 6:9) as here. But this service is that of spiritual worship, not of external rites (Rom 12:1; Phi 3:3).
Day and night (hēmeras kai nuktos). Genitive of time, “by day and night,” as in Rev 4:8 of the praise of the four living creatures.
Shall spread his tabernacle over them (skēnōsei ep' autous). Future (change of tense from present in latreuousin) active of skēnoō, old verb from skēnos (tent, tabernacle), used in Joh 1:14 of the earthly life of Christ, elsewhere in N.T. only in Rev (Rev 7:14; Rev 12:12; Rev 13:6; Rev 21:3). In Rev 12:12; Rev 13:6 of those who dwell in tents, here of God spreading his tent “over” (ep' autous) the redeemed in heaven, in Rev 21:3 of God tabernacling “with” (met' autōn) the redeemed, in both instances a picture of sacred fellowship, and “the further idea of God’s Presence as a protection from all fear of evil” (Swete) like the overshadowing of Israel by the Shekinah and a possible allusion also to the tents (skēnai) of the feast of tabernacles and to the tent of meeting where God met Moses (Exo 33:7-11).