Commentary for Shevuot 32:6

איכא דמתני לה אסיפא או ששהה בכדי השתחואה מכלל דהשתחואה גופה בעיא שהייה אמר רבא לא שנו אלא שהשתחוה כלפי חוץ אבל כלפי פנים אע"ג דלא שהה והכי קאמר השתחוה כלפי פנים או ששהה כדי השתחואה בהך השתחואה דכלפי חוץ חייב

Hence, we deduce both.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because Scripture of set purpose uses tabernacle in one verse and sanctuary in the other, we may deduce also that they are both equal in sanctity, and that an unclean person entering either is liable; v. Tosaf.');">¹⁰</span> Granted that sanctuary is called tabernacle, for it is written: And I will set My tabernacle among you;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXVI, 11; lit., 'I will set My dwelling (or, 'abode') among you'. Wherever God dwells is His mishkan; since He dwelt in the sanctuary');">¹¹</span> but whence do we know that tabernacle is called sanctuary?

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