3. To blaspheme his name, his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven--13:6. The emperor’ s blasphemies of the name of God were extended to “ his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.” The tabernacle was the original name for the temple, and indicated the aim of the emperor to destroy it. The phrase “ them that dwell in heaven” referred to the Jewish authorities, and signified the emperor’ s purpose to bring to end the Jewish state.