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A tent, booth, pavilion, or temporary dwelling. For its general meaning and uses, see TENT. In the Scriptures it is employed more particularly of the tent made by Moses at the command of God, for the place of religious worship of the Hebrews, before the building of the temple. The directions of God, and the account of the execution of them, are contained in Ex 25, and the following chapters. This is usually called the tabernacle of the congregation, or tent of assembly, and sometimes the tabernacle of the testimony.
The tabernacle was of an oblong rectangular form, thirty cubits long, ten broad, and ten in height, Ex 26.15-30; 36.20-30; that is, about fifty-five feet long, eighteen broad, and eighteen high. The two sides and the western end were formed of boards of shittim wood, overlaid with thin plates of gold, and fixed in solid sockets or vases of silver. Above, they were secured by bars of the same wood overlaid with gold, passing through rings of gold which were fixed to the boards. On the east end, which was the entrance, there were no boards, but only five pillars of shittim wood, whose chapters and fillets were overlaid with gold and their hooks of gold, standing in five sockets of brass. The tabernacle thus erected was covered with four different kinds of curtains. The first and inner curtain was composed of fine linen, magnificently embroidered with figures of cherubim, in shades of blue, purple, and scarlet; this formed the beautiful ceiling. The next covering was made of fine goats' hair; the third of rams' skins or morocco dyed red; and the fourth and outward covering of a thicker leather. See BADGERS' SKINS. We have already said that the east end of the tabernacle had no boards, but only five pillars of shittim wood; it was therefore closed with a richly embroidered curtain suspended from these pillars, Ex 27:16.
Such was the external appearance of the sacred tent, which was divided into two apartments by means of four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold, like the pillars before described, two cubits and a half distant from each other; only they stood in sockets of silver instead of brass, Ex 26:32; 36:36; and on these pillars was hung a veil, formed of the same materials as the one placed at the east end, Ex 26:31-33; 36:35; Heb 9:3. The interior of the tabernacle was thus divided, it is generally supposed, in the same proportions as the temple afterwards built according to its model; two-thirds of the whole length being allotted to the first room, or the Holy Place, and one-third to the second, or Most Holy Place. Thus the former would be twenty cubits long, ten wide, and ten high, and the latter ten cubits every way. It is observable, that neither the Holy nor the Most Holy place had any window. Hence the need of the candlestick in the one, for the service that was performed therin.
The tabernacle thus described stood in an open space or court of an oblong form, one hundred cubits in length, and fifty in breadth, situated due east and west, Ex 27:18. This court was surrounded with pillars of brass, filleted with silver, and placed at the distance of five cubits from each other, twenty on each side and ten on each end. Their sockets were of brass, and were fastened to the earth with pins of the same metal, Ex 38:10,17,20. Their height was probably five cubits, that being the length of the curtains that were suspended on them, Ex 28:18. These curtains, which formed an enclosure round the court, were of fine twined white linen yarn, Ex 27:9; 38:9,16, except that at the entrance on the east end, which was of blue and purple and scarlet and fine white twined linen, with cords to draw it either up or aside when the priests entered the court, Ex 27:16; 38:18. Within this area stood the altar of burnt-offerings, and the laver with its foot or base. This altar was placed in a line between the door of the court and the door of the tabernacle, but nearer the former, Ex 40:6,29; the laver stood the altar of burnt-offering and the door of the tabernacle, Ex 38:8. In this court all the Israelites presented their offerings, vows, and prayers.
But although the tabernacle was surrounded by the court, there is no reason to think that it stood in the center of it. It is more probable that the area at the east end was fifty cubits square; and indeed a less space than that could hardly suffice for the work that was to be done there, and for the persons who were immediately to attend the service. We now proceed to notice the furniture which the tabernacle contained.
In the Holy Place to which none but priests were admitted, Heb 9:6, were three objects worthy of notice: namely, the altar of incense, the table for the show-bread, and the candlestick for the show-bread, and the candlestick for the lights, all of which have been described in their respective places. The altar of incense was placed in the middle of the sanctuary, before the veil, Ex 30:6-10; 40:26-27; and on it the incense was burnt morning and evening, Ex 30:7-8. On the north side of the altar of incense, that is, on the right hand of the priest as he entered, stood the table for the show-bread, Ex 26:35; 40:22-23; and on the south side of the Holy Place, the golden candlestick, Ex 25:31-39. In the Most Holy Place, into which only the high priest entered once a year, Heb 9:7, was the ark, covered by the mercy-seat and the cherubim.
The gold and silver employed in decorating the tabernacle are estimated at not less than a million of dollars. The remarkable and costly structure thus described was erected in the wilderness of Sinai, on the first day of the first month of the second year, after the Israelites left Egypt, Ex 40.17; and when erected was anointed, together with its furniture, with holy oil, Ex 40:9-11, and sanctified by blood, Ex 24:6-8; Heb 9:21. The altar of burnt offerings, especially, was sanctified by sacrifices during seven days, Ex 29:37; while rich donations were given by the princes of the tribes for the service of the sanctuary, Nu 7:1.
We should not omit to observe, that the tabernacle was so constructed as to be taken to pieces and put together again, as occasion required. This was indispensable; it being designed to accompany the Israelites during their travels in the wilderness. With it moved and rested the pillar of fire and of cloud. As often as Israel removed, the tabernacle was taken to pieces by the priests, closely covered, and borne in regular order by the Levites, Nu 4. Wherever they encamped, it was pitched in the midst of their tents, which were set up in a quadrangular form, under their respective standards, at a distance from the tabernacle of two thousand cubits; while Moses and Aaron, with the priests and Levites, occupied a place between them.
How long this tabernacle existed we do not know. During the conquest it remained at Gilgal, Jos 4:19; 10:43. After the conquest it was stationed for many years at Shiloh, Jos 18:1; 1Sa 1:3. In 2Sa 6:17, and 1Ch 15:1, it is said that David had prepared and pitched a tabernacle in Jerusalem for the ark, which before had long been at Kirjath-jearim, and then in the house of Obed-edom, 1Ch 13:6,14; 2Sa 6:11-12. In 1Ch 21:29, it is said that the tabernacle of Moses was still at Gibeon at that time; and it would therefore seem that the ark had long been separated from it. The tabernacle still remained at Gibeon in the time of Solomon, who sacrificed before it, 2Ch 1:3,13. This is the last mention made of it; for apparently the tabernacle brought with the ark into the temple, 2Ch 5:5, was the tent in which the ark had been kept on Zion, 2Ch 1:4; 5:2.
Feast of Tabernacles. This festival derives its name from the booths in which the people dwelt during its continuance, which were constructed of the branches and leaves of trees, on the roofs of their houses, in the courts, and also in the streets. Nehemiah describes the gathering of palm-branches, olive branches, myrtle-branches, etc., for this occasion, from the Mount of Olives. It was one of the three great festivals of the year, at which all the men of Israel were required to be present, De 16:16. It was celebrated during eight days, commencing on the fifteenth day of
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Celebrate the Harvest Festival when you begin to harvest your crops. Celebrate the Festival of Shelters in the autumn, when you gather the fruit from your vineyards and orchards.
Moses took half of the blood of the animals and put it in bowls. The other half he threw against the altar. He took the book of the covenant, in which Jehovah's commandments were written, and read it aloud to the people. They said: We will obey Jehovah. We will do everything that he has commanded. read more. Moses took the blood from the bowls and sprinkled it on the people. Next, he told them: With this blood Jehovah makes his agreement with you.
Make lamp stand of pure gold. Make its base and its shaft of hammered gold. Its decorative flowers, including buds and petals, are to form one piece with it. Six branches shall extend from its sides, three from each side. read more. Three cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms in the one branch, a bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms in the other branch. This should go on for six branches going out from the lamp stand. Four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its bulbs and its flowers should be in the lamp stand. A bulb shall be under each of the six pair of branches coming out of the lamp stand. Their bulbs and their branches shall be of one piece. All of it must be one piece of hammered work of pure gold. Then make a total of seven lamps. Mount the lamps so that they shed light on the space in front of it. Its snuffers and fire holders (trays) must be of pure gold. It shall be made from seventy-five pounds of pure gold, with all these utensils.
Build a canopy of violet, purple, and bright red yarn. Creatively work an angel design of cherubim into fine linen yarn. Hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold. Their hooks should also be of gold, on four sockets of silver.
Hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold. Their hooks should also be of gold, on four sockets of silver. Hang up the veil under the clasps. Bring in the Ark of the Covenant there within the veil. The veil shall serve for you as a partition between the holy place and the holy of holies.
Set the table outside the veil. Place the lamp stand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south. Place the table on the north side.
Make a courtyard for the tent (tabernacle). The south side of the courtyard (toward the Negeb) should be one hundred and fifty feet long and have curtains made out of fine linen yarn.
Use four more of these posts for the entrance. Hang on them an embroidered curtain of fine linen ten yards long and woven with blue, purple, and red wool.
Use four more of these posts for the entrance. Hang on them an embroidered curtain of fine linen ten yards long and woven with blue, purple, and red wool.
The courtyard should be one hundred and fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and seven and one half feet high. The curtains should be made of fine linen yarn and with copper bases.
Place turquoise, sapphire, and crystal in the second row.
Make atonement for the altar and consecrate it for seven days. Then the altar shall be most holy, and whatever touches the altar shall be holy.
Place the altar in front of the canopy that hangs over the ark containing the words of my covenant I will meet with you there in front of the throne of mercy that is on the ark. Aaron must burn sweet incense on this altar every morning when he takes care of the lamps.
Aaron must burn sweet incense on this altar every morning when he takes care of the lamps. When Aaron lights the lamps at dusk he must burn incense. An incense offering must burn (smoke) constantly in Jehovah's presence for generations to come.
When Aaron lights the lamps at dusk he must burn incense. An incense offering must burn (smoke) constantly in Jehovah's presence for generations to come. Do not burn any unauthorized incense on this altar or any burnt offerings or grain offerings. Do not pour a wine offering on it. read more. Once a year Aaron must make atonement with Jehovah by putting blood on its horns. Once a year for generations to come blood from the offering must be placed on the altar to make atonement with Jehovah. It is most holy to Jehovah.
Celebrate the Festival of Weeks with the first grain from your wheat harvest. Celebrate the Festival of the Final Harvest at the end of the season.
They made the canopy out of violet, purple, and bright red yarn and fine linen yarn. A cherubim (angel) design was creatively worked into the fabric. Four posts of acacia wood were prepared for it. They covered them with gold. They made gold hooks for the posts. They cast four silver bases for them.
He made the laver (basin) of copper with its base of copper, from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting. He made the courtyard. The south side curtains of the courtyard were fine twisted linen, one hundred and fifty feet long. read more. The courtyard had twenty pillars, and twenty sockets, made of copper. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.
The curtains around the courtyard were all made out of fine linen yarn. The bases for the posts were made of copper. The hooks and bands on the posts were made of silver. The tops of the posts were covered with silver. And the bands on all the posts of the courtyard were made of silver. read more. The screen for the entrance to the courtyard was made of violet, purple, and bright red yarn embroidered on fabric made from fine linen yarn. It was thirty feet long and seven and one half feet high, just like the curtains of the courtyard.
The pegs for the tent and the surrounding courtyard were made of copper.
Place the altar for burning offerings in front of the Tabernacle.
Then dedicate the Tabernacle and all its equipment by anointing it with the sacred oil, and it will be holy. Dedicate the altar and all its equipment by anointing it, and it will be completely holy. read more. Also dedicate the washbasin and its base in the same way.
Moses put the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the tent outside the canopy. He arranged the bread on the table in Jehovah's presence, following Jehovah's instructions.
Moses put the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the canopy. He burned sweet incense on it, following Jehovah's instructions.
He put the altar for burnt offerings at the entrance to the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. He sacrificed burnt offerings and grain offerings on it. Moses followed Jehovah's instructions.
Inform the Israelites: 'The fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Festival of Booths to Jehovah. It will last seven days. There will be a holy assemble on the first day. Do not do any regular work. read more. Bring a sacrifice by fire to Jehovah for seven consecutive days. On the eighth day there will be a holy assembly. Bring Jehovah a sacrifice by fire. This is the last festival of the year. Do not do any regular work. These are Jehovah's appointed festivals. Announce them as holy assemblies for bringing sacrifices by fire to Jehovah. Bring burnt offerings, grain offerings, other sacrifices, and wine offerings-each one on its special day. This is in addition to Jehovah's days of worship, your gifts, all your vows, and your freewill offerings to Jehovah. Celebrate Jehovah's festival for seven days. This should begin on the fifteenth day of the seventh month; at the time you gather what the land produces. The first and the eighth days will be worship festivals.
Celebrate Jehovah's festival for seven days. This should begin on the fifteenth day of the seventh month; at the time you gather what the land produces. The first and the eighth days will be worship festivals. Take the best fruits, palm branches, the branches of leafy trees and poplars on the first day, and celebrate in the presence of Jehovah your God for seven days. read more. It is Jehovah's festival. Celebrate it for seven days each year. This is a long lasting law for generations to come. Celebrate this festival in the seventh month. Live in booths for seven days. Everyone born in Israel must live in booths.
Live in booths for seven days. Everyone born in Israel must live in booths. This is how generations to come may learn how I made the people of Israel live in booths when I brought them out of Egypt. I am Jehovah your God!'
This is how generations to come may learn how I made the people of Israel live in booths when I brought them out of Egypt. I am Jehovah your God!'
Moses finished setting up the tent. He anointed it and dedicated it and all the furnishings. He also anointed and dedicated the altar and all the utensils.
Call a holy assembly on the fifteenth day of the seventh month. You must not do any regular work. Instead, celebrate a festival to Jehovah for seven days.
Call a holy assembly on the fifteenth day of the seventh month. You must not do any regular work. Instead, celebrate a festival to Jehovah for seven days. As a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to Jehovah, bring thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen one-year-old lambs, all of them without defects. read more. Along with them bring grain offerings of flour mixed with olive oil. Bring twenty-four cups for each of the thirteen bulls, sixteen cups for each of the two rams, and eight cups for each of the fourteen one-year-old lambs. Also bring one male goat as an offering for sin in addition to the daily burnt offerings with their grain offerings and wine offerings. On the second day offer twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen one-year-old male lambs, all without any defects. Offer grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance; and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering, and their drink offerings. Then on the third day: eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without defect; and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance; and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering and its drink offering. Then on the fourth day: ten bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without defect; grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance; and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering and its drink offering. Then on the fifth day: nine bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without defect; and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance; and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering and its drink offering. Then on the sixth day: eight bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without defect. Along with them bring the proper amount of grain offerings and wine offerings for each of the bulls, rams, and lambs. Also bring one male goat as an offering for sin in addition to the daily burnt offerings with their grain offerings and wine offerings. On the seventh day bring seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen one-year-old lambs that have no defects. Along with them bring the proper amount of grain offerings and wine offerings for each of the bulls, rams, and lambs. Also bring one male goat as an offering for sin in addition to the daily burnt offerings with their grain offerings and wine offerings. On the eighth day you must hold a religious assembly. Do no daily work.
On the eighth day you must hold a religious assembly. Do no daily work. As a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to Jehovah, bring one bull, one ram, and seven one-year-old lambs that have no defects. read more. Along with them bring the proper amount of grain offerings and wine offerings for the bull, the ram, and the lambs. Also bring one male goat as an offering for sin in addition to the daily burnt offerings with their grain offerings and wine offerings. These are the offerings you must bring to Jehovah at your festivals. They are the offerings you must bring in addition to the offerings for anything you vowed to give to Jehovah, your freewill offerings, your burnt offerings, your grain offerings, your wine offerings, and your fellowship offerings.'
Three times a year all your men must come into the presence of Jehovah your God at the place he will choose. At the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Booths. But no one may come into the presence of Jehovah without an offering.
Moses commanded them: At the end of every seven years, at the time of the year of remission of debts, at the Feast of Booths, when all Israel comes to appear before Jehovah your God at the place he will choose, you shall read this Law in front of all Israel in their hearing. read more. Assemble the people, the men and the women and children and the alien who is in your town. Assemble them that they may hear and learn and respect Jehovah your God, and be careful to observe all the words of this Law. Their children, who have not known, will hear and learn to respect Jehovah your God, as long as you live on the land you will possess when you cross the Jordan River.
The people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh. They set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. The land was subdued before them.
The Israelites gathered at Mizpah. They drew some water, poured it out in front of Jehovah and fasted that day. They confessed: We have sinned against Jehovah. So Samuel judged Israel in Mizpah.
The men carrying the Ark set it in its place inside the tent David put up for it. David sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings in Jehovah's presence.
David and all the people of Israel with him went to Baalah of Judah (Kiriath Jearim). They went to bring the Ark of Jehovah God from there. He is enthroned between the cherubim on the Ark that is called by his name.
The Ark of God remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house for three months. Jehovah blessed his household and everything he had.
David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David. Then he prepared a place for God's Ark and pitched a tent for it.
Jehovah's tent that Moses made in the desert and the altar for burnt offerings were at the worship site at Gibeon.
Then Solomon and the entire assembly went to the place of worship in Gibeon because God's Tent of Meeting was there. Jehovah's servant Moses pitched the tent in the desert. David already brought God's Ark from Kiriath Jearim to a place he had prepared for it. He pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.
So Solomon left the place of worship at Gibeon, where the Tent of Jehovah's presence was, and returned to Jerusalem. There he ruled over Israel.
Then Solomon assembled the respected leaders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes, and the leaders of the Israelite families. They came to Jerusalem to take the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah from the City of David, which is Zion.
They brought the Ark, the Tent of Meeting, and all the holy utensils in it to the Temple. The priests and the Levites carried them
They saw that it was recorded in the law that Jehovah gave orders by Moses, that the children of Israel were to have tents for their living-places in the feast of the seventh month: They were to give an order, and make it public in all their towns and in Jerusalem, saying: Go out to the mountain and get olive branches and branches of field olives (oil trees) and of myrtle, and palm branches and branches of thick trees, to make tents, as it says in the book. read more. The people went out and got them and made themselves tents. Every one on the roof of his house, and in the open spaces and in the open squares of the House of God, and in the wide place of the Water Gate, and the wide place of the Gate of Ephraim. All the people who had been prisoners and had come back, made tents and were living in them. From the time of Jeshua, the son of Nun, till that day, the children of Israel had not done so. There was very great joy! Day by day, from the first day till the last, he read from the book of the Law of God. They kept the feast for seven days: and on the eighth day there was a holy meeting, as it is ordered in the law.
Day by day, from the first day till the last, he read from the book of the Law of God. They kept the feast for seven days: and on the eighth day there was a holy meeting, as it is ordered in the law.
On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and shouted in a loud voice: If any man thirst let him come to me and drink. Rivers of living water will flow from the innermost being of the man who believes in me. This is according to the scriptures.
When these things are prepared, the priests enter the outer room often to carry on their services. Only the high priest enters the inner room. Once a year he entered with blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins of the people.
He sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of service.
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(1.) A house or dwelling-place (Job 5:24; 18:6, etc.).
(2.) A portable shrine (comp. Ac 19:24) containing the image of Moloch (Am 5:26; marg. and R.V., "Siccuth").
(3.) The human body (2Co 5:1,4); a tent, as opposed to a permanent dwelling.
(4.) The sacred tent (Heb mishkan, "the dwelling-place"); the movable tent-temple which Moses erected for the service of God, according to the "pattern" which God himself showed to him on the mount (Ex 25:9; Heb 8:5). It is called "the tabernacle of the congregation," rather "of meeting", i.e., where God promised to meet with Israel (Ex 29:42); the "tabernacle of the testimony" (Ex 38:21; Nu 1:50), which does not, however, designate the whole structure, but only the enclosure which contained the "ark of the testimony" (Ex 25:16,22; Nu 9:15); the "tabernacle of witness" (Nu 17:8); the "house of the Lord" (DE 23:18); the "temple of the Lord" (Jos 6:24); a "sanctuary" (Ex 25:8).
Illustration: Tabernacle in the Wilderness Illustration: Tabernacle Unveiled
A particular account of the materials which the people provided for the erection and of the building itself is recorded in EX 25-40. The execution of the plan mysteriously given to Moses was intrusted to Bezaleel and Aholiab, who were specially endowed with wisdom and artistic skill, probably gained in Egypt, for this purpose (Ex 35:30-35). The people provided materials for the tabernacle so abundantly that Moses was under the necessity of restraining them (Ex 36:6). These stores, from which they so liberally contributed for this purpose, must have consisted in a great part of the gifts which the Egyptians so readily bestowed on them on the eve of the Exodus (Ex 12:35-36).
The tabernacle was a rectangular enclosure, in length about 45 feet (i.e., reckoning a cubit at 18 inches) and in breadth and height about 15. Its two sides and its western end were made of boards of acacia wood, placed on end, resting in sockets of brass, the eastern end being left open (Ex 26:22). This framework was covered with four coverings, the first of linen, in which figures of the symbolic cherubim were wrought with needlework in blue and purple and scarlet threads, and probably also with threads of gold (Ex 26:1-6; 36:8-13). Above this was a second covering of twelve curtains of black goats'-hair cloth, reaching down on the outside almost to the ground (Ex 26:7-11). The third covering was of rams' skins dyed red, and the fourth was of badgers' skins (Heb tahash, i.e., the dugong, a species of seal), Ex 25:5; 26:14; 35:7,23; 36:19; 39:34.
Internally it was divided by a veil into two chambers, the exterior of which was called the holy place, also "the sanctuary" (Heb 9:2) and the "first tabernacle" (Heb 9:6); and the interior, the holy of holies, "the holy place," "the Holiest," the "second tabernacle" (Ex 28:29; Heb 9:3,7). The veil separating these two chambers was a double curtain of the finest workmanship, which was never passed except by the high priest once a year, on the great Day of Atonement. The holy place was separated from the outer court which enclosed the tabernacle by a curtain, which hung over the six pillars which stood at the east end of the tabernacle, and by which it was entered.
The order as well as the typical character of the services of the tabernacle are recorded in Heb 9; 10:19-22.
The holy of holies, a cube of 10 cubits, contained the "ark of the testimony", i.e., the oblong chest containing the two tables of stone, the pot of manna, and Aaron's rod that budded.
The holy place was the western and larger chamber of the tabernacle. Here were placed the table for the shewbread, the golden candlestick, and the golden altar of incense.
Round about the tabernacle was a court, enclosed by curtains hung upon sixty pillars (Ex 27:9-18). This court was 150 feet long and 75 feet broad. Within it were placed the altar of burnt offering, which measured 7 1/2 feet in length and breadth and 4 1/2 feet high, with horns at the four corners, and the laver of brass (Ex 30:18), which stood between the altar and the tabernacle.
The whole tabernacle was completed in seven months. On the first day of the first month of the second year after the Exodus, it was formally set up, and the cloud of the divine presence descended on it (Ex 39:22-43; 40). It cost 29 talents 730 shekels of gold, 100 talents 1,775 shekels of silver, 70 talents 2,400 shekels of brass (Ex 38:24-31).
The tabernacle was so constructed that it could easily be taken down and conveyed from place to place during the wanderings in the wilderness. The first encampment of the Israelites after crossing the Jordan was at Gilgal, and there the tabernacle remained for seven years (Jos 4:19). It was afterwards removed to Shiloh (Jos 18:1), where it remained during the time of the Judges, till the days of Eli, when the ark, having been carried out into the camp when the Israelites were at war with the Philistines, was taken by the enemy (1Sa 4), and was never afterwards restored to its place in the tabernacle. The old tabernacle erected by Moses in the wilderness was transferred to Nob (1Sa 21:1), and after the destruction of that city by Saul (1Sa 22:9; 1Ch 16:39-40), to Gibeon. It is mentioned for the last time in 1Ch 21:29. A new tabernacle was erected by David at Jerusalem (2Sa 6:17; 1Ch 16:1), and the ark was brought from Perez-uzzah and deposited in it (2Sa 6:8-17; 2Ch 1:4).
The word thus rendered ('ohel) in Ex 33:7 denotes simply a tent, probably Moses' own tent, for the tabernacle was not yet erected.
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The sons of Israel did what Moses told them. They asked the Egyptians for gold and silver jewelry and for clothes. Jehovah made the Egyptians generous to the people. They gave them what they asked for. So the sons of Israel stripped Egypt of its wealth.
rams' skins dyed red, fine leather, acacia wood,
Have them make a holy place (sanctuary) for me, and I will live among them. Make the tent and all its furnishings exactly like the plans I show you.
I will give you the Ten Commandments written on two flat tablets. Put them inside the chest.
I will be above the throne of mercy between the angels whenever I meet with you. I will give you all my commandments for the Israelites.
Construct the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet material. Make them with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman. Each curtain will be forty-two feet long and six feet wide. All will be the same size. read more. Five of the curtains must be sewn together. The other five must also be sewn together. Make fifty violet loops along the edge of the end curtain in each set, Place the loops opposite each other. Make fifty gold fasteners. Use them to link the two sets of curtains together so that the tent is a single unit. Make eleven curtains of goats' hair to form an outer tent over the inner tent. Each of the eleven curtains will be forty-five feet long and six feet wide. Sew five of the curtains together into one set. Sew the remaining six into another set. Fold the sixth curtains in half to hang in front of the tent. Fasten fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in each set. Make fifty bronze fasteners. Put the fasteners through the loops to link the inner tent together as a single unit.
Make a cover of rams' skins that have been dyed red for the outer tent. Place a cover made of fine leather over that.
Make a courtyard for the tent (tabernacle). The south side of the courtyard (toward the Negeb) should be one hundred and fifty feet long and have curtains made out of fine linen yarn. Hang on them twenty posts set in twenty copper bases. The hooks and bands on the posts should be made of silver. read more. The north side should be the same one hundred fifty feet long, with curtains on twenty posts set in twenty copper bases. The hooks and bands on the posts should be made of silver. The courtyard on the west side should be seventy-five wide and have curtains hung on ten posts set in ten bases. On the east end, facing the rising sun, the courtyard should also be seventy-five feet wide. One side of the entrance will be twenty-two and one half feet wide with curtains hung on three posts set in three bases. The other side will be the same. Use four more of these posts for the entrance. Hang on them an embroidered curtain of fine linen ten yards long and woven with blue, purple, and red wool. The curtains that surround the courtyard must be two and a half yards high and should be hung from the bronze posts with silver hooks and rods. The courtyard should be one hundred and fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and seven and one half feet high. The curtains should be made of fine linen yarn and with copper bases.
When Aaron goes into the holy place, he will carry the names of the sons of Israel over his heart as a continual reminder in Jehovah's presence. He must do this by wearing the breast piece for decision-making.
It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the doorway of the tent of meeting before Jehovah. That is where I will meet with you to speak to you.
Make a copper basin with a bronze stand for washing. Put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and fill it with water.
Moses used to take a tent and set it up far outside the camp. He called it the tent of meeting. Anyone who was seeking Jehovah's will used to go outside the camp to the tent of meeting.
Those who had violet, purple, or bright red yarn, fine linen, goats' hair, rams' skins dyed red, or fine leather brought them.
Then Moses said to the sons of Israel: Jehovah has called by name Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur of the tribe of Judah. He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding and in knowledge and in all craftsmanship. read more. He is a master artist familiar with gold, silver, and copper. He knows how to cut and set stones and how to work with wood. He is an expert in all trades. Jehovah also gave Bezalel and Oholiab, son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan the ability to teach others. Jehovah made these men highly skilled in all trades. They can do the work of jewelers, carpenters, and designers. They know how to embroider violet, purple and bright red yarn on fine linen. They know how to weave yarn on a loom. They can do all kinds of trades. They are master artists.
Moses sent a command throughout the camp, saying: No one is to make any further contribution for the sacred Tent. So the people did not bring any more.
The most skilled men among those doing the work made the Tent of Jehovah's presence. They made it out of ten pieces of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool and embroidered with figures of winged creatures. Each curtain was forty-two feet long and six feet wide. They were all the same size. read more. Five of the curtains were sewn together. The other five were also sewn together. They made fifty violet loops along the edge of the end curtain in each set. They placed the loops opposite sides of each other. They also made fifty gold fasteners. They used them to link the two sets of curtains together so that the inner tent was a single unit.
They made a cover out of rams' skins that had been dyed red for the outer tent, and over that they put a cover made of fine leather.
This is the inventory of the tent, the Tent of Testimony. An inventory was ordered by Moses and carried out by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar, son of the priest Aaron.
All the gold from the offerings presented to Jehovah used in building the holy place weighed over two thousand one hundred and ninety three pounds using the standard weight of the holy place. The silver collected when the census of the community was taken weighed seven thousand five hundred and forty four pounds using the standard weight of the holy place. read more. This amounted to one-fifth of an ounce per person, for everyone counted who was at least twenty years old. There were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty people. He used seven thousand five hundred pounds of silver to cast the one hundred bases for the holy place and the canopy. That came to seventy-five pounds per base. Bezalel used forty-four pounds of silver to make the hooks and bands for the posts and the coverings for the tops of the posts. The offerings presented to Jehovah weighted five thousand three hundred and ten pounds. He used this to make the bases for the entrance to the tent of meeting, the copper altar with its copper grate and all its accessories, the bases all around the courtyard, the bases for the entrance to the courtyard, all the pegs for the tent, and all the pegs for the surrounding courtyard.
They made the robe that is worn with the ephod. It was woven entirely of violet yarn. The opening in the center of the robe had a finished edge, somewhat like a leather collar, all around it to keep it from tearing. read more. On the hem of the robe they made pomegranates of violet, purple, and bright red yarn, and fine yarn. Bells were made out of pure gold. They were fastened in between the pomegranates all around the hem of the robe. A gold bell alternated with a pomegranate all around the hem of the robe that is worn by Aaron when he served as priest. They followed Jehovah's instructions to Moses. They wove inner robes out of fine linen for Aaron and his sons. They also made the chief priest's turban and the other beautiful turbans out of fine linen. They made the undergarments and belt out of fine linen yarn. The belt was embroidered with violet, purple, and bright red yarn. They followed Jehovah's instructions to Moses. The flower-shaped medallion, the holy crown, was fashioned out of pure gold. The statement: HOLY TO JEHOVAH was engraved on it. They fastened a violet cord to it and tied it on top of the turban. They followed Jehovah's instructions to Moses. So all the work on the inner tent of the tent of meeting was now done. The Israelites obeyed all Jehovah's instructions to Moses. They brought everything to Moses: the inner tent, the outer tent and all its furnishings, the fasteners, frames, crossbars, posts, sockets, the cover made of rams' skins dyed red, the cover made of fine leather, the canopy over the Ark,
the cover made of rams' skins dyed red, the cover made of fine leather, the canopy over the Ark, the Ark containing the words of God's covenant with its poles and the throne of mercy, read more. the table with all the dishes, the bread of the presence, the pure gold lamp stand with its lamps in a row and all its utensils, the olive oil for the lamps, the gold altar, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the entrance to the tent, the copper altar with its copper grate, its poles, and all its accessories, the basin with its stand, the curtains for the courtyard, the posts, bases, and screen for the entrance to the courtyard, the ropes and pegs, all the equipment needed for the service of the inner tent for tent of meeting; the special clothes worn when serving as priests in the holy place, both the holy clothes for the priest Aaron and the clothes for his sons when serving as priests. The Israelites did all the work according to Jehovah's instructions to Moses. Moses inspected all the work. He saw that they had followed Jehovah's instructions. So Moses blessed them.
Put the Levites in charge of the tent of God's words, including the equipment for the tent and everything else having to do with the tent. The Levites will carry the tent and all its equipment. They will take care of the tent and camp around it.
That day the tent of the words of God's Covenant was set up. The column of smoke covered it. The smoke over the tent glowed like fire from evening until morning.
The next day Moses went into the tent. He found that Aaron's staff for the tribe of Levi had not only begun to grow, but it had also blossomed and produced ripe almonds.
The people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
They burned the city and all its contents. They put the silver, gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron into the treasury of the house of Jehovah.
The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh. They set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. The land was subdued before them.
David went to the priest Ahimelech at Nob. Ahimelech was afraid when he met David. Why are you alone? He asked David. Why is no one with you?
Doeg from Edom, standing with Saul's officials, answered him: I saw Jesse's son when he came to Ahimelech, Ahitub's son, in Nob.
Because of that the place has been called Perez Uzzah (breakthrough of Uzzah) ever since. David was furious because Jehovah punished Uzzah in anger. Then David was afraid of Jehovah and said: How can I take the Ark of the Covenant with me now? read more. So he decided not to take it with him to Jerusalem. Instead, he turned off the road and took it to the house of Obed Edom, a native of the city of Gath. The Ark of Jehovah stayed at the home of Obed Edom from Gath for three months. Jehovah blessed Obed Edom and his whole family. King David was told: Jehovah has blessed Obed Edom's home and everything he owns because of the Ark of God. Then David joyfully went to get the Ark of God from Obed Edom's house and bring it to the City of David. When those who carried the Ark of Jehovah walked six steps, David sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf. Wearing a linen ephod, David danced in Jehovah's presence with all his might. He and the entire nation of Israel brought the Ark of Jehovah with shouts of joy and the sounding of rams' horns. When the Ark of Jehovah came to the City of David, Saul's daughter Michal looked out of a window and saw King David leaping and dancing in Jehovah's presence. She despised him in her heart. The men carrying the Ark set it in its place inside the tent David put up for it. David sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings in Jehovah's presence.
The men carrying the Ark set it in its place inside the tent David put up for it. David sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings in Jehovah's presence.
Jehovah's tent that Moses made in the desert and the altar for burnt offerings were at the worship site at Gibeon.
You will know peace in your tent. You will inspect your house and find nothing missing.
The light in his tent becomes dark. The lamp beside him will be put out.
You have carried the tabernacle of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.
A man named Demetrius, a silversmith made silver shrines of Diana. He brought a lot of business to the craftsmen.
We know that if our earthly house (human body) (habitation of life) is destroyed; we have a building from God. It is an everlasting house in the heavens, not made with human hands.
While in this tabernacle we groan and sigh with prayer. We are concerned that we would be clothed with what is mortal and be swallowed up (devoured) by this life.
The work they do as priests is only a copy and a shadow of what is in heaven. It is the same as it was with Moses. When he was about to build the sacred tent, God told him: Be sure to make everything according to the pattern you were shown on the mountain.
A tabernacle was set up. The first room was called the Holy Place. It contained the lamp stand and table and the consecrated bread. Beyond the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place.
When these things are prepared, the priests enter the outer room often to carry on their services. Only the high priest enters the inner room. Once a year he entered with blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins of the people.
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Hebrew mishkan, 'ohel; Greek skeenee. A miniature model of the earth, as Israel was a pattern to all nations. The earth shall at last be the tabernacle of God's glory, when He will tabernacle with men (Re 21:3). Mishkan is from shakan "to dwell," a poetical word, from from whence comes shekinah. As ohel represents the outward tent of black goats' hair curtains, so mishkan is the inner covering, the curtain immediately on the boards; the two are combined, "the tabernacle of the tent" (Ex 39:32; 40:2,6,29). "House" (bet) applies to the tabernacle when fixed in Canaan, Israel's inheritance; originally appearing in Beth-el; finally designating the church of the New Testament (1Ti 3:15.) Qodesh and miqdash, "sanctuary," are applied to
(1) the whole tabernacle (Ex 25:8),
(2) the court of the priests (Nu 4:12), and
(3) in the narrowest sense to the holy of holies (Le 4:6).
The same tabernacle was in the wilderness and in Shiloh; the external surroundings alone were changed (Ps 78:60; Jos 18:1; 1Sa 3:15). The inner mishkan (Greek naos) was the same, surrounded by an outer covered space into which "doors" led. Samuel slept, not in the inner mishkan, but in one of the outer chambers. The whole, including the outer chambers, was called heeykal (Greek hieron), "palace." The predominating color was sky blue (Ex 25:4; 26:4; 28:28,31,37); the curtain, loops, veil, high priest's lace of the breast-plate, ephod robe, mitre lace. The three colors employed, blue, scarlet, and purple, were the royal colors and so best suited to the tabernacle, the earthly palace of Jehovah. The three principal parts of the tabernacle were the mishkan, "the DWELLING PLACE"; the tent, 'ohel; the covering, mikseh.
The materials for the mishkan were a great cloth of woven work figured with cherubim, measuring 40 cubits by 28, and a quadrangular enclosure of wood, open at one end, 10 cubits high, 10 wide, and 30 long. The size of the cloth appears from the number and dimensions of the ten breadths ("curtains") of which it consisted (Ex 26:1-6,26-28; 36:31-33). The VEIL was 10 cubits from the back, according to Philo and Josephus. (See VEIL.) THE TENT was the great cloth of goats' hair, 44 cubits by 30, and five pillars overlaid with gold, and furnished with golden hooks (waw), used as to the veil and the tent curtains; taches, "qeres," belong to the tabernacle cloth and the tent cloth of the sanctuary, Ex 26:6,33), from which hung the curtain that closed the entrance. The covering was of rams' and tachash (skins of marine animals, as seals; badger skins. (See BADGER) Fergusson ably shows that an ordinary tent sheltered the inner mishkan. The common arrangement makes
(1) the fabric unsightly in form and the beauty of its materials mainly concealed; also
(2) drapery could not be strained over a space of 15 feet without heavily sagging, and a flat roof could not keep out rain; also
(3) the pins and cords essential to a tent would hardly have place if the curtains were merely thrown over the woodwork and hung down on each side; also
(4) the name "tent" implies a structure in that shape, not flat roofed; also
(5) the five pillars in front of the mishkan would be out of symmetry with the four pillars of the veil, and the middle of the five pillars would stand needlessly and inconveniently in the way of the entrance.
The five are quite appropriate to the entrance to a tent; the middle one, the tallest, supporting one end of a ridge pole, 60 ft. long. The heads of the pillars were joined by connecting rods (KJV "fillets ") overlaid with gold (Ex 36:38). There were five bars for each side of the structure, and five for the back, the middle bar alone of the five on each wall reached from end to end (Ex 26:28), as here shown. The red rams' skins covering was over the goats' hair, and the tachash skins above this (Ex 26:14). The tent cloth was laid over the tabernacle cloth so as to allow a cubit of tent cloth extending on each side in excess of the tabernacle cloth; it extended two cubits at the back and front (Ex 26:13; 36:9,13). The roof angle was probably a right angle; then every measurement is a multiple of five cubits, except the width of the tabernacle cloth, 21 cubits, and the length of the tent cloth, 44 cubits. Each side of the slope would be about 14 cubits, half the width of the tabernacle cloth. The slope extends five feet beyond the wooden walls, and five from the ground.
The tent cloth would hang down one cubit on each side. The tent area (judging from the tabernacle cloth) thus is 10 ft. by 21 ft.; the tent cloth overhanging at the back and front by two cubits, i.e. half a breadth. The wooden structure within the tent would have a space all around it of five cubits in width; here probably were eaten the sacrificial portions of meat not to be taken outside, here too were spaces for the priests, like the small apartments round three sides of the temple. The five pillars must have stood five cubits apart. Each chief measurement of the temple was just twice that of the tabernacle. The holiest place, a square of ten cubits in the tabernacle (according to inference), was 20 cubits in the temple; the holy place in each case was a corresponding double square. The porch, five cubits deep in the tabernacle, was ten cubits in the temple; the side spaces, taking account of the thickness of the temple walls, were five cubits and ten cubits wide respectively; the tabernacle ridge pole was 15 cubits high, that of the temple roof (the holy place) was 30 cubits (1Ki 6:2).
In Eze 41:1 'ohel is "the tent." Josephus (Ant. 3:6, section 4) confirms the view, making the tabernacle consist of three parts: the holiest, the holy place, the entrance with its five pillars, the front being "like a gable and a porch." Fergusson observes, "the description (Exodus 26 and Exodus 36) must have been written by one who had seen the tabernacle standing; no one would have worked it out in such detail without ocular demonstration of the way in which the parts would fit together." The brazen altar and the tabernacle were the two grand objects within the court. The tabernacle was Jehovah's "dwelling place" where He was to "meet" His people or their representatives (Ex 25:8; 29:42-43; 27:21; 28:12). "The tabernacle (tent) of the congregation" (rather "of meeting" without the article) is in the full designation "the tabernacle of the tent of meeting" (Ex 40:2,29), i.e. not of the people meeting one another, but of Jehovah meeting with Moses, the priest, or the "people": "'ohel moed" (Nu 10:3). "The tabernacle (tent) of the testimony" (i.e. having within it the tables of the law) is another name (Ac 7:44; Re 15:5), Hebrew 'eduwth (Ex 38:21, where it ought to be "the testimony".)
The ark contained it; and the lid of the ark, the mercyseat, was the place where Jehovah met or communed with Israel. As the Israelite theocracy was God's kingdom, so the tabernacle was His palace, where the people had audience of God and whence He issued His commands, embodied in the testimony within the ark. The altar of burnt offering outside marks that only through shedding of blood can sinful man be admitted within His courts; and the mercy-seat within the veil, sprinkled with blood of the victim slain outside, typifies Christ, our propitiation or propitiatory within the heavenly holy of holies (Ro 3:25), who is the sinner's only meeting place with God. Once admitted within the courts by the propitiation of Christ, we as king priests can offer incense of prayer and praise, as the priests burnt incense with holy fire on the altar of incense within (Ps 141:2; Mal 1:11). The separation of the church from the world is marked by the exclusion of any but priests from the holy place, and of the people from the congregation while unclean; the need of holiness by the various purifications (compare Psalm 24).
The king-priestly functions belonging to Israel in relation to the world, but declined through slowness of faith (Ex 19:6; 20:19; De 5:27-28), Jehovah keeps for them against Israel's restoration (Isa 61:6; 66:21). The tabernacle represents God dwelling in the midst of Israel, and Israel drawing nigh to God through atonement and with offerings, prayers, an
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You will be my kingdom of priests and my holy nation. These are the words you must speak to the children of Israel.'
They said to Moses: If you speak to us, we will listen. However, we are afraid that if God speaks to us, we will die.
violet, purple, and bright red yarns, fine linen, goats' hair,
Have them make a holy place (sanctuary) for me, and I will live among them.
Have them make a holy place (sanctuary) for me, and I will live among them. Make the tent and all its furnishings exactly like the plans I show you.
See that you make them like the pattern for them that were shown to you on the mountain.
Construct the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet material. Make them with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman. Each curtain will be forty-two feet long and six feet wide. All will be the same size. read more. Five of the curtains must be sewn together. The other five must also be sewn together. Make fifty violet loops along the edge of the end curtain in each set,
Make fifty violet loops along the edge of the end curtain in each set, Place the loops opposite each other. read more. Make fifty gold fasteners. Use them to link the two sets of curtains together so that the tent is a single unit.
Make fifty gold fasteners. Use them to link the two sets of curtains together so that the tent is a single unit.
Eighteen inches will be left over on each side because of the length of the outer tent's curtains. That should hang over each side in order to cover the inner tent. Make a cover of rams' skins that have been dyed red for the outer tent. Place a cover made of fine leather over that.
Prepare crossbars out of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the inner tent. Also prepare five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the far end of the inner tent, the west side. read more. The middle crossbar will run from one end to the other. It should be halfway up the frames.
The middle crossbar will run from one end to the other. It should be halfway up the frames.
Hang up the veil under the clasps. Bring in the Ark of the Covenant there within the veil. The veil shall serve for you as a partition between the holy place and the holy of holies.
Keep the lamps lit in the tent of meeting outside the canopy where the words of my covenant are. Aaron and his descendants must keep the lamps lit in Jehovah's presence from evening until morning. This is a long lasting law among the Israelites for generations to come.
Then fasten them on the shoulder straps of the ephod as reminders of who the Israelites are. In this way Aaron will carry their names on his shoulders as a reminder in Jehovah's presence.
Then the breastplate should be fastened by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a violet cord. Attach it just above the belt of the ephod. This will hold the breastplate in place.
Make the robe that is worn with the ephod entirely of violet material.
Fasten it on a blue cord and on the turban. It should be at the front of the turban.
It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the doorway of the tent of meeting before Jehovah. That is where I will meet with you to speak to you. I will meet there with the sons of Israel, and it shall be consecrated by my glory.
I filled him with the Spirit of God (my power). I gave him understanding, skill, and ability for every kind of artistic work.
Go to that land flowing with milk and honey. I will not be with you, because you are impossible to deal with. I would probably destroy you on the way. The people heard this bad news and acted as if someone had died. No one wore any jewelry. read more. Jehovah said to Moses: Tell the Israelites: You are impossible to deal with. If I were with you, I might destroy you at any time. Take off your jewelry and I will decide what to do with you. The Israelites no longer wore their jewelry after they left Mount Horeb. Moses used to take a tent and set it up far outside the camp. He called it the tent of meeting. Anyone who was seeking Jehovah's will used to go outside the camp to the tent of meeting. Whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would rise and stand at the entrances to their tents and watch Moses until he went in. After Moses entered, the pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the door of the Tent. Jehovah would speak to Moses from the cloud. The people would bow down as soon they saw the pillar of cloud at the door of the Tent. Jehovah would speak with Moses in person (intimately) (face to face) just as someone speaks with a friend. Moses would then return to the camp. But the young man who was his helper, Joshua son of Nun, stayed in the Tent.
All the skilled women brought fine linen thread and thread of blue, purple, and red wool, which they made.
Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman to whom Jehovah gave these skills and who was willing to come and do the work.
to Moses. They said: The people are bringing more than is needed for the work Jehovah commanded to be done. Moses sent a command throughout the camp, saying: No one is to make any further contribution for the sacred Tent. So the people did not bring any more.
Each curtain was forty-two feet long and six feet wide. They were all the same size.
They also made fifty gold fasteners. They used them to link the two sets of curtains together so that the inner tent was a single unit.
They also made crossbars out of acacia wood. Five were for the frames on one side of the inner tent, five were for those on the other side, and five were for the frames on the far side of the inner tent, the west side. read more. The middle crossbar was made so that it ran from one end to the other, halfway up the frames.
They also made five posts with hooks for hanging the screen. They covered the tops of the posts and the bands with gold. The five bases for the posts were made of copper.
This is the inventory of the tent, the Tent of Testimony. An inventory was ordered by Moses and carried out by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar, son of the priest Aaron.
So all the work on the inner tent of the tent of meeting was now done. The Israelites obeyed all Jehovah's instructions to Moses.
Set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting on the first day of the first month of the year.
Set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting on the first day of the first month of the year.
Place the altar for burning offerings in front of the Tabernacle.
He put the altar for burnt offerings at the entrance to the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. He sacrificed burnt offerings and grain offerings on it. Moses followed Jehovah's instructions.
He put the altar for burnt offerings at the entrance to the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. He sacrificed burnt offerings and grain offerings on it. Moses followed Jehovah's instructions.
In all their travels, when the column of smoke moved from the tent, the Israelites would break camp. But if the column did not move, they would not break camp. read more. Jehovah's column of smoke stayed over the tent during the day. There was fire in the smoke at night. This way all the Israelites could see the column throughout their travels.
dip a finger in the blood, and sprinkle some of it seven times toward the sacred chest behind the curtain.
When there is mildew on clothing, whether wool or linen, or on any woven piece of linen or wool cloth or on leather or anything made of leather, read more. if it is greenish or reddish, it is a spreading mildew and must be shown to the priest. The priest shall examine it and put the object away for seven days. He will examine it again on the seventh day. If the mildew has spread, the object is unclean. The priest will burn it, because it is a spreading mildew. It must be destroyed by fire. If the priest finds that the mildew has not spread on the object, he will order that it be washed and put away for another seven days. He shall examine it again and if the mildew has not changed color, even though it has not spread, it is still unclean. You must burn the object, whether the rot is on the front or the back. When the priest examines it again, the mildew has faded; he will tear it out of the clothing or leather. Then if the mildew reappears, it is spreading again, and the owner must burn the object. If he washes the object and the spot disappears, he should wash it again. It will be ritually clean. This is the law about mildew on clothing. Whether it is wool or linen, or on linen or wool cloth or on anything made of leather; this is how the decision is made as to whether it is ritually clean or unclean.
When the tent of meeting is moved, the Levites will stay in the middle of the groups. The tribes will move out in the same order as they are in the camp, everyone in place under his own flag (staff) (scepter).
They will take all the articles that are used in the holy place and put them in a violet cloth. Then they will cover that with fine leather, and put them on a frame to carry them.
That day the tent of the words of God's Covenant was set up. The column of smoke covered it. The smoke over the tent glowed like fire from evening until morning. The smoke always glowed this way. At night the smoke that covered the tent glowed like fire. read more. When the smoke moved from the tent the Israelites would break camp. Wherever it stopped the Israelites would set up camp. The Israelites would break camp or set up camp at Jehovah's command. They stayed at the place where the column of smoke stayed over the tent. When the smoke stayed over the tent for a long time, the Israelites obeyed Jehovah's command and did not break camp. The same thing happened when the smoke stayed only a few days over the tent: At Jehovah's command they would set up camp, and at his command they would break camp. Sometimes the column of smoke stayed only from evening until morning. They broke camp when the smoke moved in the morning. Day or night, when the smoke moved, they broke camp. Whether it was two days, a month, or a year, as long as the column of smoke stayed over the tent, the Israelites stayed in the same place. But when the smoke moved, they would break camp and move. At Jehovah's command they set up camp, and at his command they broke camp. They obeyed the command Jehovah gave through Moses.
When long blasts are sounded on both trumpets, the whole community is to gather around you at the entrance to the tent of my presence.
They were in the same order each time they moved. Those under the banner of the division led by the tribe of Judah started out first, company by company, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command. Nethanel son of Zuar was in command of the tribe of Issachar. read more. Eliab son of Helon was in command of the tribe of Zebulun. Then the tent would be taken down. The clans of Gershon and Merari carried it. Next, the banner of the division led by the tribe of Reuben would start out, company by company. Elizur son of Shedeur was in command. Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was in command of the tribe of Simeon, and Eliasaph son of Deuel was in command of the tribe of Gad. The Levite clan of Kohath started the march. They carried the sacred objects. By the time they arrived at the next camp, the tent had been set up again.
Those who touch a corpse are ritually unclean for seven days.
Here are your instructions for when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who goes into the tent and everyone who is in the tent will be unclean for seven days.
This will be a long lasting law for them. He who sprinkles the water to take away uncleanness must wash his clothes. He who touches this water will be unclean until evening.
They spoke to Moses: 'Moses, go and listen to everything that Jehovah our God says. Then tell us whatever Jehovah our God tells you. We will listen and obey.' Jehovah heard the words you spoke to me. He told me: 'I have heard what the people said to you. Everything they said was good.
The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh. They set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. The land was subdued before them.
The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh. They set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. The land was subdued before them.
David went to the priest Ahimelech at Nob. Ahimelech was afraid when he met David. Why are you alone? He asked David. Why is no one with you?
The Temple Solomon built was ninety feet long, thirty feet wide, and forty-five feet high inside.
He abandoned his dwelling place in Shiloh, the tent where he had lived among humans.
Let my prayer be accepted as sweet-smelling incense in your presence. Let the lifting up of my hands in prayer be accepted as an evening sacrifice.
You will be called the priests of Jehovah. You will be spoken of as ministers of our God. You will eat the wealth of nations, you will boast in their riches.
I will make some of them priests and Levites, declares Jehovah.
The man brought me into the Holy Place in the Temple and measured the recessed walls. They were ten and one half feet wide on each side.
Where ever the sun rises and sets my name will be great among the people of the nations. Incense will be offered to my name everywhere. It will be a pure offering! For my name will be great among the nations, said Jehovah of Hosts.
The Word [Jesus] became flesh (a human being) and lived with us. We saw the glory of the only begotten son from the Father. He was full of loving-kindness and truth.
Jesus replied: Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.
Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking to Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
God displayed Christ publicly as propitiation (atonement) by his blood through faith. It demonstrated his righteousness. It was through the forbearance of God that he passed by the sins that had taken place before.
We both have access to the Father by one Spirit through him. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens. You are fellow citizens with the holy ones and of the household of God. read more. You are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets. Christ Jesus is the chief corner stone. In him each building fits together and grows into a holy Temple for Jehovah. (Zechariah 6:12) In Christ you are assembled together as a place for God's Spirit to dwell.
And we are members of his body!
though if I am delayed, so that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the household of God, which is the congregation of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.
In the days of his life on earth, when he [Christ] offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears to the one who was able to save him out of death, and was heard because of his godly reverence. (Galatians 1:1) (Psalm 69:13)
He is a minister of the Holy Place and of the true Tabernacle, built by Jehovah and not man.
The work they do as priests is only a copy and a shadow of what is in heaven. It is the same as it was with Moses. When he was about to build the sacred tent, God told him: Be sure to make everything according to the pattern you were shown on the mountain.
Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh,
You also as living stones are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and a people for God's own possession, that you may show the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
He made us to be a kingdom of kings and priests to his God and Father. To him be glory and power forever and ever. Amen.
You made them kings and priests to our God. They will reign as kings over the earth.
After that I noticed the temple of the sanctuary of the tent of witness was opened in heaven.
Then I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying: Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men. He will dwell with them and they will be his people! God will be with them, and be their God.
Hastings
1. By 'the tabernacle' without further qualification, as by the more expressive designation 'tabernacle of the congregation' (RV more correctly 'tent of meeting,' see below), is usually understood the elaborate portable sanctuary which Moses erected at Sinai, in accordance with Divine instructions, as the place of worship for the Hebrew tribes during and after the wilderness wanderings. But modern criticism has revealed the fact that this artistic and costly structure is confined to the Priestly sources of the Pentateuch, and is to be carefully distinguished from a much simpler tent bearing the same name and likewise associated with Moses. The relative historicity of the two 'tents of meeting' will be more fully examined at the close of this article (
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Have them make a holy place (sanctuary) for me, and I will live among them. Make the tent and all its furnishings exactly like the plans I show you. read more. Make a Box out of acacia wood, forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high. Cover it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border all around it.
Cover it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border all around it. Make four carrying rings of gold for it and attach them to its four legs, with two rings on each side.
Make four carrying rings of gold for it and attach them to its four legs, with two rings on each side. Make two poles of acacia wood. Cover them with gold. read more. Put them through the rings. Poles can be used to carry the chest. Do not ever remove the poles from the rings. I will give you the Ten Commandments written on two flat tablets. Put them inside the chest.
I will give you the Ten Commandments written on two flat tablets. Put them inside the chest.
I will give you the Ten Commandments written on two flat tablets. Put them inside the chest. Cover the lid of the chest (mercy seat) with pure gold.
Cover the lid of the chest (mercy seat) with pure gold. Hammer out two winged cherubs of pure gold and fasten them to the lid at the ends of the chest.
Hammer out two winged cherubs of pure gold and fasten them to the lid at the ends of the chest. Make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim of one piece with the chest at its two ends.
Make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim of one piece with the chest at its two ends.
Make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim of one piece with the chest at its two ends. The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the chest with their wings and facing one another. The faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the chest.
The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the chest with their wings and facing one another. The faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the chest. After you put into the ark the words of my covenant that I will give you, place the throne of mercy on top. read more. I will be above the throne of mercy between the angels whenever I meet with you. I will give you all my commandments for the Israelites.
I will be above the throne of mercy between the angels whenever I meet with you. I will give you all my commandments for the Israelites.
I will be above the throne of mercy between the angels whenever I meet with you. I will give you all my commandments for the Israelites. Make a table of acacia wood thirty-six inches long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high. read more. Cover it with pure gold. Put a gold molding around it. Make a rim three inches wide around it. Put a gold molding around the rim.
Make a rim three inches wide around it. Put a gold molding around the rim. Make four gold rings for it. Fasten them to the four corners where the four legs are. read more. The rings are to be close to the rim. They are to hold the poles for carrying the table. Make the poles out of acacia wood. Cover them with gold and use them to carry the table. The plates and dishes for the table should be out of pure gold. Also make pitchers and bowls to be used for pouring wine offerings.
The plates and dishes for the table should be out of pure gold. Also make pitchers and bowls to be used for pouring wine offerings. The table should be placed in front of the Covenant Box. There is always to be the sacred bread offered to me for the table. read more. Make lamp stand of pure gold. Make its base and its shaft of hammered gold. Its decorative flowers, including buds and petals, are to form one piece with it. Six branches shall extend from its sides, three from each side. Three cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms in the one branch, a bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms in the other branch. This should go on for six branches going out from the lamp stand. Four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its bulbs and its flowers should be in the lamp stand. A bulb shall be under each of the six pair of branches coming out of the lamp stand. Their bulbs and their branches shall be of one piece. All of it must be one piece of hammered work of pure gold. Then make a total of seven lamps. Mount the lamps so that they shed light on the space in front of it. Its snuffers and fire holders (trays) must be of pure gold.
Its snuffers and fire holders (trays) must be of pure gold. It shall be made from seventy-five pounds of pure gold, with all these utensils. read more. See that you make them like the pattern for them that were shown to you on the mountain.
See that you make them like the pattern for them that were shown to you on the mountain.
Construct the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet material. Make them with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.
Construct the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet material. Make them with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.
Construct the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet material. Make them with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.
Construct the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet material. Make them with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman. Each curtain will be forty-two feet long and six feet wide. All will be the same size.
Each curtain will be forty-two feet long and six feet wide. All will be the same size. Five of the curtains must be sewn together. The other five must also be sewn together.
Five of the curtains must be sewn together. The other five must also be sewn together. Make fifty violet loops along the edge of the end curtain in each set,
Make fifty violet loops along the edge of the end curtain in each set, Place the loops opposite each other.
Place the loops opposite each other. Make fifty gold fasteners. Use them to link the two sets of curtains together so that the tent is a single unit.
Make fifty gold fasteners. Use them to link the two sets of curtains together so that the tent is a single unit.
Make fifty gold fasteners. Use them to link the two sets of curtains together so that the tent is a single unit. Make eleven curtains of goats' hair to form an outer tent over the inner tent.
Make eleven curtains of goats' hair to form an outer tent over the inner tent.
Make eleven curtains of goats' hair to form an outer tent over the inner tent. Each of the eleven curtains will be forty-five feet long and six feet wide.
Each of the eleven curtains will be forty-five feet long and six feet wide.
Each of the eleven curtains will be forty-five feet long and six feet wide.
Each of the eleven curtains will be forty-five feet long and six feet wide. Sew five of the curtains together into one set. Sew the remaining six into another set. Fold the sixth curtains in half to hang in front of the tent.
Sew five of the curtains together into one set. Sew the remaining six into another set. Fold the sixth curtains in half to hang in front of the tent.
Sew five of the curtains together into one set. Sew the remaining six into another set. Fold the sixth curtains in half to hang in front of the tent. Fasten fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in each set.
Fasten fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in each set. Make fifty bronze fasteners. Put the fasteners through the loops to link the inner tent together as a single unit.
Make fifty bronze fasteners. Put the fasteners through the loops to link the inner tent together as a single unit.
Make fifty bronze fasteners. Put the fasteners through the loops to link the inner tent together as a single unit. Hang the remaining curtain over the back of the inner tent.
Hang the remaining curtain over the back of the inner tent.
Hang the remaining curtain over the back of the inner tent. Eighteen inches will be left over on each side because of the length of the outer tent's curtains. That should hang over each side in order to cover the inner tent.
Eighteen inches will be left over on each side because of the length of the outer tent's curtains. That should hang over each side in order to cover the inner tent.
Eighteen inches will be left over on each side because of the length of the outer tent's curtains. That should hang over each side in order to cover the inner tent. Make a cover of rams' skins that have been dyed red for the outer tent. Place a cover made of fine leather over that.
Make a cover of rams' skins that have been dyed red for the outer tent. Place a cover made of fine leather over that.
Make a cover of rams' skins that have been dyed red for the outer tent. Place a cover made of fine leather over that.
Make a cover of rams' skins that have been dyed red for the outer tent. Place a cover made of fine leather over that. A framework out of acacia wood should be built for the inner tent.
A framework out of acacia wood should be built for the inner tent.
A framework out of acacia wood should be built for the inner tent. Each frame is to be fifteen feet long and twenty-seven inches wide.
Each frame is to be fifteen feet long and twenty-seven inches wide.
Each frame is to be fifteen feet long and twenty-seven inches wide. It should have two identical pegs. Make all the frames for the inner tent the same way.
It should have two identical pegs. Make all the frames for the inner tent the same way.
It should have two identical pegs. Make all the frames for the inner tent the same way. Make twenty frames for the south side of the inner tent.
Make twenty frames for the south side of the inner tent. Provide forty silver sockets at the bottom of the twenty frames, two sockets at the bottom of each frame for the two pegs.
Provide forty silver sockets at the bottom of the twenty frames, two sockets at the bottom of each frame for the two pegs. Prepare twenty frames for the north side of the inner tent.
Prepare twenty frames for the north side of the inner tent. Also forty silver sockets, two at the bottom of each frame.
Also forty silver sockets, two at the bottom of each frame. Prepare six frames for the far end, the west side.
Prepare six frames for the far end, the west side. There should be two frames for each of the corners at the far end of the inner tent.
There should be two frames for each of the corners at the far end of the inner tent. Fasten these together at the bottom and tightly at the top by a single ring. Both corner frames will be made this way.
Fasten these together at the bottom and tightly at the top by a single ring. Both corner frames will be made this way. There will be eight frames with sixteen silver sockets, two at the bottom of each frame.
There will be eight frames with sixteen silver sockets, two at the bottom of each frame. Prepare crossbars out of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the inner tent.
Prepare crossbars out of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the inner tent. Also prepare five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the far end of the inner tent, the west side.
Also prepare five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the far end of the inner tent, the west side. The middle crossbar will run from one end to the other. It should be halfway up the frames.
The middle crossbar will run from one end to the other. It should be halfway up the frames. Cover the frames with gold. Make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Cover the crossbars with gold.
Cover the frames with gold. Make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Cover the crossbars with gold. Erect the inner tent according to the plans you were shown on the mountain.
Erect the inner tent according to the plans you were shown on the mountain. Build a canopy of violet, purple, and bright red yarn. Creatively work an angel design of cherubim into fine linen yarn.
Make a screen for the doorway of the tent of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a weaver.
Make a screen for the doorway of the tent of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a weaver.
Build the altar with acacia wood. It should be seven and one half feet square and four and one half feet tall. Place a horn at each of its four corners. The four horns and the altar must be made out of one piece of wood covered with copper. read more. Make all the utensils for it out of copper: pots for taking away the altar's ashes, also shovels, bowls, forks, and incense burners. Make a grate for it out of copper mesh. Make a copper ring for each of the four corners of the grate. Place the grate under the ledge of the altar so that it comes halfway up the altar.
Place the grate under the ledge of the altar so that it comes halfway up the altar. Prepare poles out of acacia wood for the altar. Cover them with copper. read more. The poles should be put through the rings on both sides of the altar and used to carry it. Make the altar out of boards so that it is hollow inside. It must be made just as you were shown on the mountain. Make a courtyard for the tent (tabernacle). The south side of the courtyard (toward the Negeb) should be one hundred and fifty feet long and have curtains made out of fine linen yarn.
Use four more of these posts for the entrance. Hang on them an embroidered curtain of fine linen ten yards long and woven with blue, purple, and red wool.
Build an altar out of acacia wood for burning incense. Make it eighteen inches square and thirty-six inches high. The horns that extend out of it and the altar should be made out of one piece of wood.
Make it eighteen inches square and thirty-six inches high. The horns that extend out of it and the altar should be made out of one piece of wood. Cover it all with pure gold, the top, the sides, and the horns. Put a gold molding around it.
Cover it all with pure gold, the top, the sides, and the horns. Put a gold molding around it. Make two gold rings. Place them below the molding on opposite sides to hold the poles for carrying it.
Make two gold rings. Place them below the molding on opposite sides to hold the poles for carrying it. Make the poles out of acacia wood. Cover them with gold.
Make the poles out of acacia wood. Cover them with gold. Place the altar in front of the canopy that hangs over the ark containing the words of my covenant I will meet with you there in front of the throne of mercy that is on the ark.
Place the altar in front of the canopy that hangs over the ark containing the words of my covenant I will meet with you there in front of the throne of mercy that is on the ark. Aaron must burn sweet incense on this altar every morning when he takes care of the lamps.
Aaron must burn sweet incense on this altar every morning when he takes care of the lamps.
Aaron must burn sweet incense on this altar every morning when he takes care of the lamps.
Jehovah said to Moses: Make a copper basin with a bronze stand for washing. Put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and fill it with water. read more. Aaron and his sons will use it for washing their hands and feet. Before they go into the tent of meeting, they must wash so that they will not die. Before they come near the altar to serve as priests and burn an offering by fire to Jehovah. They must wash their hands and feet, so that they will not die. This is a long lasting rule that they and their descendants are to observe.
When God finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written by the finger of God.
Moses used to take a tent and set it up far outside the camp. He called it the tent of meeting. Anyone who was seeking Jehovah's will used to go outside the camp to the tent of meeting. Whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would rise and stand at the entrances to their tents and watch Moses until he went in. read more. After Moses entered, the pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the door of the Tent. Jehovah would speak to Moses from the cloud. The people would bow down as soon they saw the pillar of cloud at the door of the Tent. Jehovah would speak with Moses in person (intimately) (face to face) just as someone speaks with a friend. Moses would then return to the camp. But the young man who was his helper, Joshua son of Nun, stayed in the Tent.
Jehovah would speak with Moses in person (intimately) (face to face) just as someone speaks with a friend. Moses would then return to the camp. But the young man who was his helper, Joshua son of Nun, stayed in the Tent.
Bezalel made the ark out of acacia wood forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high. He covered it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold molding around it. read more. He cast four gold rings for its four feet, two rings on each side. The carrying poles he made with acacia wood. He covered them with gold. Then he put them through the rings that were on each side of the Ark. He made a lid of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide. He made two cherubim of hammered gold, one for each end of the lid. He made them so that they formed one piece with the lid, one cherub at each end. The cherubim had their wings spread upward. They covered the mercy seat with their wings. The faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat and toward each other. He made the table of acacia wood. It was thirty-six inches long and eighteen inches wide and twenty-seven inches high. He covered it with pure gold, and made a gold molding that went all around it. The rim he made for it was a handbreadth all around. He also made gold molding all around it. He cast four gold rings for it and put the rings on the four corners that were on its four feet. The rings were put close to the rim to hold the poles for carrying the table. These poles were made out of acacia wood and were covered with gold. He made plates, dishes, bowls, and pitchers to be used for pouring wine offerings on the table. All of them were made out of pure gold. He made the lamp stand out of pure gold. The lamp stand, its base, and its shaft, as well as the flower cups, buds, and petals were hammered out of one piece of gold. There were three branches on each of its two sides, for a total of six branches. There were three decorative almond blossoms on each branch. And there were four on the lamp stand. A blossom was placed where each pair of branches came out from the lamp stand. The lamp stand, including its branches and decorative flowers, was made from a single piece of hammered pure gold. He made seven its seven lamps including the snuffers and fire trays out of pure gold.
He made seven its seven lamps including the snuffers and fire trays out of pure gold. The lamp stand and all the utensils were made out of seventy-five pounds of pure gold. read more. He made an altar out of acacia wood for burning incense. It was eighteen inches square and thirty-six inches high. The horns and altar were made out of one piece of wood. All of it was covered with pure gold, the top, the sides, and the horns. He put a gold molding around it. He made two gold rings and put them below the molding on opposite sides to hold the poles for carrying it. Then the poles were made out of acacia wood and covered with gold.
A copper grating was also made. It was placed under the rim of the altar, so that it reached halfway up the altar.
He made the laver (basin) of copper with its base of copper, from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.
This is the inventory of the tent, the Tent of Testimony. An inventory was ordered by Moses and carried out by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar, son of the priest Aaron.
He will take some of the bull's blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the east side of the throne of mercy. Then he will sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times in front of the throne of mercy.
Place pure incense on top of each stack. The incense on the bread will be a reminder, an offering by fire to Jehovah.
The Gershonites were in charge of the inner tent, the outer tent and cover, the screen for the entrance to the tent of meeting,
This is the work the Kohathites will do in the tent of meeting: They will take care of the most holy things.
They will spread a violet cloth over the table of the presence and put on it the plates, dishes, bowls, and pitchers for the wine offerings. The bread that is always in Jehovah's presence will also be on it.
Moses finished setting up the tent. He anointed it and dedicated it and all the furnishings. He also anointed and dedicated the altar and all the utensils.
When Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with Jehovah, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the throne of mercy on the Ark containing the words of God's Covenant, from between the two cherubim. This is how Jehovah spoke with Moses.
That day the tent of the words of God's Covenant was set up. The column of smoke covered it. The smoke over the tent glowed like fire from evening until morning.
Jehovah replied to Moses: Assemble seventy respected men who are recognized as elders of the people. Bring them to me at the tent of my presence, and tell them to stand there beside you. I will come down and speak with you there. I will take some of the spirit I have given and give it to them. Then they can help you bear the responsibility for these people. You will not have to bear it alone. read more. Tell the people: 'Purify yourselves for tomorrow. You will have meat to eat! Jehovah has heard you whining and saying that you wished you had some meat and that you were better off in Egypt. Jehovah will now give you meat, and you will have to eat it. You will have to eat it not just for one or two days, or five, or ten, or even twenty days. You will eat it for a whole month, until it comes out of your nose, until you are sick of it. This will happen because you have rejected Jehovah who is here among you and have complained to him that you should not have left Egypt.' Moses said to Jehovah: Here I am leading six hundred thousand people, and you say that you will give them enough meat for a month? Could enough cattle and sheep even be killed to satisfy them? Are all the fish in the sea enough for them? Is there a limit to my power? Jehovah answered. You will soon see whether what I have said will happen or not! Thus Moses went out and told the people what Jehovah said. He assembled seventy of the leaders and placed them around the tent. Jehovah came down in the cloud and spoke to him. He took some of the spirit he had given to Moses and gave it to the seventy elders. When the Spirit came on them, they began to shout like prophets, but not for long. Two of the seventy elders, Eldad and Medad, stayed in the camp and did not go out to the tent. There in the camp the Spirit came on them, and they too began to shout like prophets. A young man ran out to tell Moses what Eldad and Medad were doing. Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses' helper since he was a young man, spoke up and said to Moses: Stop them, sir! Moses asked him: Do you think you need to stand up for me? I wish all Jehovah's people were prophets and that Jehovah would put his Spirit on them! Then Moses and the elders of Israel went back to the camp.
Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because he was married to a Cushite woman from Sudan.
The whole congregation threatened to stone them to death. Then suddenly the people saw the dazzling light of Jehovah's presence (glory) (splendor) appear over the tent.
Listen, Israel! JEHOVAH OUR GOD IS ONE GOD!
Solomon made an alliance with the king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. He brought her to live in David's City until he finished building his palace, the Temple, and the wall around Jerusalem. A Temple had not yet been built for Jehovah. The people were still offering sacrifices at many different altars.
They were made of square panels set in frames. There were figures of lions, bulls, and cherubim on the panels. And there were spiral relief figures on the frames above and underneath the lions and bulls.
Then Solomon and the entire assembly went to the place of worship in Gibeon because God's Tent of Meeting was there. Jehovah's servant Moses pitched the tent in the desert.
You thought: 'I will go up to heaven (Mount Zion) and set up my throne above God's stars (messengers). I will sit on the mountain of meeting far away in the north where the gods assemble.
My dwelling place will be with them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
And the city lies foursquare. The length is as large as the width. He measured the city with the reed, fourteen hundred miles. The length and the width and the height of it are equal.
Smith
Tabernacle.
The tabernacle was the tent of Jehovah, called by the same name as the tents of the people in the midst of which it stood. It was also called the sanctuary and the tabernacle of the congregation. The first ordinance given to Moses, after the proclamation of the outline of the law from Sinai, related to the ordering of the tabernacle, its furniture and its service as the type which was to be followed when the people came to their own home and "found a place" for the abode of God. During the forty days of Moses' first retirement with God in Sinai, an exact pattern of the whole was shown him, and all was made according to it.
Ex 25:9,40; 26:30; 39:32,42-43; Nu 8:4; Ac 7:44; Heb 8:5
The description of this plan is preceded by an account of the freewill offerings which the children of Israel were to be asked to make for its execution. I. THE TABERNACLE ITSELF.--
1. Its name. --It was first called a tent or dwelling,
because Jehovah as it were, abode there. It was often called tent or tabernacle from its external appearance.
2. Its materials. --The materials were-- (a) Metals: gold, silver and brass. (b) Textile fabrics: blue, purple, scarlet and fine (white) linen, for the production of which Egypt was celebrated; also a fabric of goat's hair, the produce of their own flocks. (c) Skins: of the ram, dyed red, and of the badger. (d) Wood the shittim wood, the timber of the wild acacia of the desert itself, the tree of the "burning bush." (e) Oil, spices and incense for anointing the priests and burning in the tabernacle. (f) Gems: onyx stones and the precious stones for the breastplate of the high priest. The people gave jewels, and plates of gold and silver and brass; wood, skins, hair and linen; the women wove; the rulers offered precious stones, oil, spices and incense; and the artists soon had more than they needed.
The superintendence of the work was intrusted to Bezaleel, of the tribe of Judah, and to Aholiab, of the tribe of Dan, who were skilled in "all manner of workmanship."
3. Its structure. --The tabernacle was to comprise three main parts, --the tabernacle more strictly so called, its tent and its covering.
Ex 35:11; 39:33-34; 40:19,34; Nu 3:25
etc. These parts are very clearly distinguished in the Hebrew, but they are confounded in many places of the English version. The tabernacle itself was to consist of curtains of fine linen woven with colored figures of cherubim, and a structure of boards which was to contain the holy place and the most holy place; the tent was to be a true tent of goat's hair cloth, to contain and shelter the tabernacle; the covering was to be of red ram-skins and seal-skins,
and was spread over the goat's hair tent as an additional protection against the weather. It was an oblong rectangular structure, 30 cubits in length by 10 in width (45 feet by 15), and 10 in height; the interior being divided into two chambers, the first or outer, of 20 cubits in length, the inner, of 10 cubits, and consequently and exact cube. The former was the holy place, or first tabernacle,
containing the golden candlestick on one side, the table of shew-bread opposite, and between them in the centre the altar of incense. The latter was the most holy place, or the holy of holies, containing the ark, surmounted by the cherubim, with the two tables inside. The two sides and the farther or west end were enclosed by boards of shittim wood overlaid with gold, twenty on the north and twenty on the south side, six on the west side, and the corner-boards doubled. They stood upright, edge to edge, their lower ends being made with tenons, which dropped into sockets of silver, and the corner-boards being coupled at the tope with rings. They were furnished with golden rings, through which passed bars of shittim wood, overlaid with gold, five to each side, and the middle bar passing from end to end, so as to brace the whole together. Four successive coverings of curtains looped together were placed over the open top and fell down over the sides. The first or inmost was a splendid fabric of linen, embroidered with figures of cherubim in blue, purple and scarlet, and looped together by golden fastenings. It seems probable that the ends of this set of curtains hung down within the tabernacle, forming a sumptuous tapestry. The second was a covering of goats' hair; the third, of ram-skins dyed red and the outermost, of badger-skins (so called in our version; but the Hebrew word probably signifies seal-skins). It has been commonly supposed that these coverings were thrown over the wall, as a pall is thrown over a coffin; but this would have allowed every drop of rain that fell on the tabernacle to fall through; for, however tightly the curtains might be stretched, the water could never run over the edge, and the sheep-skins would only make the matter worse as when wetted their weight would depress the centre and probably tear any curtain that could be made. There can be no reasonable doubt that the tent had a ridge, as all tents have had from the days of Moses down to the present time. The front of the sanctuary was closed by a hanging of fine linen, embroidered in blue, purple and scarlet, and supported by golden hooks on five pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold and standing in brass sockets; and the covering of goat's hair was so made as to fall down over this when required. A more sumptuous curtain of the same kind, embroidered with cherubim hung on four such pillars, with silver sockets, divided the holy from the most holy place. It was called the veil, (Sometimes the second veil, either is reference to the first, at the entrance of the holy place, or as below the vail of the second sanctuary;)
as it hid from the eyes of all but the high priest the inmost sanctuary, where Jehovah dwells on his mercy-seat, between the cherubim above the ark. Hence "to enter within the veil" is to have the closest access to God. It was only passed by the high priest once a year, on the Day of Atonement in token of the mediation of Christ, who with his own blood hath entered for us within the veil which separates God's own abode from earth.
In the temple, the solemn barrier was at length profaned by a Roman conqueror, to warn the Jews that the privileges they had forfeited were "ready to vanish away;" and the veil was at last rent by the hand of God himself, at the same moment that the body of Christ was rent upon the cross, to indicate that the entrance into the holiest of all is now laid open to all believers by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh."
The holy place was only entered by the priests daily, to offer incense at the time of morning and evening prayer, and to renew the lights on the golden candlesticks; and on the sabbath, to remove the old shew-bread, and to place the new upon the table. II. THE SACRED FURNITURE AND INSTRUMENTS OF THE TABERNACLE. --These are described in separate articles, and therefore it is only necessary to give a list of them here.
1. In the outer court. The altar of burnt offering and the brazen laver. [ALTAR; LAVER]
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2. In the holy place. The furniture of the court was connected with sacrifice; that of the sanctuary itself with the deeper mysteries of mediation and access to God. The first sanctuary contained three objects: the altar of incense in the centre, so as to be directly in front of the ark of the covenant
the table of shew-bread on its right or north side, and the golden candlestick on the left or south side. These objects were all considered as being placed before the presence of Jehovah, who dwelt in the holiest of all, though with the veil between. [ALTAR; SHEW-BREAD; CANDLESTICK]
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3. In the holy of holies, within the veil, and shrouded in darkness, there was but one object, the ark of the covenant, containing the two tables of stone, inscribed with the Ten Commandments. [ARK]
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III. THE COURT OF T
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You have spoken it! Moses answered. You will never see me again.
Then Jehovah spoke to Moses. He said: Tell the Israelites to choose something to give me as a special contribution. You must accept whatever contribution each person freely gives. read more. This is the type of contribution you will accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze, violet, purple, and bright red yarns, fine linen, goats' hair, rams' skins dyed red, fine leather, acacia wood,
rams' skins dyed red, fine leather, acacia wood, olive oil for the lamps, spices (balsam oil) for the anointing oil and for the sweet-smelling incense, read more. onyx stones, and other precious stones to be set in the chief priest's ephod and his breastplate. Have them make a holy place (sanctuary) for me, and I will live among them.
Have them make a holy place (sanctuary) for me, and I will live among them. Make the tent and all its furnishings exactly like the plans I show you.
See that you make them like the pattern for them that were shown to you on the mountain.
Erect the inner tent according to the plans you were shown on the mountain.
Make a courtyard for the tent (tabernacle). The south side of the courtyard (toward the Negeb) should be one hundred and fifty feet long and have curtains made out of fine linen yarn.
I have called Bezalel, son of Uri and grandson of Hur, from the tribe of Judah.
I also appointed Oholiab, son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, to help him. I have given every craftsman the skill necessary to make what I have commanded you:
Moses spoke to all the people of Israel: This is what Jehovah has commanded: Make an offering to Jehovah. Everyone who wishes to do so is to bring an offering of gold, silver, or copper. read more. The offering could be of fine linen, blue, purple, and red wool; cloth made of goats' hair; rams' skin dyed red, fine leather, acacia wood; oil for the lamps, spices; balsam oil for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense. The offering could also be carnelians and other jewels to be set in the High Priest's ephod and in his breast piece. All the skilled workers among you are to come and make everything that Jehovah commanded: the Tent, its covering and its outer covering, its hooks and its frames, its crossbars, its posts, and its bases;
the Tent, its covering and its outer covering, its hooks and its frames, its crossbars, its posts, and its bases; the Covenant Box, its poles, its lid, and the curtain to screen it off; read more. the table, its poles, and all its equipment; the bread offered to God; the lamp stand for the light and its equipment; the lamps with their oil; the altar for burning incense and its poles; the anointing oil; the sweet incense; the curtain for the entrance of the Tent; the altar on which to burn offerings, with its bronze grating attached, its poles, and all its equipment; the washbasin and its base; the curtains for the enclosure, its posts and bases; the curtain for the entrance of the enclosure; the Tent pegs and ropes for the Tent and the enclosure; and the garments the priests are to wear when they serve in the Holy Place---the sacred clothes for Aaron the priest and for his sons.' Then the whole congregation of the people of Israel left Moses. Those who were willing and whose hearts moved them brought their contributions to Jehovah. The gifts were used to construct the tent of meeting, to pay other expenses, and to make the holy clothes. All willing, men and women alike, brought all kinds of gold jewelry: pins, brooches, earrings, signet rings, and pendants. They offered these gifts of gold to Jehovah. Those who had violet, purple, or bright red yarn, fine linen, goats' hair, rams' skins dyed red, or fine leather brought them. Those who could give silver or copper brought it as their contribution to Jehovah. Those who had acacia wood that could be used in the construction brought it. All the skilled women brought fine linen thread and thread of blue, purple, and red wool, which they made. They also made thread of goats' hair. The leaders brought different kinds of jewels to be sewn on the special clothes and the breast piece for the high priest. And the spice and the oil for the light, and the holy (anointing) oil and the sweet perfume (balsam oil). The people of Israel, every man and woman whose hearts were willing, gave their offerings freely to Jehovah. This was for the work that Jehovah gave Moses orders to have done. Then Moses said to the sons of Israel: Jehovah has called by name Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur of the tribe of Judah.
Jehovah also gave Bezalel and Oholiab, son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan the ability to teach others.
to Moses. They said: The people are bringing more than is needed for the work Jehovah commanded to be done. Moses sent a command throughout the camp, saying: No one is to make any further contribution for the sacred Tent. So the people did not bring any more. read more. What had already been brought was sufficient to finish all the work.
So all the work on the inner tent of the tent of meeting was now done. The Israelites obeyed all Jehovah's instructions to Moses. They brought everything to Moses: the inner tent, the outer tent and all its furnishings, the fasteners, frames, crossbars, posts, sockets, read more. the cover made of rams' skins dyed red, the cover made of fine leather, the canopy over the Ark,
The Israelites did all the work according to Jehovah's instructions to Moses. Moses inspected all the work. He saw that they had followed Jehovah's instructions. So Moses blessed them.
He spread the outer tent over the inner tent and put the cover on top. Moses followed Jehovah's instructions.
The column of smoke then covered the tent of meeting. The glory of Jehovah filled the tent.
In all their travels, when the column of smoke moved from the tent, the Israelites would break camp. But if the column did not move, they would not break camp.
Jehovah spoke to Moses and Aaron: The Israelites will put up their tents with each family under the flag that symbolizes its household. They will locate their tents around and facing the tent of meeting.
The Gershonites were in charge of the inner tent, the outer tent and cover, the screen for the entrance to the tent of meeting,
This is how the lamp stand was made: The whole lamp stand, from top to bottom, was hammered out of gold. It was made exactly like the one Jehovah had shown Moses.
That day the tent of the words of God's Covenant was set up. The column of smoke covered it. The smoke over the tent glowed like fire from evening until morning. The smoke always glowed this way. At night the smoke that covered the tent glowed like fire. read more. When the smoke moved from the tent the Israelites would break camp. Wherever it stopped the Israelites would set up camp.
When the smoke moved from the tent the Israelites would break camp. Wherever it stopped the Israelites would set up camp. The Israelites would break camp or set up camp at Jehovah's command. They stayed at the place where the column of smoke stayed over the tent. read more. When the smoke stayed over the tent for a long time, the Israelites obeyed Jehovah's command and did not break camp. The same thing happened when the smoke stayed only a few days over the tent: At Jehovah's command they would set up camp, and at his command they would break camp. Sometimes the column of smoke stayed only from evening until morning. They broke camp when the smoke moved in the morning. Day or night, when the smoke moved, they broke camp. Whether it was two days, a month, or a year, as long as the column of smoke stayed over the tent, the Israelites stayed in the same place. But when the smoke moved, they would break camp and move. At Jehovah's command they set up camp, and at his command they broke camp. They obeyed the command Jehovah gave through Moses.
Thus Moses went out and told the people what Jehovah said. He assembled seventy of the leaders and placed them around the tent. Jehovah came down in the cloud and spoke to him. He took some of the spirit he had given to Moses and gave it to the seventy elders. When the Spirit came on them, they began to shout like prophets, but not for long.
Suddenly, Jehovah said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam: All three of you come to the tent of meeting. So all three of them went to the tent.
The whole congregation threatened to stone them to death. Then suddenly the people saw the dazzling light of Jehovah's presence (glory) (splendor) appear over the tent.
Korah assembled all his followers who opposed Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the tent of meeting. The glory of Jehovah appeared to the entire group.
The congregation came together to confront Moses and Aaron. When they turned toward the tent of meeting, they saw the smoke covering it, and the glory of Jehovah appeared.
Moses and Aaron went from the assembly to the entrance of the tent of meeting. They bowed with their faces touching the ground. The glory of Jehovah appeared to them.
They came to Moses and stood in front of him, the priest Eleazar, the leaders, and the entire congregation at the entrance to the tent of meeting. They said:
Then Jehovah said to Moses: Behold, the time for you to die is near. Call Joshua, and present yourselves at the tent of meeting, that I may commission him. So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the tent of meeting.
The Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah the God of all the earth passed over before you into Jordan. Take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel. read more. As soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the Ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, set foot in the Jordan the waters of Jordan shall be cut off and they shall stand in a heap. When the people set out from their camp to cross the Jordan, and the priests bearing the Ark of the Covenant before the people and As they carried the ark into the Jordan and the feet of the priests dipped into the water, for Jordan is at food stage at the time of harvest. The waters stood and rose up upon a heap very far from the city Adam that is beside Zaretan. The waters that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off. The people passed over the Jericho.
The people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
He said: No, but as captain of the camp of Jehovah I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and bowed down and said: What does my lord say to his servant? The captain (commander) of Jehovah's host (army) said to Joshua: Take your shoes from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy. And at once Joshua did so.
Then Joshua built an altar to Jehovah the God of Israel on mount Ebal, As Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the Law of Moses, an altar of whole stones that have not been cut by any iron tool. They offered offerings to Jehovah, and sacrificed peace offerings. read more. He wrote upon the stones a copy of the Law of Moses. He did this in the presence of the children of Israel. All Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on both sides of the Ark before the priests. The Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; Half of the people stood on Mount Gerizim. And half of them stood on Mount Ebal. As Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel. Afterward he read all the words of the Law, the blessings and cursing, according to all that is written in the Book of the Law. There was not a word of all that Moses commanded that Joshua did not read before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.
They went to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel: We come from a distant country, make a treaty with us.
Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Jehovah, even to this day, in the place he should choose.
The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh. They set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. The land was subdued before them.
The men carrying the Ark set it in its place inside the tent David put up for it. David sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings in Jehovah's presence.
The whole interior of the Temple was covered with gold, as well as the altar in the Most Holy Place.
David left Zadok and his priestly relatives to serve in Jehovah's Tent at the place of worship in Gibeon.
Jehovah's tent that Moses made in the desert and the altar for burnt offerings were at the worship site at Gibeon.
Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking to Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of life. It is a hope that enters into the inner shrine behind the curtain.
The work they do as priests is only a copy and a shadow of what is in heaven. It is the same as it was with Moses. When he was about to build the sacred tent, God told him: Be sure to make everything according to the pattern you were shown on the mountain.
A tabernacle was set up. The first room was called the Holy Place. It contained the lamp stand and table and the consecrated bread. Beyond the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place.
Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh,
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TABERNACLE, in Hebrew, ???, in Greek, ?????, a word which properly signifies a tent, but is particularly applied by the Hebrews to a kind of building in the form of a tent, set up by the express command of God, for the performance of religious worship, sacrifices, &c, during the journeyings of the Israelites in the wilderness; and after their settlement in the land of Canaan made use of for the same purpose, till the temple was built in Jerusalem. The tabernacle was covered with curtains and skins. It was divided into two parts, the one covered, and properly called the tabernacle, and the other open, called the court. The covered part was again divided into two parts, the one called holy, and the other called the holy of holies. The curtains which covered it were made of linen of several colours embroidered. There were ten curtains, twenty-eight cubits long, and four in breadth. Five curtains together made two coverings, which, being made fast together, enveloped all the tabernacle. Over the rest there were two other coverings, the one of goat's hair, and the other of sheep skins. These rails or coverings were laid on a square frame of planks, resting on bases. There were forty-eight large planks, each a cubit and a half wide, and ten cubits high; twenty of them on each side, and six at one end to the westward; each plank was supported by two silver bases; they were let into one another, and held by bars running the length of the planks. The holy of holies was parted from the rest of the tabernacle by a curtain, made fast to four pillars standing ten cubits from the end. The whole length of the tabernacle was thirty-two cubits, that is, about fifty feet; and the breadth twelve cubits, or nineteen feet. The end was thirty cubits high; the upper curtain hung on the north and south sides eight cubits, and on the east and west four cubits. The court was a place a hundred cubits long, and fifty in breadth, inclosed by twenty columns, each of them twenty cubits high, and ten in breadth, covered with silver, and standing on copper bases, five cubits distant from each other, between which there were curtains drawn, and fastened with hooks. At the east end was an entrance twenty cubits wide, covered with a curtain hanging loose. In the tabernacle was the ark of the covenant, the table of shew bread, the golden candlestick, and the altar of incense; and in the court opposite to the entrance of the tabernacle, or holy place, stood the altar of burnt- offerings, and the laver or bason for the use of the priests.
The tabernacle was finished on the first day of the first month of the second year after the departure out of Egypt, A.M. 2514. When it was set up, a dark cloud covered it by day, and a fiery cloud by night. Moses went into the tabernacle to consult the Lord. It was placed in the midst of the camp, and the Hebrews were ranged in order about it, according to their several tribes. When the cloud arose from off the tabernacle, they decamped; the priests carried those things which were most sacred, and the Levites all the several parts of the tabernacle. Part of the tribes went before, and the rest followed after, and the baggage of the tabernacle marched in the centre. The tabernacle was brought into the land of Canaan by Joshua, and set up at Gilgal. Here it rested till the land was conquered. Then it was removed to Shiloh, and afterward to Nob. Its next station was Gibeah, and here it continued till the ark was removed to the temple.
The word also means a frail dwelling, Job 11:14; and is put for our bodies, 2Co 5:1.
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if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,
We know that if our earthly house (human body) (habitation of life) is destroyed; we have a building from God. It is an everlasting house in the heavens, not made with human hands.