Thematic Bible: Of the tabernacle


Thematic Bible



This is for dedicating the tent and chest, Verse ConceptsAnointing, ObjectsAnointing ThingsThe Tabernacle

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. Verse ConceptsAnointing, ObjectsDedication In OtMaking The TabernacleAnointing Thingsfinishing

Then dedicate the Tabernacle and all its equipment by anointing it with the sacred oil, and it will be holy. Verse ConceptsAnointing With OilHoliness, As Set Apart For GodHoliness, Believers' Growth InAnointing Oil

Moses took the anointing oil to anoint the tent and everything in it and dedicate them. Verse ConceptsThe Tabernacle

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. Verse ConceptsGoldDivine PlansDesignGold Items For The Tabernacl

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. read more.
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. See that you make them like the pattern for them that were shown to you on the mountain.

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. read more.
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. The lamp stand and all the utensils were made out of seventy-five pounds of pure gold.

A tabernacle was set up. The first room was called the Holy Place. It contained the lamp stand and table and the consecrated bread. Verse ConceptsConsecrated BreadThe Golden LampstandTablesShowbreadOutside The HouseThe TabernacleHallowed

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. Verse ConceptsTablesShowbread

He placed the lamp stand in the tent of meeting opposite the table, on the south side of the tent. He set the lighted lamps in Jehovah's presence, following Jehovah's instructions.

Its snuffers and fire holders (trays) must be of pure gold. Verse ConceptsGold Items For The Tabernacl

He made seven its seven lamps including the snuffers and fire trays out of pure gold. Verse ConceptsLampsSeven LightsGold Items For The Tabernacl

They will use a violet cloth to cover the lamp stand, as well as the lamps, snuffers, trays, and all the containers for the olive oil used in the lamps. Then they will put the lamp stand and all its utensils under a covering of fine leather and put them on a frame to carry them.

Command the Israelites that the lighting must be provided by pure virgin olive oil so that the lamps will not go out. 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.

This is the work the Kohathites will do in the tent of meeting: They will take care of the most holy things. Verse ConceptsCeremoniesThe Golden Lampstand

When Aaron and his sons finished covering the holy things and the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites will come to carry all the holy articles. They must never touch the holy things, or they will die. The Kohathites will carry all the things from the tent of meeting. Verse ConceptsHoliness,  Worldly SeparationTouchCarrying Holy ThingsDeath Due To God's PresenceNot Touching

Aaron must burn sweet incense on this altar every morning when he takes care of the lamps. Verse ConceptsAltars, UsesAaron, As High PriestEvery Morning

The lamp of God went out in the Temple of Jehovah. Samuel was lying down where the Ark of God was. Verse ConceptsLampsArk Of The Covenant, Names ForThe Ark In The TempleLying Down To RestThe Temple At Shiloh

Put your hand on the head of the animal and kill it at the entrance of the Tent of Jehovah's presence. Then Aaron's sons the priests must throw the blood against all four sides of the altar. Verse ConceptsFellowship OfferingSprinklingLaying On Of HandsSprinkling BloodHands On HeadsSacrifices At The DoorwayLaying Hands On SacrificesKilling Sacrifices

If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, it should be a male without defect. He shall offer it at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting, that he may be accepted before Jehovah. Verse ConceptsLaw, OtSacrifices At The DoorwayMale AnimalsPerfect Sacrifices

Tell them: 'If Israelites or foreigners make burnt offerings or sacrifices, but do not bring them to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting to offer them to Jehovah. They must be excluded from the people.

is guilty of bloodshed. He has shed blood and must be excluded from the people. Bring the animal to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. Offer it to Jehovah in front of the Jehovah's Tent. Verse ConceptsSheddingSacrifices At The DoorwayThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

It was necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these. But the heavenly things should be cleansed with better sacrifices than these. Verse ConceptsCopies Of AltarsRight Sacrificescleansing

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. Verse ConceptsArchitectureForeshadowingMoses, Life OfPriesthood, In NtShadowsDivine PlansAntitypesDesignPatternsThe Temple In HeavenHeavenly Visionreality

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. Verse ConceptsTablesBowlsBlue ClothTemple Utensils In UseHallowed

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. Verse ConceptsSpoonsBowlsGold Items For The TabernaclMaking Cereal Offerings And LibationsProvision Of Temple Utensils

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. Five of the curtains were sewn together. The other five were also sewn together. read more.
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. Eleven curtains were made of goats' hair to form an outer tent over the inner tent. Each of the eleven curtains was forty-five feet long and six feet wide. Five of the curtains were sewn together into one set, and the remaining six into another set. They made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in each set. Fifty bronze fasteners were also made to link the inner tent together as a single unit.

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. Five of the curtains must be sewn together. The other five must also be sewn together. read more.
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. 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. Make a cover of rams' skins that have been dyed red for the outer tent. Place a cover made of fine leather over that.

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 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. read more.
Place the mercy seat on the Ark of the Covenant in 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 screen for the doorway of the tent of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a weaver. Make five pillars of acacia for the screen and overlay them with gold. Their hooks should also be of gold. Cast five sockets of bronze for them.

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. 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. read more.
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.