Thematic Bible: Tabernacle


Thematic Bible



And he made the altar of burnt offering of cedar wood: five cubits was its length and five cubits its breadth; it was square, and its height was three cubits. And he made its horns on the four corners of it; its horns were of the same piece; and he covered it with brass. He made likewise all the vessels of the altar: the pots and the shovels and the basins and the fleshhooks, and the firepans; all its vessels he made of brass. read more.
And he made for the altar the brasen grate of network under the circumference thereof beneath unto the midst of it. He also cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves. And he made the staves of cedar wood and covered them with brass. And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it with; he made the altar hollow with boards.

Bezaleel also made the ark of cedar wood; two cubits and a half was the length of it, a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it; Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LinearDimensions Of Temple Furniture

And Moses said unto the sons of Israel, See, the LORD has named Bezaleel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in intelligence, in science, and in all manner of workmanship; to invent and devise, to work in gold and in silver and in brass, read more.
and in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. And he has put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. And he has filled them with wisdom of heart to work all manner of work of the engraver and of the cunning workman and of the embroiderer, in blue and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver: that they may do any work, and invent every design.

See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; Verse ConceptsGod Appointing OthersPeople Of JudahIdentitygrandfatherscraftsmanship

Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab and every wise hearted man unto whom the LORD gave wisdom and intelligence to know how to do all the work of the service of the sanctuary, all the things that the LORD had commanded. Verse ConceptsBuildingSanctuaryWisdom, Human NatureSkilled Peopleartistscraftsmanship

And Bezaleel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses. Verse ConceptsMaking The TabernaclePeople Of Judah

LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in the mountain of thy holiness? Verse ConceptsGod, Holiness OfHuman NatureSanctuaryNames And Titles For The ChurchWe Live With God

For there was a tabernacle made: the first, in which was the lampstand and the table and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary. Verse ConceptsConsecrated BreadThe Golden LampstandTablesShowbreadOutside The HouseThe TabernacleHallowed

Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet; with cherubim of cunning work shalt thou make them. Verse ConceptsCraftsmenClothArtColors, BlueLinenSkillCherubim, As DecorationsTen ThingsMaking The TabernacleRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothLinen ItemsSkilled PeopleArt In The TabernacleBlue Purple And ScarletCherubim Depicted

But Christ being now come, high priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation, Verse ConceptsAtonementGod, Goodness OfTypes Of ChristThe Future AgeLiving Not For The MaterialThe Temple In Heaven

And I will set my dwelling among you, and my soul shall not abhor you. Verse ConceptsGod Living With UsGod Not Forsaking

If the land of your possession seems unto you to be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, in which the LORD's tabernacle dwells and take possession among us; but do not rebel against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building yourselves an altar in addition to the altar of the LORD our God. Verse ConceptsFellowship, In The GospelRebellion Against God, Nature OfThe Altar Of The LordBuilding AltarsGod Living In The TabernacleUnclean Things

I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever; I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah. Verse ConceptsWingsAnticipationEternally With GodGod's WingsPsalm InterjectionsWe Live With Godshelter

In Salem also is his tabernacle and his dwelling place in Zion. Verse ConceptsZion, As A SymbolGod Lives In Jerusalem

a minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. Verse ConceptsSanctuaryThe Temple In HeavenThe Tabernacle

(who serve as an example and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern showed unto thee in the mount); Verse ConceptsArchitectureForeshadowingMoses, Life OfPriesthood, In NtShadowsDivine PlansAntitypesDesignPatternsThe Temple In HeavenHeavenly Visionreality

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And it opened its mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and those that dwell in heaven. Verse ConceptsSatan, As The Enemy Of GodHeaven, God's HabitationProfaning God's NameBlasphemy

And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold the tabernacle of God with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them and be their God. Verse ConceptsGoalsWhat Heaven Will Be LikeImmanuelHeaven,  Redeemed CommunityNew Heavens And New EarthRelationshipsReward, For God's PeopleGod's Shekinah GloryGod Living With UsGod's VoiceGod Is Among YouI Will Be Their God

On the eighth day Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, prince of the sons of Manasseh. His offering was one silver charger of the weight of one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a present; one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense; read more.
one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, as a burnt offering; one he goat as the sin; and for a sacrifice of peace, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur.

And everyone with a wise heart among those that wrought the work made the tabernacle of ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet, which they made of cunning work, with cherubim. The length of one curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits; the curtains were all of one size. And he coupled the five curtains one unto another; and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another. read more.
And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain in the border in the coupling; likewise he made in the border of the second curtain in the coupling. Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the second curtain in the border in the coupling, the loops in front of the others. And he made fifty hooks of gold and coupled the curtains one unto another with the hooks, so it became one tabernacle. Likewise he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains. The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain; the eleven curtains were of one size. And he coupled five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves. And he made fifty loops upon the edge of the uttermost curtain in the coupling, and he made another fifty loops upon the edge of the other curtain in the coupling. And he also made fifty hooks of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one. And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and another covering of badgers' skins above that. And he made the boards for the tabernacle of cedar wood, standing up. The length of each board was ten cubits, and the breadth one cubit and a half. Each board had two tenons, equally distant one from another; thus did he make all the boards of the tabernacle. He made, therefore, the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side towards the Negev. He also made the forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board for its two tenons and two sockets under another board for its two tenons. And for the other side of the tabernacle, on the side of the Aquilon, he made twenty boards, with their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. And for the westward side of the tabernacle he made six boards. And he made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides, which were coupled beneath and likewise coupled together above to a ring; thus he did to both of them in both the corners. There were, therefore, eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets. And he also made bars of cedar wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the westward side. And he made the middle bar to pass through the boards from the one end to the other. And he covered the boards with gold and made their rings of gold for the bars to pass through and covered the bars with gold also. Likewise he made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen, which he made with cherubim of cunning work. And for it he made four pillars of cedar and covered them with gold; their capitals were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver. Likewise he made the veil for the tabernacle door of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen, of needlework, and its five pillars with their capitals; and he covered their heads and their fillets with gold; and their five sockets he made of brass.

Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab and every wise hearted man unto whom the LORD gave wisdom and intelligence to know how to do all the work of the service of the sanctuary, all the things that the LORD had commanded. And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab and every wise hearted man in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom and every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it; and they took from the presence of Moses all the offering which the sons of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it with. And they brought yet unto him free will offerings every morning. read more.
So much that all the wise men that wrought all the work of the sanctuary came every man from his work which they made, and they spoke with Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the work of the ministry which the LORD commanded to make. And Moses commanded it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing, for they had abundant material for all the work; more than enough to make it with.

LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in the mountain of thy holiness? Verse ConceptsGod, Holiness OfHuman NatureSanctuaryNames And Titles For The ChurchWe Live With God

a minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. Verse ConceptsSanctuaryThe Temple In HeavenThe Tabernacle

(who serve as an example and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern showed unto thee in the mount); Verse ConceptsArchitectureForeshadowingMoses, Life OfPriesthood, In NtShadowsDivine PlansAntitypesDesignPatternsThe Temple In HeavenHeavenly Visionreality

And my tabernacle shall be in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Verse ConceptsGod Living With UsI Will Be Their God

Nevertheless the first had its justifications of worship and its worldly sanctuary. For there was a tabernacle made: the first, in which was the lampstand and the table and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary. And after the second veil was the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies, read more.
which had a golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, in which was the golden urn that had the manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the testament, and over it the cherubim of glory shadowing the seat of reconciliation, of which we cannot now speak particularly. Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God. But into the second the high priest went alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for his own ignorance, and for that of the people: The Holy Spirit signifying in this, that the way into the sanctuary was not yet made manifest, as long as the first tabernacle was yet standing: Which was a figure of that time present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience, but in foods and drinks and different washings and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of correction. But Christ being now come, high priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation, neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the sanctuary designed for eternal redemption.

So that it was necessary that the figures of the heavenly things should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ is not entered into the sanctuary made with hands (which is a figure of the true), but into the heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us,

And when the people returned into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has the LORD smitten us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us that when it comes among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. So the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of the hosts, who dwells between the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

And the whole congregation of the sons of Israel assembled together at Shiloh and set up the tabernacle of the testimony there after the land was subdued before them. Verse ConceptsCongregationPriesthood, In OtShrinesTent Of MeetingArk Of The Covenant, EventsSacred PlacesThe House Of God At Shiloh

Then the sons of Israel arose and went up to the house of God and asked counsel of God and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the sons of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first. Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodFirst To FightFighting EnemiesPeople Of Judah

and he would strike it into the pan or kettle or caldron or pot, and all that the fleshhook brought up, the priest took for himself. Thus would they do in Shiloh to all the Israelites that went there. Verse ConceptsCaldronspot

These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony. So they finished dividing the land. Verse ConceptsTent Of Meeting

Then they said, Behold, there is a solemn feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is towards the Aquilon from Bethel and towards the rising of the sun from the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem and towards the Negev from Lebonah. Verse ConceptsRoadsShrinesEvery YearFestivals Observed

And they set up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh. Verse ConceptsThe House Of God At ShilohThe Temple At Shiloh

But go now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel. Verse ConceptsPriesthood, In OtA Place For God's NameThe First Temple

Then all the sons of Israel and all the people went up and came unto the house of God and wept and sat there before the LORD and fasted that day until evening and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. And the sons of Israel enquired of the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

therefore I will do unto this house, which is called by my name, in which ye trust, and unto this place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. Verse ConceptsTrust, Lack OfA Place For God's Name

then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; there shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the offerings of your hand and all your choice of vows which ye vow unto the LORD; Verse ConceptsGiftsChoicesOfferingsSacred PlacesAnimal Sacrifices, Heave OfferingBringing In The TitheRegulating SacrificesA Place For God's NameTithes And Offering

and does not bring it unto the door of the tabernacle of the testimony to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD, blood shall be imputed unto that man; he has shed blood, and that man shall be cut off from among his people: Verse ConceptsSheddingSacrifices At The DoorwayThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

But ye shall seek the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there for his habitation, and thou shalt go there. And there ye shall bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices and your tithes and the offerings of your hand and your vows and your freewill offerings and the firstborn of your cows and of your sheep;

Keep thyself that thou not offer thy burnt offerings in any place that thou seest but in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes; there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the ministry of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.

But thou shalt place the Levites in the tabernacle of the testimony and over all the vessels thereof and over all things that belong to it; they shall bear the tabernacle and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister in it and shall encamp round about the tabernacle. Verse ConceptsCareRankTentsCarrying Holy ThingsCamping During The ExodusThe Tabernacle

And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of the testimony. And it came to pass that on the next day Moses went into the tabernacle of the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron of the house of Levi had budded and blossomed and brought forth open flowers and yielded almonds.

Therefore the king called for Jehoiada, the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem unto the tabernacle of the testimony the collection, according to the commandment of Moses, the slave of the LORD and of the congregation of Israel? Verse ConceptsChief priestsMoses, Significance OfTax Collectors

Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen, Verse ConceptsDivine PlansDesignThe Tabernacle

LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in the mountain of thy holiness? Verse ConceptsGod, Holiness OfHuman NatureSanctuaryNames And Titles For The ChurchWe Live With God

a minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. Verse ConceptsSanctuaryThe Temple In HeavenThe Tabernacle

Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; Verse ConceptsDevelopmentStretching OutRopesCordsEnlargementSpiritual ProgressPegsspacecredibility

And in mercy shall the throne be established; and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging and seeking judgment and hastening righteousness. Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with DavidCivic RighteousnessKingship, HumanLast JudgmentStabilityThrone Of David

And I, John, saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven, prepared of God as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold the tabernacle of God with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them and be their God.

and the prince of the house of the father of the families of Merari, Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle to the Aquilon. Verse ConceptsCamping During The Exodus

The families of Gershon shall pitch behind the tabernacle to the west; Verse ConceptsWest SidesCamping During The Exodus

The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle towards the Negev; Verse ConceptsCamping During The Exodus

But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of the testimony that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the sons of Israel; and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony. Verse ConceptsCamping During The ExodusAction Lest God Be Angry

He also put the golden altar in the tabernacle of the testimony before the veil.

And thou shalt set the table outside the veil, the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the Negev (south desert), and thou shalt put the table on the side of the Aquilon (north wind). Verse ConceptsTablesShowbread

And he put the lampstand in the tabernacle of the testimony, over against the table, on the side of the Negev of the tabernacle.

And he put the table in the tabernacle of the testimony, upon the side of the Aquilon of the tabernacle, outside the veil. Verse ConceptsConsecrated BreadOutside The House


Now Eli was very old and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel and how they lay with the women that served at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony. Verse ConceptsAdultery, Examples OfShameTent Of MeetingExtra Marital Sex ExamplesThey Committed Immorality

And Korah had gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the testimony; then the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation. Verse ConceptsAssembling At The Doorway

And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the congregation unto the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and they fell upon their faces; and the glory of the LORD appeared upon them. Verse ConceptsGlory, Revelation OfAttitudes, in prayerPrayer, Practicalities OfProstrationGod's Glory In IsraelAssembling At The Doorway

And when they shall blow them, all the congregation shall join themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony. Verse ConceptsConvocationsAssembling At The DoorwayTwo Other Things

And it came to pass when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron that they looked toward the tabernacle of the testimony; and, behold, the cloud had covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared. And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the testimony.

Then, behold, one of the sons of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the testimony. Verse ConceptsWeeping


But Christ being now come, high priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation, Verse ConceptsAtonementGod, Goodness OfTypes Of ChristThe Future AgeLiving Not For The MaterialThe Temple In Heaven

And there shall be a covert for a shadow in the daytime from the heat and for a place of refuge and for a shelter from storm and from rain. Verse ConceptsHeatRainStormsHot WeatherGod's ProtectionProtection And SafetyWeather In The Last DaysProtection From DangershelterDivine Protection

The Holy Spirit signifying in this, that the way into the sanctuary was not yet made manifest, as long as the first tabernacle was yet standing: Which was a figure of that time present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience,

Likewise he made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen, which he made with cherubim of cunning work. Verse ConceptsCherubim, As DecorationsRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothBlue Purple And ScarletCherubim Depicted

and the altar of incense and its staves, and the anointing oil, and the aromatic incense, and the hanging for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle, Verse ConceptsPolesDrugs

Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet; with cherubim of cunning work shalt thou make them. The length of one curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits; and all the curtains shall have one measure. The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another, and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. read more.
And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the border in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain in the coupling of the second. Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the border of the curtain that is in the second coupling; that the loops may take hold one of another. And thou shalt make fifty hooks of gold and couple the curtains together with the hooks; and it shall be one tabernacle. Likewise thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering over the tabernacle; eleven curtains shalt thou make. The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits; and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure. And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle. And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain from the border in the coupling and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which couples the second. And thou shalt make fifty hooks of brass and put the hooks into the loops and couple the tent together that it may be one. And the remnant that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle. And a cubit on the one side and a cubit on the other side of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red and a covering above of badgers' skins.

And thou shalt also make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work; with cherubim shall it be made; and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of cedar covered with gold; their capitals shall be of gold upon four sockets of silver. And thou shalt hang up the veil under the hooks, and thou shalt bring in there, inside the veil, the ark of the testimony; and that veil shall separate for you between the holy place and the holy of holies. read more.
And thou shalt put the seat of reconciliation upon the ark of the testimony in the holy of holies. And thou shalt set the table outside the veil, the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the Negev (south desert), and thou shalt put the table on the side of the Aquilon (north wind). And thou shalt make a hanging for the door of the tabernacle of blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen wrought with needlework. And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of cedar and cover them with gold, and their capitals shall be of gold, and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.

In the same manner thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle; to the side of the Negev to the south there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of one hundred cubits long for each side; and its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the capitals of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. And likewise for the side of the Aquilon in length there shall be hangings of one hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars with their twenty sockets of brass, the capitals of the pillars and their fillets of silver. read more.
And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. And the breadth of the court on the side of the rising sun to the east shall be fifty cubits. The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three. And on the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three. And at the gate of the court there shall be a hanging of twenty cubits of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework; and their pillars shall be four and their sockets four.

the hangings of the court, its pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court, Verse ConceptsPillars For The TabernacleSockets

And everyone with a wise heart among those that wrought the work made the tabernacle of ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet, which they made of cunning work, with cherubim. The length of one curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits; the curtains were all of one size. And he coupled the five curtains one unto another; and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another. read more.
And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain in the border in the coupling; likewise he made in the border of the second curtain in the coupling. Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the second curtain in the border in the coupling, the loops in front of the others. And he made fifty hooks of gold and coupled the curtains one unto another with the hooks, so it became one tabernacle. Likewise he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains. The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain; the eleven curtains were of one size. And he coupled five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves. And he made fifty loops upon the edge of the uttermost curtain in the coupling, and he made another fifty loops upon the edge of the other curtain in the coupling. And he also made fifty hooks of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one. And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and another covering of badgers' skins above that.

Likewise he made the veil for the tabernacle door of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen, of needlework, Verse ConceptsembroideryRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothBlue Purple And Scarlet

And the news came to Joab, for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he had not turned after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD and caught hold on the horns of the altar. Verse ConceptsHornsConspiracy

If the land of your possession seems unto you to be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, in which the LORD's tabernacle dwells and take possession among us; but do not rebel against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building yourselves an altar in addition to the altar of the LORD our God. Verse ConceptsFellowship, In The GospelRebellion Against God, Nature OfThe Altar Of The LordBuilding AltarsGod Living In The TabernacleUnclean Things

And Zadok, the priest, and his brethren, the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,

(who serve as an example and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern showed unto thee in the mount); Verse ConceptsArchitectureForeshadowingMoses, Life OfPriesthood, In NtShadowsDivine PlansAntitypesDesignPatternsThe Temple In HeavenHeavenly Visionreality

According to all that the LORD had commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel made all the work. And Moses looked upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it; and Moses blessed them.

Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen, Verse ConceptsDivine PlansDesignThe Tabernacle

According to all that I show thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its vessels, even so shall ye make it. Verse ConceptsDesignPatternsThe Tabernacle

And thou shalt raise up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was showed thee in the mount. Verse ConceptsPlansDivine PlansDesignPatterns

Thus was all the work of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony finished, and the sons of Israel did according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses, so did they. Verse ConceptsMoses, Life OfTentsMan's Work FinishedFinishing Strong

And they came, every man whose heart stirred him up, and every one whose spirit made them willing, and they brought the LORD's offering for the work of the tabernacle of the testimony and for all his service and for the holy garments. And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought chains and earrings, rings and bracelets, and all jewels of gold; and anyone that offered an offering of gold unto the LORD. Every man who had blue or purple or scarlet or fine linen or goats' hair or red skins of rams or badgers' skins brought them. read more.
Anyone that offered an offering of silver or brass brought the offering unto the LORD; and every man, with whom was found cedar wood, brought it for all the work of the service. And all the women that were wise hearted spun with their hands and brought that which they had spun: blue or purple or scarlet or fine linen. And all the women whose heart lifted them up in wisdom spun goats' hair. And the princes brought onyx stones and the stones to be set for the ephod and for the pectoral; and aromatic spice and oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the aromatic incense. Of the sons of Israel, men and women, all that had a willing heart to bring for all the work, which the Lord had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses, brought a voluntary offering unto the LORD.

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the sons of Israel that they bring me an offering; of every man that gives it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. And this shall be the offering which ye shall take of them: gold and silver and brass read more.
and blue and purple and scarlet and fine linen and goats' hair and rams' skins dyed red and badgers' skins and cedar wood, oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense, onyx stones and stones to be set in the ephod and in the pectoral. And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.

And Moses spoke unto all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, This is what the LORD commanded, saying, Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD; whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD: gold, silver, brass;

and he brought the ark into the tabernacle and set up the veil of the curtain and covered the ark of the testimony, as the LORD commanded Moses. Verse ConceptsMost Holy Place

Likewise he made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen, which he made with cherubim of cunning work. Verse ConceptsCherubim, As DecorationsRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothBlue Purple And ScarletCherubim Depicted

And thou shalt also make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work; with cherubim shall it be made; and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of cedar covered with gold; their capitals shall be of gold upon four sockets of silver. And thou shalt hang up the veil under the hooks, and thou shalt bring in there, inside the veil, the ark of the testimony; and that veil shall separate for you between the holy place and the holy of holies.

And Moses said unto the sons of Israel, See, the LORD has named Bezaleel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in intelligence, in science, and in all manner of workmanship; to invent and devise, to work in gold and in silver and in brass, read more.
and in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. And he has put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. And he has filled them with wisdom of heart to work all manner of work of the engraver and of the cunning workman and of the embroiderer, in blue and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver: that they may do any work, and invent every design.

Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab and every wise hearted man unto whom the LORD gave wisdom and intelligence to know how to do all the work of the service of the sanctuary, all the things that the LORD had commanded. Verse ConceptsBuildingSanctuaryWisdom, Human NatureSkilled Peopleartistscraftsmanship

See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and in intelligence and in science and in all manner of workmanship, to devise cunning works, to work in gold and in silver and in brass, read more.
and in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the desire of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom that they may make all that I have commanded thee: The tabernacle of the testimony and the ark of the testimony and the seat of reconciliation that shall be upon it and all the vessels of the tabernacle

But thou shalt place the Levites in the tabernacle of the testimony and over all the vessels thereof and over all things that belong to it; they shall bear the tabernacle and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister in it and shall encamp round about the tabernacle. Verse ConceptsCareRankTentsCarrying Holy ThingsCamping During The ExodusThe Tabernacle

This regarding the Levites from twenty-five years old and upward, they shall go in to serve in the host of the tabernacle of the testimony. Verse ConceptsMiddle AgeParticipation, In Christ

And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee and serve thee; but thou and thy sons with thee shall serve before the tabernacle of the testimony. And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle; only they shall not come near the holy vessels or the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die. And they shall join themselves unto thee and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony in all the service of the tabernacle; and no stranger shall come near unto you.

And when Moses entered into the tabernacle of the testimony to speak with Him, then he heard the voice of the one speaking unto him from above the seat of reconciliation that was over the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim; and he spoke with him. Verse ConceptsMercy SeatArk Of The Covenant, FunctionAtonement, in OTWorship, Results OfCherubim, As DecorationsCovering The ArkHearing God's VoiceGod's VoiceTwo AngelsPropitiatory [Mercy Seat]Cherubim Depicted

And the LORD called unto Moses, and spoke unto him out of the tabernacle of the testimony, saying, Verse ConceptsTent Of MeetingTents

And the LORD spoke unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the testimony, on the first of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, Verse ConceptsTent Of MeetingTentsMonth 2

And the LORD spoke suddenly unto Moses and unto Aaron and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the testimony. And they three came out. Then the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud and stood in the door of the tabernacle and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forth. And he said, Hear now my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision and will speak unto him in dreams. read more.
My slave Moses is not so, who is faithful in all my house. With him I will speak mouth to mouth and by sight not by enigmas; he shall see the similitude of the LORD. Why then were ye not afraid to speak against my slave Moses? Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against them, and he departed. And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle, and, behold, Miriam was leprous as the snow; and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days are fulfilled that thou must die; call Joshua and wait in the tabernacle of the testimony that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went and waited in the tabernacle of the testimony. And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in the pillar of cloud, and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.

And when Moses entered into the tabernacle of the testimony to speak with Him, then he heard the voice of the one speaking unto him from above the seat of reconciliation that was over the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim; and he spoke with him. Verse ConceptsMercy SeatArk Of The Covenant, FunctionAtonement, in OTWorship, Results OfCherubim, As DecorationsCovering The ArkHearing God's VoiceGod's VoiceTwo AngelsPropitiatory [Mercy Seat]Cherubim Depicted

And there I will meet with thee, and I will speak with thee from above the seat of reconciliation, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the sons of Israel. Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, DescriptionCommands, in OTMercy SeatArk Of The Covenant, PurposeArk Of The Covenant, FunctionJudgment SeatTypesGod's Shekinah GloryMeeting GodGod SpeakingPropitiatory [Mercy Seat]Cherubim DepictedArk Of The CovenantCherubim

and the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron, thy brother, that he not enter at all times into the sanctuary inside the veil before the seat of reconciliation, which is upon the ark, that he not die; for I will appear in the cloud above the seat of reconciliation. Verse ConceptsCurtainsArk Of The Covenant, DescriptionArk Of The Covenant, FunctionAppearances Of God In OtAtonement, in OTDay Of AtonementDivine ManifestationsClouds, God's PresenceMost Holy PlaceTheophanyArk Of The Covenant, PurposeMercy SeatDesecrationGod's Shekinah GloryCovering The ArkDeath Due To God's PresenceGod AppearingThe Right TimePropitiatory [Mercy Seat]




And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary and all the vessels of the sanctuary when the camp is to set forward, after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it, but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the testimony. Verse ConceptsHoliness,  Worldly SeparationTouchCarrying Holy ThingsDeath Due To God's PresenceNot Touching

They shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle and the tabernacle of the testimony, its covering, and the covering of badgers' skins that is over it above and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the testimony Verse ConceptsAnimal SkinsSwinging

And this shall be the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the testimony: the boards of the tabernacle and the bars thereof and the pillars thereof and sockets thereof, Verse ConceptsBoards

And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks and one ephah of flour and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh; and the child was young. Verse ConceptsInfantsBottle, UsesWineWineskinChildren, Should Be TreatedLimitations Of YouthQuantities Of WineAnimals At Specific AgesEphah [Ten Omers]The House Of God At Shiloh

And they burnt the city with fire and all that was in it; only the silver and the gold and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeFireIronTreasureConflagrationsTreasuriesBurning Cities

And this would happen year by year when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she would provoke her; therefore, she would weep and not eat. Verse ConceptsFasting, Reasons ForFasting, Nature OfdiseasesSuffering, Nature OfProvokingLost Appetite

Then a cloud covered the tabernacle of the testimony, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. Verse ConceptsPillar Of CloudAurasFilling The SanctuaryCovering The TabernacleCloud of gloryThe Presence Of Godcloudssmoking

And on the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud covered the tabernacle over the tent of the testimony; and in the evening there was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the appearance of fire until the morning. Verse ConceptsMaking The TabernacleCovering The TabernacleThe Tabernacle

And there I will testify of myself unto the sons of Israel, and the place shall be sanctified with my glory. Verse ConceptsGlory, Revelation OfGod's Glory In IsraelMeeting God

And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle and had anointed it and sanctified it with all its vessels; likewise having anointed and sanctified the altar, with all its vessels; Verse ConceptsAnointing, ObjectsDedication In OtMaking The TabernacleAnointing Thingsfinishing

And thou shalt take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it and shalt sanctify it with all its vessels, and it shall be holy. Verse ConceptsAnointing With OilHoliness, As Set Apart For GodHoliness, Believers' Growth InAnointing Oil

And Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all the things that were therein and sanctified them. Verse ConceptsThe Tabernacle

He also put the golden altar in the tabernacle of the testimony before the veil.

In the tabernacle of the testimony outside the veil, which shall be before the ark of the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order them from evening to morning before the LORD; it shall be a perpetual statute of the sons of Israel for their generations. Verse ConceptsAaron, Priestly ResponsibilitiesMorningOrdinancesPriests, Function In Ot TimesTentsPutting In OrderActing All Night

And Moses took the tabernacle and pitched it outside the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the tabernacle of the testimony. And it came to pass that every one who sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the testimony, which was outside the camp. Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodAskingTent Of MeetingTentsWeights And Measures, DistancesOutside The CampFar From Onedistance

And thou shalt put the seat of reconciliation upon the ark of the testimony in the holy of holies. Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, ConstructionMercy SeatTestimoniesCovering The ArkPropitiatory [Mercy Seat]


And after the second veil was the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies, Verse ConceptsSecond Thing

And Zadok, the priest, and his brethren, the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,

For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering were at that season in the high place at Gibeon,

Thus shall ye separate the sons of Israel from their uncleanness; and they shall not die for their uncleanness defiling my tabernacle that is among them. Verse ConceptsExclusivenessHoliness,  Worldly SeparationParticipation, In SinSeparationDeath Due To God's PresencePolluting Holy Places

But the man that shall be unclean and shall not cause the sin to be removed from himself, that person shall be cut off from among the congregation because he has defiled the tabernacle of the LORD; the water of separation has not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. Verse ConceptsRitual WashingSanctuaryExcommunicationDisfellowshipSprinkling WaterPolluting Holy PlacesThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

Whoever touches the dead body of anyone that is dead and does not remove the sin has defiled the tabernacle of the LORD; and that person shall be cut off from Israel; because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean, and his uncleanness shall be upon him. Verse ConceptsHoliness,  Worldly SeparationRitual WashingSprinklingContaminationSprinkling WaterTouching Unclean ThingsPolluting Holy PlacesThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

Therefore, as I live, said the Lord GOD, surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy contaminations and with all thine abominations, therefore I will also destroy thee; neither shall my eye forgive, neither will I have mercy. Verse ConceptsAbominations, Judgments OfGod Without MercyNot SparingPolluting Holy PlacesDefilement

Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day and have profaned my sabbaths. Verse ConceptsAt The Same TimePolluting Holy PlacesSabbath Violated

(who serve as an example and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern showed unto thee in the mount); Verse ConceptsArchitectureForeshadowingMoses, Life OfPriesthood, In NtShadowsDivine PlansAntitypesDesignPatternsThe Temple In HeavenHeavenly Visionreality

According to all that I show thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its vessels, even so shall ye make it. Verse ConceptsDesignPatternsThe Tabernacle

And thou shalt raise up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was showed thee in the mount. Verse ConceptsPlansDivine PlansDesignPatterns

and rams' skins dyed red and badgers' skins and cedar wood, Verse ConceptsRamsAnimals, Types OfDyeingAnimal SkinsRed Material

And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red and a covering above of badgers' skins. Verse ConceptsDyeingBadgersRamsTentsCovering The TabernacleAnimal SkinsRed Material

rams' skins dyed red, badgers' skins, cedar wood; Verse ConceptsBadgersRamsAnimal SkinsRed Material

Every man who had blue or purple or scarlet or fine linen or goats' hair or red skins of rams or badgers' skins brought them. Verse ConceptsAnimal SkinsRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothHairclothBlue Purple And Scarlet

And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and another covering of badgers' skins above that. Verse ConceptsDyeingRamsCovering The TabernacleAnimal SkinsRed Material

and the covering of rams' skins dyed red and the covering of badgers' skins and the veil of the curtain, Verse ConceptsDyeingCovering The TabernacleAnimal SkinsRed Material

And thou shalt hang up the veil under the hooks, and thou shalt bring in there, inside the veil, the ark of the testimony; and that veil shall separate for you between the holy place and the holy of holies. And thou shalt put the seat of reconciliation upon the ark of the testimony in the holy of holies. And thou shalt set the table outside the veil, the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the Negev (south desert), and thou shalt put the table on the side of the Aquilon (north wind).

And he took and put the testimony into the ark and set the staves on the ark and put the seat of reconciliation upon the ark above, and he brought the ark into the tabernacle and set up the veil of the curtain and covered the ark of the testimony, as the LORD commanded Moses.

And after the second veil was the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies, which had a golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, in which was the golden urn that had the manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the testament, and over it the cherubim of glory shadowing the seat of reconciliation, of which we cannot now speak particularly.

But into the second the high priest went alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for his own ignorance, and for that of the people: The Holy Spirit signifying in this, that the way into the sanctuary was not yet made manifest, as long as the first tabernacle was yet standing:

The Holy Spirit signifying in this, that the way into the sanctuary was not yet made manifest, as long as the first tabernacle was yet standing: Verse ConceptsMost Holy PlaceTypesWay, TheChrist The DoorThe Divinity Of The Holy SpiritThe Holy Spirit, And ScriptureAntitypesShutting DoorsTaught By The SpiritOutside The HouseSymbols of the Holy SpiritWitnessing

And thou shalt also make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work; with cherubim shall it be made; and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of cedar covered with gold; their capitals shall be of gold upon four sockets of silver. And thou shalt hang up the veil under the hooks, and thou shalt bring in there, inside the veil, the ark of the testimony; and that veil shall separate for you between the holy place and the holy of holies. read more.
And thou shalt put the seat of reconciliation upon the ark of the testimony in the holy of holies. And thou shalt set the table outside the veil, the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the Negev (south desert), and thou shalt put the table on the side of the Aquilon (north wind). And thou shalt make a hanging for the door of the tabernacle of blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen wrought with needlework. And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of cedar and cover them with gold, and their capitals shall be of gold, and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.

And he put the table in the tabernacle of the testimony, upon the side of the Aquilon of the tabernacle, outside the veil. And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses. And he put the lampstand in the tabernacle of the testimony, over against the table, on the side of the Negev of the tabernacle. read more.
And he lighted the lamps before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses. He also put the golden altar in the tabernacle of the testimony before the veil.

For there was a tabernacle made: the first, in which was the lampstand and the table and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary. And after the second veil was the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies, which had a golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, in which was the golden urn that had the manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the testament, read more.
and over it the cherubim of glory shadowing the seat of reconciliation, of which we cannot now speak particularly. Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.

Thou shalt also make an altar of cedar wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare, and its height shall be three cubits. And thou shalt make the horns of it upon its four corners; its horns shall be of the same, and thou shalt cover it with brass. And thou shalt make its pans to receive the ashes with its burnt fat, and its shovels and its basins and its fleshhooks and its firepans; all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. read more.
And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof. And thou shalt put it under the circumference of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. Thou shalt also make staves for the altar, staves of cedar wood, and cover them with brass. And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar to bear it. Hollow with boards shalt thou make it; as it was showed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.

And they shall make an ark of cedar wood; two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. And thou shalt cover it with pure gold; within and without shalt thou cover it and shalt make upon it a moulding of gold round about. And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it and put them in the four corners thereof, and two rings shall be in the one side of it and two rings in the other side of it. read more.
And thou shalt make staves of cedar wood and overlay them with gold. And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. The staves shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it. And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. And thou shalt make a seat of reconciliation of pure gold; two cubits and a half shall be its length and a cubit and a half its breadth. And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the seat of reconciliation. And make one cherub on the one end and the other cherub on the other end: even of the seat of reconciliation shall ye make the cherubim on the two ends thereof. And the cherubim shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the seat of reconciliation with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the seat of reconciliation shall the faces of the cherubim be. And thou shalt put the seat of reconciliation above upon the ark, and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. And there I will meet with thee, and I will speak with thee from above the seat of reconciliation, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the sons of Israel. Thou shalt likewise make a table of cedar wood; two cubits shall be its length and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. And thou shalt cover it with pure gold and make a moulding of gold round about it. And thou shalt make unto it a border of a handbreadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden moulding to its border round about. And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. And thou shalt make the staves of cedar wood and cover them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. And thou shalt make the dishes thereof and spoons thereof and covers thereof and bowls thereof to cover the bread; of pure gold shalt thou make them. And thou shalt set the showbread upon the table before me always. And thou shalt make a lampstand of pure gold; of beaten work shall the lampstand be made; its base and its branches, its bowls, its knops, and its flowers shall be of the same. And six branches shall come out of the sides of it, three branches of the lampstand out of the one side and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side, three bowls made like unto almonds with a knop and a flower in one branch, and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch with a knop and a flower; thus in the six branches that come out of the lampstand. And in the lampstand shall be four bowls made like unto almonds with their knops and their flowers. And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and another knop under two branches of the same, and another knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the lampstand. Their knops and their branches shall be of the same; all of it shall be one beaten work of pure gold. And thou shalt make its seven lamps; and they shall light its lamps, that they may give light over against it. And its tongs, and its snuffdishes, shall be of pure gold. Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was showed thee in the mount.

All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof and all the stakes thereof and all the stakes of the court, shall be of brass. Verse ConceptsTentsPegsBronze Items For The Tabernacle

And he made the altar of burnt offering of cedar wood: five cubits was its length and five cubits its breadth; it was square, and its height was three cubits. And he made its horns on the four corners of it; its horns were of the same piece; and he covered it with brass. He made likewise all the vessels of the altar: the pots and the shovels and the basins and the fleshhooks, and the firepans; all its vessels he made of brass. read more.
And he made for the altar the brasen grate of network under the circumference thereof beneath unto the midst of it. He also cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves. And he made the staves of cedar wood and covered them with brass. And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it with; he made the altar hollow with boards. He also made the laver of brass and the base of it of brass, of the looking glasses of the women who were vigilant at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony.

and does not bring it unto the door of the tabernacle of the testimony to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD, blood shall be imputed unto that man; he has shed blood, and that man shall be cut off from among his people: Verse ConceptsSheddingSacrifices At The DoorwayThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

But ye shall seek the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there for his habitation, and thou shalt go there. And there ye shall bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices and your tithes and the offerings of your hand and your vows and your freewill offerings and the firstborn of your cows and of your sheep;

And Moses and Eleazar, the priest, took the gold from the captains of thousands and of hundreds and brought it into the tabernacle of the testimony, for a memorial of the sons of Israel before the LORD. Verse ConceptsMemorialTent Of Meeting

then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; there shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the offerings of your hand and all your choice of vows which ye vow unto the LORD; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye and your sons and your daughters and your menslaves and your maidslaves and the Levite that is within your gates because he has no part nor inheritance with you. Keep thyself that thou not offer thy burnt offerings in any place that thou seest read more.
but in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes; there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

And thou shalt make five bars of cedar wood for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward. And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end. read more.
And thou shalt cover the boards with gold and make their rings of gold for places for the bars, and thou shalt also cover the bars with gold.

And he also made bars of cedar wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the westward side. And he made the middle bar to pass through the boards from the one end to the other.

And for the sides of the tabernacle westward, thou shalt make six boards. And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides, and they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring; thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. read more.
Thus they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets: two sockets under one board and two sockets under another board.

And for the westward side of the tabernacle he made six boards. And he made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides, which were coupled beneath and likewise coupled together above to a ring; thus he did to both of them in both the corners. read more.
There were, therefore, eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.


Because I have the right (as long as I am in this tabernacle) to stir you up by reminding you, Verse ConceptsFervourZealMemoriesReminders Of The Gospelremembrance

Likewise he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains. The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain; the eleven curtains were of one size. And he coupled five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves. read more.
And he made fifty loops upon the edge of the uttermost curtain in the coupling, and he made another fifty loops upon the edge of the other curtain in the coupling. And he also made fifty hooks of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.

Likewise thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering over the tabernacle; eleven curtains shalt thou make. The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits; and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure. And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle. read more.
And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain from the border in the coupling and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which couples the second. And thou shalt make fifty hooks of brass and put the hooks into the loops and couple the tent together that it may be one. And the remnant that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle. And a cubit on the one side and a cubit on the other side of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.

And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen; twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, the same as the hangings of the court. Verse ConceptsembroideryColors, BlueGates Of The TempleRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothBlue Purple And Scarlet

In the same manner thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle; to the side of the Negev to the south there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of one hundred cubits long for each side; and its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the capitals of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. And likewise for the side of the Aquilon in length there shall be hangings of one hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars with their twenty sockets of brass, the capitals of the pillars and their fillets of silver. read more.
And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. And the breadth of the court on the side of the rising sun to the east shall be fifty cubits. The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three. And on the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three. And at the gate of the court there shall be a hanging of twenty cubits of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework; and their pillars shall be four and their sockets four. All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their capitals shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.

He made the court likewise; on the south side towards the Negev the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, one hundred cubits; their pillars were twenty with their twenty brasen sockets; the capitals of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. And for the side of the Aquilon, the hangings were one hundred cubits, their pillars twenty with their twenty sockets of brass, the capitals of the pillars and their fillets of silver. read more.
On the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten and their sockets ten, the capitals of the pillars and their fillets of silver, and for the east side eastward fifty cubits the hangings of the one side fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three; and for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits, their pillars three and their sockets three. All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.

Last, thou shalt set up the court round about and hang up the hanging at the court gate. Verse ConceptsGates Of The Temple

Last he raised up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar and set up the hanging of the court gate. Thus Moses finished the work. Verse ConceptsGates Of The Temple

He made the court likewise; on the south side towards the Negev the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, one hundred cubits; their pillars were twenty with their twenty brasen sockets; the capitals of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. And for the side of the Aquilon, the hangings were one hundred cubits, their pillars twenty with their twenty sockets of brass, the capitals of the pillars and their fillets of silver. read more.
On the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten and their sockets ten, the capitals of the pillars and their fillets of silver, and for the east side eastward fifty cubits the hangings of the one side fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three; and for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits, their pillars three and their sockets three. All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.

In the same manner thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle; to the side of the Negev to the south there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of one hundred cubits long for each side; and its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the capitals of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. And likewise for the side of the Aquilon in length there shall be hangings of one hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars with their twenty sockets of brass, the capitals of the pillars and their fillets of silver. read more.
And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. And the breadth of the court on the side of the rising sun to the east shall be fifty cubits. The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three. And on the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three.

Thus shall ye separate the sons of Israel from their uncleanness; and they shall not die for their uncleanness defiling my tabernacle that is among them. Verse ConceptsExclusivenessHoliness,  Worldly SeparationParticipation, In SinSeparationDeath Due To God's PresencePolluting Holy Places

Whoever touches the dead body of anyone that is dead and does not remove the sin has defiled the tabernacle of the LORD; and that person shall be cut off from Israel; because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean, and his uncleanness shall be upon him. Verse ConceptsHoliness,  Worldly SeparationRitual WashingSprinklingContaminationSprinkling WaterTouching Unclean ThingsPolluting Holy PlacesThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another; thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. Verse ConceptsTwo Parts Of ConstructionsTenons And Bars

Each board had two tenons, equally distant one from another; thus did he make all the boards of the tabernacle. He made, therefore, the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side towards the Negev. He also made the forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board for its two tenons and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.

And he covered the boards with gold and made their rings of gold for the bars to pass through and covered the bars with gold also. Verse ConceptsOverlaid With GoldGold Items For The Tabernacl

And thou shalt make five bars of cedar wood for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward. And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end. read more.
And thou shalt cover the boards with gold and make their rings of gold for places for the bars, and thou shalt also cover the bars with gold.

Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet; with cherubim of cunning work shalt thou make them. The length of one curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits; and all the curtains shall have one measure. The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another, and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. read more.
And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the border in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain in the coupling of the second. Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the border of the curtain that is in the second coupling; that the loops may take hold one of another. And thou shalt make fifty hooks of gold and couple the curtains together with the hooks; and it shall be one tabernacle.

And everyone with a wise heart among those that wrought the work made the tabernacle of ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet, which they made of cunning work, with cherubim. The length of one curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits; the curtains were all of one size. And he coupled the five curtains one unto another; and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another. read more.
And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain in the border in the coupling; likewise he made in the border of the second curtain in the coupling. Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the second curtain in the border in the coupling, the loops in front of the others. And he made fifty hooks of gold and coupled the curtains one unto another with the hooks, so it became one tabernacle.

For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and the fire was in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys. Verse ConceptsHousesGod Appearing In FireDuring The Day

And on the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud covered the tabernacle over the tent of the testimony; and in the evening there was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the appearance of fire until the morning. So it was always: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.

And thou shalt make a hanging for the door of the tabernacle of blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen wrought with needlework. Verse ConceptsembroideryRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothMulti ColouredBlue Purple And Scarlet

Likewise he made the veil for the tabernacle door of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen, of needlework, and its five pillars with their capitals; and he covered their heads and their fillets with gold; and their five sockets he made of brass.

LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in the mountain of thy holiness? Verse ConceptsGod, Holiness OfHuman NatureSanctuaryNames And Titles For The ChurchWe Live With God

For Christ is not entered into the sanctuary made with hands (which is a figure of the true), but into the heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us, Verse ConceptsCopies Of AltarsAtonement, in NTSanctuaryJesus Christ, Love OfChrist, The High PriestAntitypesAdvocatesThe Presence Of ChristChrist And HeavenThe Temple In HeavenThe Presence Of Godreality

a minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. Verse ConceptsSanctuaryThe Temple In HeavenThe Tabernacle

(who serve as an example and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern showed unto thee in the mount); Verse ConceptsArchitectureForeshadowingMoses, Life OfPriesthood, In NtShadowsDivine PlansAntitypesDesignPatternsThe Temple In HeavenHeavenly Visionreality

Nevertheless the first had its justifications of worship and its worldly sanctuary. For there was a tabernacle made: the first, in which was the lampstand and the table and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary. And after the second veil was the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies, read more.
which had a golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, in which was the golden urn that had the manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the testament, and over it the cherubim of glory shadowing the seat of reconciliation, of which we cannot now speak particularly. Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God. But into the second the high priest went alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for his own ignorance, and for that of the people: The Holy Spirit signifying in this, that the way into the sanctuary was not yet made manifest, as long as the first tabernacle was yet standing: Which was a figure of that time present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience, but in foods and drinks and different washings and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of correction. But Christ being now come, high priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation, neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the sanctuary designed for eternal redemption.

And thou shalt hang up the veil under the hooks, and thou shalt bring in there, inside the veil, the ark of the testimony; and that veil shall separate for you between the holy place and the holy of holies. Verse ConceptsMost Holy PlaceSeparationHooks

And he took and put the testimony into the ark and set the staves on the ark and put the seat of reconciliation upon the ark above, and he brought the ark into the tabernacle and set up the veil of the curtain and covered the ark of the testimony, as the LORD commanded Moses.


And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee and serve thee; but thou and thy sons with thee shall serve before the tabernacle of the testimony.

And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle and had anointed it and sanctified it with all its vessels; likewise having anointed and sanctified the altar, with all its vessels; Verse ConceptsAnointing, ObjectsDedication In OtMaking The TabernacleAnointing Thingsfinishing

And Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all the things that were therein and sanctified them. Verse ConceptsThe Tabernacle

and thou shalt make of it the oil of the holy anointing, a superior ointment, after the art of the apothecary, which shall be the oil of the holy anointing. And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the testimony with it and the ark of the testimony


This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your ages at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony before the LORD, where I will concert with you, to speak there unto you. And there I will testify of myself unto the sons of Israel, and the place shall be sanctified with my glory.

And thou shalt hang up the veil under the hooks, and thou shalt bring in there, inside the veil, the ark of the testimony; and that veil shall separate for you between the holy place and the holy of holies. Verse ConceptsMost Holy PlaceSeparationHooks

For there was a tabernacle made: the first, in which was the lampstand and the table and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary. And after the second veil was the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies, which had a golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, in which was the golden urn that had the manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the testament, read more.
and over it the cherubim of glory shadowing the seat of reconciliation, of which we cannot now speak particularly. Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.

Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board. Verse ConceptsDimensions Of Other Things

The length of each board was ten cubits, and the breadth one cubit and a half. Verse ConceptsDimensions Of Other Things

And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of cedar wood standing up. Verse ConceptsAcacia WoodMaking The Tabernacle

And he made the boards for the tabernacle of cedar wood, standing up. Verse ConceptsTrees

And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the side of the Negev to the south. Verse ConceptsTwenty

He made, therefore, the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side towards the Negev. Verse ConceptsTwenty

And for the second side of the tabernacle on the side of the Aquilon, there shall be twenty boards Verse ConceptsTwenty

And for the other side of the tabernacle, on the side of the Aquilon, he made twenty boards, Verse ConceptsTwenty

And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red and a covering above of badgers' skins. Verse ConceptsDyeingBadgersRamsTentsCovering The TabernacleAnimal SkinsRed Material

And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and another covering of badgers' skins above that. Verse ConceptsDyeingRamsCovering The TabernacleAnimal SkinsRed Material

And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red and a covering above of badgers' skins. Verse ConceptsDyeingBadgersRamsTentsCovering The TabernacleAnimal SkinsRed Material

And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and another covering of badgers' skins above that. Verse ConceptsDyeingRamsCovering The TabernacleAnimal SkinsRed Material

And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle; only they shall not come near the holy vessels or the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die. Verse ConceptsExclusionDeath Due To God's PresenceDanger When God Is Near

And ye shall have the charge of the sanctuary and the charge of the altar, that there be no more wrath upon the sons of Israel. Verse ConceptsSanctuaryAction Lest God Be AngryResponsibility

and before the lamp of God was put out, Samuel was sleeping in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was; Verse ConceptsLampsArk Of The Covenant, Names ForThe Ark In The TempleLying Down To RestThe Temple At Shiloh

So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD. Verse ConceptsDoorpostsHigh Priest, In OtPeople Sitting DownThe Temple At Shilohfinishing

And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen; twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, the same as the hangings of the court. Verse ConceptsembroideryColors, BlueGates Of The TempleRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothBlue Purple And Scarlet

And at the gate of the court there shall be a hanging of twenty cubits of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework; and their pillars shall be four and their sockets four. Verse ConceptsembroideryFour SupportsPillars For The TabernacleRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothMulti ColouredDimensions Of Other ThingsBlue Purple And Scarlet

And the sockets for the pillars were of brass, the capitals of the pillars and their fillets of silver and the coverings of their heads of silver; likewise all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. Verse ConceptsSilverOverlaid With SilverBronze Items For The Tabernacle

All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their capitals shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass. Verse ConceptsSilverBronze Items For The Tabernacle

and they took from the presence of Moses all the offering which the sons of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it with. And they brought yet unto him free will offerings every morning. So much that all the wise men that wrought all the work of the sanctuary came every man from his work which they made, and they spoke with Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the work of the ministry which the LORD commanded to make. read more.
And Moses commanded it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing, for they had abundant material for all the work; more than enough to make it with.

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the sons of Israel that they bring me an offering; of every man that gives it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. And this shall be the offering which ye shall take of them: gold and silver and brass read more.
and blue and purple and scarlet and fine linen and goats' hair and rams' skins dyed red and badgers' skins and cedar wood, oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense, onyx stones and stones to be set in the ephod and in the pectoral. And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.

And Moses spoke unto all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, This is what the LORD commanded, saying, Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD; whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD: gold, silver, brass; blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair; read more.
rams' skins dyed red, badgers' skins, cedar wood; oil for the light, spices for anointing oil and for the aromatic incense; onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the pectoral. And everyone that is wise hearted among you shall come and make all that the LORD has commanded: The tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its hooks, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets; the ark and its staves, the seat of reconciliation, and the veil of the tent, the table and its staves and all its vessels, and the showbread; the lampstand also for the light and its vessels and its lamps, and the oil for the light; and the altar of incense and its staves, and the anointing oil, and the aromatic incense, and the hanging for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle, the altar of burnt offering with its brasen grate, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base, the hangings of the court, its pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court, the stakes of the tabernacle and the stakes of the court, and their cords, the clothing of service to minister in the sanctuary, that is, the holy garments of Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons to serve in the priesthood. And all the congregation of the sons of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. And they came, every man whose heart stirred him up, and every one whose spirit made them willing, and they brought the LORD's offering for the work of the tabernacle of the testimony and for all his service and for the holy garments. And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought chains and earrings, rings and bracelets, and all jewels of gold; and anyone that offered an offering of gold unto the LORD. Every man who had blue or purple or scarlet or fine linen or goats' hair or red skins of rams or badgers' skins brought them. Anyone that offered an offering of silver or brass brought the offering unto the LORD; and every man, with whom was found cedar wood, brought it for all the work of the service. And all the women that were wise hearted spun with their hands and brought that which they had spun: blue or purple or scarlet or fine linen. And all the women whose heart lifted them up in wisdom spun goats' hair. And the princes brought onyx stones and the stones to be set for the ephod and for the pectoral; and aromatic spice and oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the aromatic incense. Of the sons of Israel, men and women, all that had a willing heart to bring for all the work, which the Lord had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses, brought a voluntary offering unto the LORD.

and rams' skins dyed red and badgers' skins and cedar wood, Verse ConceptsRamsAnimals, Types OfDyeingAnimal SkinsRed Material

Likewise thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering over the tabernacle; eleven curtains shalt thou make. The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits; and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure. And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle. read more.
And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain from the border in the coupling and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which couples the second. And thou shalt make fifty hooks of brass and put the hooks into the loops and couple the tent together that it may be one. And the remnant that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle. And a cubit on the one side and a cubit on the other side of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red and a covering above of badgers' skins.

Likewise he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains. The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain; the eleven curtains were of one size. And he coupled five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves. read more.
And he made fifty loops upon the edge of the uttermost curtain in the coupling, and he made another fifty loops upon the edge of the other curtain in the coupling. And he also made fifty hooks of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one. And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and another covering of badgers' skins above that.

The Holy Spirit signifying in this, that the way into the sanctuary was not yet made manifest, as long as the first tabernacle was yet standing: Verse ConceptsMost Holy PlaceTypesWay, TheChrist The DoorThe Divinity Of The Holy SpiritThe Holy Spirit, And ScriptureAntitypesShutting DoorsTaught By The SpiritOutside The HouseSymbols of the Holy SpiritWitnessing

but in foods and drinks and different washings and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of correction. Verse ConceptsRitualLimitations Of The Bodyorder

And the whole congregation of the sons of Israel assembled together at Shiloh and set up the tabernacle of the testimony there after the land was subdued before them. Verse ConceptsCongregationPriesthood, In OtShrinesTent Of MeetingArk Of The Covenant, EventsSacred PlacesThe House Of God At Shiloh

These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony. So they finished dividing the land. Verse ConceptsTent Of Meeting

And David made houses for himself in the city of David and prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, EventsTentsThe Ark Moved Around

But David had brought the ark of God up from Kirjathjearim to the place which David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsTentsThe Ark In Jerusalem

So they brought the ark of God and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it, and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God. And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the families of the sons of Israel, unto King Solomon in Jerusalem that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersJerusalem, History OfRankAssembling LeadersThe Ark In The TempleThe Elders Gathered

And they brought up the ark and the tabernacle of the testimony and all the vessels of the sanctuary that were in the tabernacle; these did the priests and the Levites bring up. Verse ConceptsTent Of Meeting

And they brought up the ark of the LORD and the tabernacle of the testimony and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, which the priests and the Levites carried. And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.

And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle and had anointed it and sanctified it with all its vessels; likewise having anointed and sanctified the altar, with all its vessels; Verse ConceptsAnointing, ObjectsDedication In OtMaking The TabernacleAnointing Thingsfinishing

And there I will testify of myself unto the sons of Israel, and the place shall be sanctified with my glory. Verse ConceptsGlory, Revelation OfGod's Glory In IsraelMeeting God

And thou shalt take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it and shalt sanctify it with all its vessels, and it shall be holy. And thou shalt also anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all its vessels and sanctify the altar, and it shall be an altar most holy. In the same manner thou shalt anoint the laver and its base and sanctify it. read more.
And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the testimony and wash them with water. And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments and anoint him and sanctify him, that he may be my priest. And thou shalt bring his sons and clothe them with coats. And thou shalt anoint them as thou didst anoint their father, and they shall be my priests; and it shall be that their anointing shall be unto them for a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations. Thus did Moses; according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.

In the day of the first month, the first of the month shalt thou set up the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony. Verse ConceptsMonthTent Of MeetingTypes Of ChristCalendarsThe Tabernacle

And it came to pass in the first month in the second year on the first day of the month that the tabernacle was raised up.

After that, he shall kill the goat of the sin of the people and bring its blood inside the veil and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock and sprinkle it upon the seat of reconciliation and before the seat of reconciliation; and he shall cleanse the sanctuary of the uncleanness of the sons of Israel and of their rebellions and of all their sins; in the same manner so shall he do for the tabernacle of the testimony, which dwells among them in the midst of their uncleanness. And no man shall be in the tabernacle of the testimony when he enters in to make reconciliation in the sanctuary until he comes out and has made reconciliation for himself and for his household and for all the congregation of Israel. read more.
And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD and reconcile it and shall take of the blood of the bullock and of the blood of the he goat and put it upon the horns of the altar round about. And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times and cleanse it and sanctify it from the uncleanness of the sons of Israel. And when he has made an end of reconciling the sanctuary and the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, he shall cause the live he goat to be brought;

So that it was necessary that the figures of the heavenly things should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. Verse ConceptsCopies Of AltarsRight Sacrificescleansing

Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry. Verse ConceptsSprinklingSprinkling BloodTemple Utensils In Use

Thus they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey, and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, searching out a resting place for them. And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, from when they went out of the camp. And it came to pass, when the ark was moved, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered, and let those that hate thee flee before thee. read more.
And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the ten thousands of Israel.

and they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place and go after it. Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; do not come near unto it that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way before now. And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you. read more.
And Joshua spoke unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant and pass before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant and went before the people.

And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of cedar wood standing up. Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board. Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another; thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. read more.
And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the side of the Negev to the south. And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards, two sockets under one board for its two tenons and two sockets under another board for its two tenons. And for the second side of the tabernacle on the side of the Aquilon, there shall be twenty boards and their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under one board and two sockets under another board. And for the sides of the tabernacle westward, thou shalt make six boards. And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides, and they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring; thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. Thus they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets: two sockets under one board and two sockets under another board. And thou shalt make five bars of cedar wood for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward. And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end. And thou shalt cover the boards with gold and make their rings of gold for places for the bars, and thou shalt also cover the bars with gold. And thou shalt raise up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was showed thee in the mount. And thou shalt also make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work; with cherubim shall it be made; and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of cedar covered with gold; their capitals shall be of gold upon four sockets of silver. And thou shalt hang up the veil under the hooks, and thou shalt bring in there, inside the veil, the ark of the testimony; and that veil shall separate for you between the holy place and the holy of holies. And thou shalt put the seat of reconciliation upon the ark of the testimony in the holy of holies. And thou shalt set the table outside the veil, the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the Negev (south desert), and thou shalt put the table on the side of the Aquilon (north wind). And thou shalt make a hanging for the door of the tabernacle of blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen wrought with needlework. And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of cedar and cover them with gold, and their capitals shall be of gold, and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.

And he made the boards for the tabernacle of cedar wood, standing up. The length of each board was ten cubits, and the breadth one cubit and a half. Each board had two tenons, equally distant one from another; thus did he make all the boards of the tabernacle. read more.
He made, therefore, the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side towards the Negev. He also made the forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board for its two tenons and two sockets under another board for its two tenons. And for the other side of the tabernacle, on the side of the Aquilon, he made twenty boards, with their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. And for the westward side of the tabernacle he made six boards. And he made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides, which were coupled beneath and likewise coupled together above to a ring; thus he did to both of them in both the corners. There were, therefore, eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets. And he also made bars of cedar wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the westward side. And he made the middle bar to pass through the boards from the one end to the other. And he covered the boards with gold and made their rings of gold for the bars to pass through and covered the bars with gold also. Likewise he made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen, which he made with cherubim of cunning work. And for it he made four pillars of cedar and covered them with gold; their capitals were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver. Likewise he made the veil for the tabernacle door of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen, of needlework, and its five pillars with their capitals; and he covered their heads and their fillets with gold; and their five sockets he made of brass.

And Moses said unto the sons of Israel, See, the LORD has named Bezaleel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in intelligence, in science, and in all manner of workmanship; to invent and devise, to work in gold and in silver and in brass, read more.
and in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. And he has put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. And he has filled them with wisdom of heart to work all manner of work of the engraver and of the cunning workman and of the embroiderer, in blue and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver: that they may do any work, and invent every design.

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and in intelligence and in science and in all manner of workmanship, read more.
to devise cunning works, to work in gold and in silver and in brass, and in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the desire of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom that they may make all that I have commanded thee: The tabernacle of the testimony and the ark of the testimony and the seat of reconciliation that shall be upon it and all the vessels of the tabernacle and the table and its vessels and the pure lampstand with all its vessels and the altar of incense, and the altar of burnt offering with all its vessels and the laver and its base and the clothes of service and the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons that they may be priests, and the anointing oil and aromatic incense for the sanctuary; they shall do according to all that I have commanded thee.

And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of the testimony. And it came to pass that on the next day Moses went into the tabernacle of the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron of the house of Levi had budded and blossomed and brought forth open flowers and yielded almonds.

Therefore the king called for Jehoiada, the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem unto the tabernacle of the testimony the collection, according to the commandment of Moses, the slave of the LORD and of the congregation of Israel? Verse ConceptsChief priestsMoses, Significance OfTax Collectors

This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the ministry of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.

But thou shalt place the Levites in the tabernacle of the testimony and over all the vessels thereof and over all things that belong to it; they shall bear the tabernacle and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister in it and shall encamp round about the tabernacle. Verse ConceptsCareRankTentsCarrying Holy ThingsCamping During The ExodusThe Tabernacle

And Moses took the tabernacle and pitched it outside the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the tabernacle of the testimony. And it came to pass that every one who sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the testimony, which was outside the camp. Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodAskingTent Of MeetingTentsWeights And Measures, DistancesOutside The CampFar From Onedistance

And they brought up the ark and the tabernacle of the testimony and all the vessels of the sanctuary that were in the tabernacle; these did the priests and the Levites bring up. Verse ConceptsTent Of Meeting

When the camp is to be moved, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering veil and cover the ark of testimony with it and shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins and shall spread over it a cloth entirely of blue and shall put in the staves thereof. And upon the table of showbread they shall spread a cloth of blue and put thereon the dishes and the spoons and the bowls and covers to cover withal; and the continual bread shall be thereon. read more.
And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins and shall put in the staves thereof. And they shall take a cloth of blue and cover the lampstand of the light and its lamps and its tongs and its snuffdishes and all the oil vessels thereof with which they minister unto it; and they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins and shall put it upon a bar. And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins and shall put in the staves thereof; and they shall take all the vessels of ministry with which they minister in the sanctuary and put them in a cloth of blue and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins and shall put them on a bar. And they shall take away the ashes with the burnt fat from the altar and spread a purple cloth thereon and they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof with which they minister about it: the censers, the fleshhooks, the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins and put in the staves of it. And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary and all the vessels of the sanctuary when the camp is to set forward, after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it, but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the testimony. But unto the care of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, shall be the oil of the light and the aromatic incense and the daily present and the anointing oil and the care of all the tabernacle and of all that is therein, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof. And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Ye shall not cut off the tribe of the families of Kohath from among the Levites, but thus do unto them that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the holy of holies: Aaron and his sons shall come and place each one of them in his ministry and to his burden. They shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die. And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families; from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them, all that enter in to the host to do work in the tabernacle of the testimony. This shall be the service of the families of Gershon, to minister and to bear burdens: They shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle and the tabernacle of the testimony, its covering, and the covering of badgers' skins that is over it above and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the testimony and the hangings of the court and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords and all the instruments of their service and all that is made for them; so shall they serve. According to the word of Aaron and his sons shall be all the ministry of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens and in all their service; and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens. This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the testimony, and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the houses of their fathers. From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, all that enters into the host, to do work in the tabernacle of the testimony. And this shall be the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the testimony: the boards of the tabernacle and the bars thereof and the pillars thereof and sockets thereof, and the pillars of the court round about and their sockets and their stakes and their cords with all their instruments and with all their service; and ye shall number by name the vessels of the charge of their burden. This shall be the service of the families of the sons of Merari for all their ministry, in the tabernacle of the testimony, under the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

Then Moses received the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their ministry; and four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according to their ministry, under the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. read more.
But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none; because the ministry of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.

And Moses caused the tabernacle to be raised up and fastened its sockets and set up its boards and put in its bars and caused its pillars to be raised up. And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent above upon it, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech, the priest, and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no one with thee? And David said unto Ahimelech, the priest, The king has commanded me a business and has said unto me, Let no one know anything of this business about which I send thee and what I have commanded thee, and I have appointed my servants to a certain place. Now, therefore, what is under thy hand? Give me five loaves of bread in my hand or what there is present. read more.
And the priest answered David and said, There is no common bread under my hand; there is only sacred bread, which I will give thee if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. And David answered the priest and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us since yesterday and the day before yesterday since I came out, and the vessels of the young men were holy although the way is profane; how much more that today it shall be sanctified with the vessels. So the priest gave him the sacred bread, for there was no bread there but the showbread that had been taken from before the LORD to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle, of the tabernacle of the testimony, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the present, as the LORD had commanded Moses. And he set the laver between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar and put water in it, to wash with.

And when the tabernacle departs, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up; and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death. Verse ConceptsAccess To God, In Old TestamentStrangersExclusionMaking The TabernacleDeath Due To God's PresenceDanger When God Is NearDeath ApproachingMoving To A New Place

When the camp is to be moved, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering veil and cover the ark of testimony with it and shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins and shall spread over it a cloth entirely of blue and shall put in the staves thereof. And upon the table of showbread they shall spread a cloth of blue and put thereon the dishes and the spoons and the bowls and covers to cover withal; and the continual bread shall be thereon. read more.
And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins and shall put in the staves thereof. And they shall take a cloth of blue and cover the lampstand of the light and its lamps and its tongs and its snuffdishes and all the oil vessels thereof with which they minister unto it; and they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins and shall put it upon a bar. And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins and shall put in the staves thereof; and they shall take all the vessels of ministry with which they minister in the sanctuary and put them in a cloth of blue and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins and shall put them on a bar. And they shall take away the ashes with the burnt fat from the altar and spread a purple cloth thereon and they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof with which they minister about it: the censers, the fleshhooks, the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins and put in the staves of it. And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary and all the vessels of the sanctuary when the camp is to set forward, after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it, but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the testimony.

But ye shall seek the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there for his habitation, and thou shalt go there. And there ye shall bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices and your tithes and the offerings of your hand and your vows and your freewill offerings and the firstborn of your cows and of your sheep;

then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; there shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the offerings of your hand and all your choice of vows which ye vow unto the LORD; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye and your sons and your daughters and your menslaves and your maidslaves and the Levite that is within your gates because he has no part nor inheritance with you. Keep thyself that thou not offer thy burnt offerings in any place that thou seest read more.
but in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes; there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

Go and tell my slave David, Thus hath the LORD said, Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in? For I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the sons of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. In all the places in which I have walked with all the sons of Israel did I speak a word in any of the tribes of Israel, unto whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why did ye not build me a house of cedar? read more.
Now, therefore, so shalt thou say unto my slave David, Thus hath the LORD of the hosts said, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people, over Israel; and I have been with thee wherever thou didst walk and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, that they may dwell in their place and never again be removed; neither shall the sons of iniquity afflict them any more as before, since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. And I will cause thee to rest from all thy enemies. Likewise, the LORD makes thee to know that he will make thee a house. And when thy days are fulfilled and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

And the princes offered at the dedication of the altar the day that it was anointed; even the princes offered their offering before the altar. And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, at the dedication of the altar. And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah. read more.
And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was one hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a present; one spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering; one he goat as the sin; and for a sacrifice of peace, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Nahshon, the son of Amminadab. On the second day Nethaneel, the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, offered. He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight thereof was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a present; one spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense; one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering; one he goat as the sin; and for a sacrifice of peace: two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar. On the third day Eliab, the son of Helon, prince of the sons of Zebulun. His offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a present; one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense; one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering; one he goat as the sin; and for a sacrifice of peace: two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Eliab, the son of Helon. On the fourth day Elizur, the son of Shedeur, prince of the sons of Reuben. His offering was one silver charger of the weight of one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a present; one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense; one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering; one he goat as the sin; and for a sacrifice of peace: two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Elizur, the son of Shedeur. On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the sons of Simeon. His offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a present; one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense; one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering; one he goat as the sin; and for a sacrifice of peace, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the sons of Gad. His offering was one silver charger of the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a present; one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense; one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering; one kid of the goats as the sin; and for a sacrifice of peace, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Eliasaph, the son of Deuel. On the seventh day Elishama, the son of Ammihud, prince of the sons of Ephraim. His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a present; one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense; one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, as a burnt offering; one he goat as the sin; and for a sacrifice of peace, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud. On the eighth day Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, prince of the sons of Manasseh. His offering was one silver charger of the weight of one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a present; one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense; one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, as a burnt offering; one he goat as the sin; and for a sacrifice of peace, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur. On the ninth day Abidan, the son of Gideoni, prince of the sons of Benjamin. His offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a present; one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense; one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, as a burnt offering; one he goat as the sin; and for a sacrifice of peace, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Abidan, the son of Gideoni. On the tenth day Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the sons of Dan. His offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a present; one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense; one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering; one he goat as the sin; and for a sacrifice of peace, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai. On the eleventh day Pagiel, the son of Ocran, prince of the sons of Asher. His offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a present; one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense; one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, as a burnt offering; one he goat as the sin; and for a sacrifice of peace, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Pagiel, the son of Ocran. On the twelfth day Ahira, the son of Enan, prince of the sons of Naphtali. His offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a present; one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense; one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, as a burnt offering; one kid of the goats as the sin; and for a sacrifice of peace, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Ahira, the son of Enan. This was the dedication of the altar, the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold, each charger of silver weighing one hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy; all the silver of the vessels, two thousand four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. The twelve golden spoons full of incense, ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the spoons was one hundred and twenty shekels. All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their present; and the he goats for sin twelve.

And when the cloud lifted itself up from over the tabernacle, the sons of Israel went onward in all their journeys; but if the cloud did not lift itself up, then they did not journey until the day that it lifted itself up.

And the sons of Israel encamped in Gilgal and celebrated the passover on the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, in the plains of Jericho. And they ate of the fruit of the land, unleavened cakes, on the next day after the passover and parched new ears of grain in the same day.

For I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the sons of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. In all the places in which I have walked with all the sons of Israel did I speak a word in any of the tribes of Israel, unto whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why did ye not build me a house of cedar?

by a new and living way, which he has consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; Verse ConceptsNewnessConsecrationChrist The DoorDedicationNew

Bring the tribe of Levi near and present them before Aaron, the priest, that they may minister unto him. And they shall keep his commandment and the commandment of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the testimony, to minister in the service of the tabernacle. And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the testimony and the charge of the sons of Israel, to minister in the service of the tabernacle.

And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle and had anointed it and sanctified it with all its vessels; likewise having anointed and sanctified the altar, with all its vessels; that the princes of Israel, heads of the houses of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over those that were numbered, offered; and they brought their offerings before the LORD, six covered wagons and twelve oxen: a wagon for each two of the princes and for each one an ox, which they offered before the tabernacle. read more.
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Take it from them, and it shall be for the service of the tabernacle of the testimony; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to each one according to his ministry. Then Moses received the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their ministry; and four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according to their ministry, under the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none; because the ministry of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.

and before the lamp of God was put out, Samuel was sleeping in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was; Verse ConceptsLampsArk Of The Covenant, Names ForThe Ark In The TempleLying Down To RestThe Temple At Shiloh

So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD. Verse ConceptsDoorpostsHigh Priest, In OtPeople Sitting DownThe Temple At Shilohfinishing

And when the tabernacle departs, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up; and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death. Verse ConceptsAccess To God, In Old TestamentStrangersExclusionMaking The TabernacleDeath Due To God's PresenceDanger When God Is NearDeath ApproachingMoving To A New Place

The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits and the breadth fifty on the one side and fifty on the other and the height five cubits, its hangings of fine twined linen and their sockets of brass. Verse ConceptsLinen ItemsBronze Items For The Tabernacle

All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof and all the stakes thereof and all the stakes of the court, shall be of brass. Verse ConceptsTentsPegsBronze Items For The Tabernacle

Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry. Verse ConceptsSprinklingSprinkling BloodTemple Utensils In Use

a minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. Verse ConceptsSanctuaryThe Temple In HeavenThe Tabernacle

For this reason he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent in which he dwelt among men Verse ConceptsPriesthood, In OtThe House Of God At Shiloh

Moreover he refused the tent of Joseph and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim: Verse ConceptsRejecting PeopleNorthern Kingdom Of Israel

And it came to pass, when the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the midst of the Jordan and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of the Jordan returned unto their place, flowing as before over all its banks. And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and camped in Gilgal, on the east side of Jericho.

All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, which was gold of offering, was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred and thirty shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. And the silver of those that were numbered of the congregation was one hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary: A half per head, that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, which were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty. read more.
And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary and the sockets of the veil: one hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket. And of the thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels he made the capitals for the pillars and covered their heads and filleted them. And the brass of the offering was seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels, with which he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony and the brasen altar and the brasen grate for it and all the vessels of the altar and the sockets of the court round about and the sockets of the court gate and all the stakes of the tabernacle, and all the stakes of the court round about.

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, When thou takest the number of the sons of Israel after the sum of them, each one shall give a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou dost number them, that there be no mortality in them because of numbering them. This shall be given by every one that passes among those that are numbered: half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel is twenty gerahs); a half shekel shall be the offering to the LORD. read more.
Anyone that passes among those that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give the offering unto the LORD. The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give the offering unto the LORD to make reconciliation for your souls. And thou shalt take the reconciliation money of the sons of Israel and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the testimony, and it shall be a memorial unto the sons of Israel before the LORD to reconcile your souls.

Then a cloud covered the tabernacle of the testimony, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter into the tabernacle of the testimony because the cloud was upon it, and the glory of the LORD had it full. And when the cloud lifted itself up from over the tabernacle, the sons of Israel went onward in all their journeys; read more.
but if the cloud did not lift itself up, then they did not journey until the day that it lifted itself up. For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and the fire was in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

Last, thou shalt set up the court round about and hang up the hanging at the court gate. Verse ConceptsGates Of The Temple

Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech, the priest, and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no one with thee? And David said unto Ahimelech, the priest, The king has commanded me a business and has said unto me, Let no one know anything of this business about which I send thee and what I have commanded thee, and I have appointed my servants to a certain place. Now, therefore, what is under thy hand? Give me five loaves of bread in my hand or what there is present. read more.
And the priest answered David and said, There is no common bread under my hand; there is only sacred bread, which I will give thee if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. And David answered the priest and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us since yesterday and the day before yesterday since I came out, and the vessels of the young men were holy although the way is profane; how much more that today it shall be sanctified with the vessels. So the priest gave him the sacred bread, for there was no bread there but the showbread that had been taken from before the LORD to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

And Moses took the tabernacle and pitched it outside the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the tabernacle of the testimony. And it came to pass that every one who sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the testimony, which was outside the camp. And it came to pass when Moses would go out unto the tabernacle, that all the people would rise up and stand each one at the door of their tent, with their gaze following Moses until he was gone into the tabernacle. And when Moses would enter into the tabernacle, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD would talk with Moses. read more.
And when all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door, all the people would rise up, each one in the door of their tent, and worship. And the LORD would speak unto Moses face to face, as anyone would speak unto their friend. And he would turn again into the camp, but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart out of the tabernacle.

For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering were at that season in the high place at Gibeon,

So Solomon and all the congregation with him went to the high place that was at Gibeon, for there was the tabernacle of the testimony of God, which Moses the slave of the LORD had made in the wilderness. But David had brought the ark of God up from Kirjathjearim to the place which David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem. Moreover, the brasen altar that Bezaleel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made was there before the tabernacle of the LORD; and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it. read more.
And Solomon went up there to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the testimony, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.

In the tabernacle of the testimony outside the veil, which shall be before the ark of the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order them from evening to morning before the LORD; it shall be a perpetual statute of the sons of Israel for their generations. Verse ConceptsAaron, Priestly ResponsibilitiesMorningOrdinancesPriests, Function In Ot TimesTentsPutting In OrderActing All Night

And they burnt the city with fire and all that was in it; only the silver and the gold and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeFireIronTreasureConflagrationsTreasuriesBurning Cities

Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD. Verse ConceptsMen WorshippingThree Times A YearFestivals Observed

Thus was all the work of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony finished, and the sons of Israel did according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses, so did they. Verse ConceptsMoses, Life OfTentsMan's Work FinishedFinishing Strong


And when the tabernacle departs, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up; and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death. Verse ConceptsAccess To God, In Old TestamentStrangersExclusionMaking The TabernacleDeath Due To God's PresenceDanger When God Is NearDeath ApproachingMoving To A New Place

In the day of the first month, the first of the month shalt thou set up the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony. Verse ConceptsMonthTent Of MeetingTypes Of ChristCalendarsThe Tabernacle

Then a cloud covered the tabernacle of the testimony, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. Verse ConceptsPillar Of CloudAurasFilling The SanctuaryCovering The TabernacleCloud of gloryThe Presence Of Godcloudssmoking