Thematic Bible: Used in the tabernacle


Thematic Bible



The custom of the priests with the people was that whenever a person offered a sacrifice, a servant of the priest would come with a three pronged fork in his hand while the meat was boiling, and he would stick it into the boiler or pot, and take everything the fork brought up that is, the priest would take it for himself. This is what they were supposed to do with all the Israelis who came there to Shiloh.

You are to make pans for removing its ashes, shovels, bowls, forks, and fire-pans for it, and you are to make all its utensils of bronze.

He made all the utensils for the altar the pans, the shovels, the bowls, the forks, and the fire-pans and he made all its utensils of bronze.

Then they are to put all the instruments with which they minister there trays, forks, shovels, bowls, and all the utensils of the altar. They are to spread over it a leather-dyed skin covering and then insert its poles.


Aaron is to offer fragrant incense on it. Every morning when he trims the lamps he is to offer it,

spices and oil for the light and for the anointing oil and the aromatic incense.



They are to use gold, blue, purple, and scarlet material, as well as fine linen."

They are also to remove the ashes on the altar and spread a purple cloth over it.


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