'Tabernacle' in the Bible
You must make it according to all that I show you—the pattern of the tabernacle as well as the pattern of all its furnishings.
“You are to construct the tabernacle itself with 10 curtains. You must make them of finely spun linen, and blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with a design of cherubim worked into them.
Also make 50 gold clasps and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle may be a single unit.
“You are to make curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; make 11 of these curtains.
As for the flap that is left over from the tent curtains, the leftover half curtain is to hang down over the back of the tabernacle.
The half yard on one side and the half yard on the other of what is left over along the length of the tent curtains should be hanging down over the sides of the tabernacle on either side to cover it.
“You are to make upright planks of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
Each plank must be connected together with two tenons. Do the same for all the planks of the tabernacle.
Make the planks for the tabernacle as follows: 20 planks for the south side,
20 planks for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side,
and make six planks for the west side of the tabernacle.
Make two additional planks for the two back corners of the tabernacle.
“You are to make five crossbars of acacia wood for the planks on one side of the tabernacle,
five crossbars for the planks on the other side of the tabernacle, and five crossbars for the planks of the back side of the tabernacle on the west.
You are to set up the tabernacle according to the plan for it that you have been shown on the mountain.
Place the table outside the veil and the lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle, opposite the table; put the table on the north side.
“You are to make the courtyard for the tabernacle. Make the hangings on the south of the courtyard out of finely spun linen, 150 feet long on that side.
All the tools of the tabernacle for every use and all its tent pegs as well as all the tent pegs of the courtyard are to be made of bronze.
the tabernacle—its tent and covering, its clasps and planks, its crossbars, its posts and bases;
the altar of incense with its poles; the anointing oil and the fragrant incense; the entryway screen for the entrance to the tabernacle;
the tent pegs for the tabernacle and the tent pegs for the courtyard, along with their ropes;
All the skilled craftsmen among those doing the work made the tabernacle with 10 curtains. Bezalel made them of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with a design of cherubim worked into them.
He also made 50 gold clasps and joined the curtains to each other, so that the tabernacle became a single unit.
He made curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made 11 of them.
He made upright planks of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
There were two tenons connected to each other for each plank. He did the same for all the planks of the tabernacle.
He made planks for the tabernacle as follows: 20 for the south side,
for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made 20 planks,
and for the west side of the tabernacle he made six planks.
He also made two additional planks for the two back corners of the tabernacle.
He made five crossbars of acacia wood for the planks on one side of the tabernacle,
five crossbars for the planks on the other side of the tabernacle, and five crossbars for those at the back of the tabernacle on the west.
All the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze.
This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, that was recorded at Moses’ command. It was the work of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
the bases for the surrounding courtyard, the bases for the gate of the courtyard, all the tent pegs for the tabernacle, and all the tent pegs for the surrounding courtyard.
So all the work for the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was finished. The Israelites did everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent with all its furnishings, its clasps, its planks, its crossbars, and its posts and bases;
the hangings of the courtyard, its posts and bases, the screen for the gate of the courtyard, its ropes and tent pegs, and all the equipment for the service of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting;
“You are to set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, on the first day of the first month.
Place the gold altar for incense in front of the ark of the testimony. Put up the screen for the entrance to the tabernacle.
Position the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting.
“Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings so that it will be holy.
The tabernacle was set up in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month.
Moses set up the tabernacle: he laid its bases, positioned its planks, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.
Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent on top of it, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
He brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and screened off the ark of the testimony, just as the Lord had commanded him.
Moses placed the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.
He also put the lampstand in the tent of meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle
Then he placed the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, and offered the burnt offering and the grain offering on it, just as the Lord had commanded him.
Next Moses set up the surrounding courtyard for the tabernacle and the altar and hung a screen for the gate of the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.
The cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
Moses was unable to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud rested on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
The Israelites set out whenever the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle throughout all the stages of their journey.
For the cloud of the Lord was over the tabernacle by day, and there was a fire inside the cloud by night, visible to the entire house of Israel throughout all the stages of their journey.