Tabernacle

Moses was commanded to make after a divine pattern Ex 25:9; 26:30; Heb 8:5

Made of the free-will offerings of the people Ex 25:1-8; 35:4,5,21-29

Divine wisdom given to Bezaleel to make Ex 31:2-7; 35:30-35; 36:1

CALLED THE

• Tabernacle of the Lord Jos 22:19; 1Ki 2:28; 1Ch 16:39
• Tabernacle of testimony or witness Ex 38:21; Nu 1:50; 17:7,8; 2Ch 24:6; Ac 7:44
• Tabernacle of the congregation Ex 27:21; 33:7; 40:26
• Tabernacle of Shiloh Ps 78:60
• Tabernacle of Joseph Ps 78:67
• Temple of the Lord 1Sa 1:9; 3:3
• House of the Lord Jos 6:24; 1Sa 1:7,24

Was a moveable tent suited to the unsettled condition of Israel2Sa 7:6,7

Designed for manifestation of God's presence and for his worshipEx 25:8; 29:42,43

THE BOARDS OF

• Made of shittim wood Ex 26:15; 36:20
• Ten cubits high by one and a half broad Ex 26:16; 36:21
• Had each two tenons fitted into sockets of silver Ex 26:17,19; 36:22-24
• Twenty on south side Ex 26:18; 36:23
• Twenty on north side Ex 26:20; 36:25
• Six, and two corner boards for west side Ex 26:22-25; 36:27-30
• Supported by bars of shittim wood resting in rings of gold Ex 26:26-29; 36:31-33
• With the bars, covered with gold Ex 26:26-29; 36:34

The door of, a curtain of blue and purple suspended by gold rings from five pillars of shittim woodEx 26:36,37; 36:37,38

COVERINGS OF

• The first or inner, ten curtains of blue, purple, &c joined with loops and golden tachesEx 26:1-6; 36:8-13
• The second, eleven curtains of goats' hair Ex 26:7-13; 36:14-18
• The third of rams' skins dyed red Ex 26:14; 36:19
• The fourth or outward of badgers' skins Ex 26:14; 36:19

Divided by a vail of blue, purple, suspended from four pillars of shittimEx 26:31-33; 36:35,36; 40:21

DIVIDED INTO

• The holy place Ex 26:33; Heb 9:2-6
• The most holy place Ex 26:34; Heb 9:3,7

Had a court round about Ex 40:8

The table of show-bread, the golden candlestick, and the altar of incense were place in the holy placeEx 26:35; 40:22,24,26; Heb 9:2

The ark and mercy-seat put in the most holy place Ex 26:33,34; 40:20,21; Heb 9:4

COURT OF

• One hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide Ex 27:18
• Surrounded by curtains of fine line suspended from pillars in sockets of brassEx 27:9-15; 38:9-16
• The gate of, a hanging of blue, purple, &c twenty cubits wide, suspended from four pillars, &cEx 27:16; 38:18
• Contained the brazen altar and laver of brass Ex 40:29,30
• All the pillars of, filleted with silver, &c Ex 27:17; 38:17
• All the vessels of, made of brass Ex 27:19

First reared, on the first day of the second year after the exodusEx 40:2,17

WAS SET UP

• By Moses at Mount Sinai Ex 40:18,19; Nu 10:11,12
• At Gilgal Jos 5:10,11
• In Shiloh Jos 18:1; 19:51
• In Nob 1Sa 21:1-6
• Finally at Gibeon 1Ch 16:39; 21:29

Anointed and consecrated with oil Ex 40:9; Le 8:10; Nu 7:1

Sprinkled and purified with blood Heb 9:21

Sanctified by the glory of the Lord Ex 29:43; 40:34; Nu 9:15

The Lord appeared in, over the mercy-seat Ex 25:22; Le 16:2; Nu 7:89

The cloud of glory rested on, by night and day during its abode in the wildernessEx 40:38; Nu 9:15,16

The journeys of Israel regulated by the cloud on Ex 40:36,37

THE PRIESTS

• Alone could enter Nu 18:3,5
• Performed all services in Nu 3:10; 18:1,2; Heb 9:6
• Were the ministers of Heb 8:2

THE LEVITES

• Appointed over, and had charge of Nu 1:50; 8:24; 18:2-4
• Did the inferior service of Nu 3:6-8
• Took down, and put up Nu 1:51
• Carried Nu 4:15,25,31
• Pitched their tents around Nu 1:53; 3:23,29,35

Free-will offerings made at the first rearing of Nu 7:1-9

Free-will offerings made at the dedication of the altar of Nu 7:10-87

All offerings to be made at Le 17:4; De 12:5,6,11,13,14

Punishment for defiling Le 15:31; Nu 19:13

A permanent house substituted for, when the kingdom was established2Sa 7:5-13

ILLUSTRATIVE

• Of Christ Isa 4:6; Joh 1:14; Heb 9:8,9,11
• Of the Church Ps 15:1; Isa 16:5; 54:2; Heb 8:2; Re 21:2,3
• Of the body 2Co 5:1; 2Pe 1:13
• (The holy of holies,) of heaven Heb 6:19,20; 9:12,24; 10:19
• (The vail,) of Christ's body Heb 10:20
• (The vail,) of the obscurity of the Mosaic age Heb 9:8,10; Ro 16:25,26; Re 11:19