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 Israel -- 2Sa 7:6,7. Designed for manifestation of God's presence and for his worship -- Ex 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 wood -- Ex 26:36,37; 36:37,38. Coverings of The first or inner, ten curtains of blue, purple, &c joined with loops and golden taches. -- Ex 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 shittim -- Ex 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 place -- Ex 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 brass. -- Ex 27:9-15; 38:9-16. The gate of, a hanging of blue, purple, &c twenty cubits wide, suspended from four pillars, &c. -- Ex 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 exodus -- Ex 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 wilderness -- Ex 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 established -- 2Sa 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.