·         Moses was commanded to make after a divine pattern
Exodus 25:9; 26:30; Hebrews 8:5

• Made of the free-will offerings of the people
  Exodus 25:1-8; 35:4,5,21-29
• Divine wisdom given to Bezaleel to make
  Exodus 31:2-7; 35:30-35; 36:1
• CALLED THE
  • Tabernacle of the Lord
    Joshua 22:19; 1 Kings 2:28; 1 Chronicles 16:39
  • Tabernacle of testimony or witness
    Exodus 38:21; Numbers 1:50; 17:7,8; 2 Chronicles 24:6; Acts 7:44
  • Tabernacle of the congregation
    Exodus 27:21; 33:7; 40:26
  • Tabernacle of Shiloh
    Psalms 78:60
  • Tabernacle of Joseph
    Psalms 78:67
  • Temple of the Lord
    1 Samuel 1:9; 3:3
  • House of the Lord
    Joshua 6:24; 1 Samuel 1:7,24
• Was a moveable tent suited to the unsettled condition of Israel
  2 Samuel 7:6,7
• Designed for manifestation of God’s presence and for his worship
  Exodus 25:8; 29:42,43
• THE BOARDS OF
  • Made of shittim wood
    Exodus 26:15; 36:20
  • Ten cubits high by one and a half broad
    Exodus 26:16; 36:21
  • Had each two tenons fitted into sockets of silver
    Exodus 26:17,19; 36:22-24
  • Twenty on south side
    Exodus 26:18; 36:23
  • Twenty on north side
    Exodus 26:20; 36:25
  • Six, and two corner boards for west side
    Exodus 26:22-25; 36:27-30
  • Supported by bars of shittim wood resting in rings of gold
    Exodus 26:26-29; 36:31-33
  • With the bars, covered with gold
    Exodus 26:26-29; 36:34
• The door of, a curtain of blue and purple suspended by gold rings from five pillars of shittim wood
  Exodus 26:36,37; 36:37,38
• COVERINGS OF
  • The first or inner, ten curtains of blue, purple, &c joined with loops and golden taches
    Exodus 26:1-6; 36:8-13
  • The second, eleven curtains of goats’ hair
    Exodus 26:7-13; 36:14-18
  • The third of rams’ skins dyed red
    Exodus 26:14; 36:19
  • The fourth or outward of badgers’ skins
    Exodus 26:14; 36:19
• Divided by a vail of blue, purple, suspended from four pillars of shittim
  Exodus 26:31-33; 36:35,36; 40:21
• DIVIDED INTO
  • The holy place
    Exodus 26:33; Hebrews 9:2-6
  • The most holy place
    Exodus 26:34; Hebrews 9:3,7
• Had a court round about
  Exodus 40:8
• The table of show-bread, the golden candlestick, and the altar of incense were place in the holy place
  Exodus 26:35; 40:22,24,26; Hebrews 9:2
• The ark and mercy-seat put in the most holy place
  Exodus 26:33,34; 40:20,21; Hebrews 9:4
• COURT OF
  • One hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide
    Exodus 27:18
  • Surrounded by curtains of fine line suspended from pillars in sockets of brass
    Exodus 27:9-15; 38:9-16
  • The gate of, a hanging of blue, purple, &c twenty cubits wide, suspended from four pillars, &c
    Exodus 27:16; 38:18
  • Contained the brazen altar and laver of brass
    Exodus 40:29,30
  • All the pillars of, filleted with silver, &c
    Exodus 27:17; 38:17
  • All the vessels of, made of brass
    Exodus 27:19
• First reared, on the first day of the second year after the exodus
  Exodus 40:2,17
• WAS SET UP
  • By Moses at Mount Sinai
    Exodus 40:18,19; Numbers 10:11,12
  • At Gilgal
    Joshua 5:10,11
  • In Shiloh
    Joshua 18:1; 19:51
  • In Nob
    1 Samuel 21:1-6
  • Finally at Gibeon
    1 Chronicles 16:39; 21:29
• Anointed and consecrated with oil
  Exodus 40:9; Leviticus 8:10; Numbers 7:1
• Sprinkled and purified with blood
  Hebrews 9:21
• Sanctified by the glory of the Lord
  Exodus 29:43; 40:34; Numbers 9:15
• The Lord appeared in, over the mercy-seat
  Exodus 25:22; Leviticus 16:2; Numbers 7:89
• The cloud of glory rested on, by night and day during its abode in the wilderness
  Exodus 40:38; Numbers 9:15,16
• The journeys of Israel regulated by the cloud on
  Exodus 40:36,37
• THE PRIESTS
  • Alone could enter
    Numbers 18:3,5
  • Performed all services in
    Numbers 3:10; 18:1,2; Hebrews 9:6
  • Were the ministers of
    Hebrews 8:2
• THE LEVITES
  • Appointed over, and had charge of
    Numbers 1:50; 8:24; 18:2-4
  • Did the inferior service of
    Numbers 3:6-8
  • Took down, and put up
    Numbers 1:51
  • Carried
    Numbers 4:15,25,31
  • Pitched their tents around
    Numbers 1:53; 3:23,29,35
• Free-will offerings made at the first rearing of
  Numbers 7:1-9
• Free-will offerings made at the dedication of the altar of
  Numbers 7:10-87
• All offerings to be made at
  Leviticus 17:4; Deuteronomy 12:5,6,11,13,14
• Punishment for defiling
  Leviticus 15:31; Numbers 19:13
• A permanent house substituted for, when the kingdom was established
  2 Samuel 7:5-13
• ILLUSTRATIVE
  • Of Christ
    Isaiah 4:6; John 1:14; Hebrews 9:8,9,11
  • Of the Church
    Psalms 15:1; Isaiah 16:5; 54:2; Hebrews 8:2; Revelation 21:2,3
  • Of the body
    2 Corinthians 5:1; 2 Peter 1:13
  • (The holy of holies,) of heaven
    Hebrews 6:19,20; 9:12,24; 10:19
  • (The vail,) of Christ’s body
    Hebrews 10:20
  • (The vail,) of the obscurity of the Mosaic age
    Hebrews 9:8,10; Romans 16:25,26; Revelation 11:19