Outlines of the Tabernacle
TABERNACLE
• Moses was commanded to make after a divine pattern. Exodus 25:9; Exodus 26:30; Hebrews 8:5
• Made of the free-will offerings of the people. Exodus 25:1-8; Exodus 35:4-5, 21-29
• Divine wisdom given to Bezaleel to make. Exodus 31:2-7; Exodus 35:30-35; Exodus 36:1
• CALLED THE.
• Tabernacle of the Lord. Joshua 22:19; 1 Kings 2:28; 1 Chron. 16:39
• Tabernacle of testimony or witness. Exodus 38:21; Numbers 1:50; Numbers 17:7-8; 2 Chron. 24:6; Acts 7:44
• Tabernacle of the congregation. Exodus 27:21; Exodus 33:7; Exodus 40:26
• Tabernacle of Shiloh. Psalm 78:60
• Tabernacle of Joseph. Psalm 78:67
• Temple of the Lord. 1 Samuel 1:9; 1 Samuel 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; Exodus 29:42-43
• THE BOARDS OF.
• Made of shittim wood. Exodus 26:15; Exodus 36:20
• Ten cubits high by one and a half broad. Exodus 26:16; Exodus 36:21
• Had each two tenons fitted into sockets of silver. Exodus 26:17, 19; Exodus 36:22-24
• Twenty on south side. Exodus 26:18; Exodus 36:23
• Twenty on north side. Exodus 26:20; Exodus 36:25
• Six, and two corner boards for west side. Exodus 26:22-25; Exodus 36:27-30
• Supported by bars of shittim wood resting in rings of gold. Exodus 26:26-29; Exodus 36:31-33
• With the bars, covered with gold. Exodus 26:26-29; Exodus 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; Exodus 36:37-38
• COVERINGS OF.
• The first or inner, ten curtains of blue, purple joined with loops and golden taches. Exodus 26:1-6; Exodus 36:8-13
• The second, eleven curtains of goats’ hair. Exodus 26:7-13; Exodus 36:14-18
• The third of rams’ skins dyed red. Exodus 26:14; Exodus 36:19
• The fourth or outward of badgers’ skins. Exodus 26:14; Exodus 36:19
• Divided by a vail of blue, purple, suspended from four pillars of shittim. Exodus 26:31-33; Exodus 36:35-36; Exodus 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; Exodus 40:22, 24, 26; Hebrews 9:2
• The ark and mercy-seat put in the most holy place. Exodus 26:33-34; Exodus 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; Exodus 38:9-16
• The gate of, a hanging of blue, purple, twenty cubits wide, suspended from four pillars. Exodus 27:16; Exodus 38:18
• Contained the brazen altar and laver of brass. Exodus 40:29-30
• All the pillars of, filleted with silver. Exodus 27:17; Exodus 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; Joshua 19:51
• In Nob. 1 Samuel 21:1-6
• Finally at Gibeon. 1 Chron. 16:39; 1 Chron. 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; Exodus 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; Numbers 18:1-2; Hebrews 9:6
• Were the ministers of. Hebrews 8:2
• THE LEVITES.
• Appointed over, and had charge of. Numbers 1:50; Numbers 8:24; Numbers 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; Numbers 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; Deut. 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. Psalm 15:1; Isaiah 16:5; Isaiah 54:2; Hebrews 8:2; Rev. 21:2-3
• Of the body. 2 Cor. 5:1; 2 Peter 1:13
• (The holy of holies) of heaven. Hebrews 6:19-20; Hebrews 9:12, 24; Hebrews 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; Rev. 11:19
