Tabernacle
128 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
105 sections
- (The Holy of Holies) Heaven
- (The Vail) Christ's Body
- (The Vail) the Obscurity of the Mosaic Age
- A Permanent House Substituted For, when the Kingdom Was
- All Males Required to Appear Before, Three Times Each Year
- All offerings to be Made At
- Anointed and Consecrated with Oil
- Anointed with Holy Oil
- Brought to the Temple by Solomon
- Called The: House of the Lord
- Called The: Tabernacle of Joseph
- Called The: Tabernacle of Shiloh
- Called The: Tabernacle of Testimony or Witness
- Called The: Tabernacle of the Congregation
- Called The: Tabernacle of the Lord
- Called The: Temple of the Lord
- Carried in Front of the People of Israel in the Line of March
- Causes Tried At
- Completed
- Court of all the Pillars of, Filleted with Silver
- Court of all the Vessels of, Made of Brass
- Court of Contained the Brazen Altar and Laver of Brass
- Court of One Hundred Cubits Long and Fifty Cubits Wide
- Court of Surrounded by Curtains of Fine Line Suspended from Pillars
- Court of The Gate of, a Hanging of Blue, Purple Twenty Cubits
- Coverings of The First or Inner, Ten Curtains of Blue, Purple Joined
- Coverings of The Fourth or Outward of Badgers' Skins
- Coverings of The Second, Eleven Curtains of Goats' Hair
- Coverings of The Third of Rams' Skins Dyed Red
- Dedicated
- Defilement of, Punished
- Description of The Frame
- Designed for Manifestation of God's Presence and for His
- Divided by a Vail of Blue, Purple, Suspended from Four
- Divided Into: The Holy Place
- Divided Into: The Most Holy Place
- Divine Wisdom Given to Bezaleel to Make
- Filled with the Cloud of Glory
- First Reared, on the First Day of the Second Year After The
- Free-Will offerings Made at the Dedication of the Altar of
- Free-Will offerings Made at the First Rearing of
- had a Court Round About
- How and by Whom Carried
- How Prepared for Removal During the Travels of the Israelites
- Israelites Worship At
- Made of the Free-Will offerings of the People
- Materials For, Voluntarily offered
- Moses Was Commanded to Make After a Divine Pattern
- Offerings Brought To
- One Existed Before Moses Received the Pattern Authorized on Mount Sinai
- Pattern of, Revealed to Moses
- Pitched: At Gibeon
- Pitched: At Gilgal
- Pitched: At Nob
- Pitched: At Shiloh
- Punishment for Defiling
- Renewed by David, and Pitched Upon Mount Zion
- Sanctified
- Sanctified by the Glory of the Lord
- Solomon offers Sacrifice At
- Sprinkled and Purified with Blood
- Sprinkled with Blood
- Strangers (Foreigners) Forbidden to Enter
- Symbol of Spiritual Things
- Tabernacle Tax
- The Ark and Mercy-Seat Put in the Most Holy Place
- The Boards of had Each Two Tenons Fitted Into Sockets of Silver
- The Boards of Made of Shittim Wood
- The Boards of Six, and Two Corner Boards for West Side
- The Boards of Supported by Bars of Shittim Wood Resting in Rings of Gold
- The Boards of Ten Cubits High by One and a Half Broad
- The Boards of Twenty on North Side
- The Boards of Twenty on South Side
- The Boards of with the Bars, Covered with Gold
- The Cloud of Glory Rested On, by Night and Day During Its
- The Courtyard of
- The Curtains of
- The Door of, a Curtain of Blue and Purple Suspended by Gold
- The Furniture of
- The Holy Place of
- The Journeys of Israel Regulated by the Cloud On
- The Levites: Appointed Over, and had Charge of
- The Levites: Carried
- The Levites: did the Inferior Service of
- The Levites: Pitched Their Tents Around
- The Levites: Took Down, and Put Up
- The Lord Appeared In, Over the Mercy-Seat
- The Lord Reveals Himself At
- The Most Holy Place
- The One Instituted by Moses Was Called of Testimony
- The One Instituted by Moses Was Called: House of the Lord
- The One Instituted by Moses Was Called: Sanctuary
- The One Instituted by Moses Was Called: Tabernacle (A. V.), Tent (R. V.)
- The One Instituted by Moses Was Called: Tabernacle (A. V.), Tent of Meeting (R. V.)
- The One Instituted by Moses Was Called: Temple of the Lord
- The One Instituted by Moses Was Called: Tent of Testimony (R. V.)
- The Outer Covering
- The Priests were the Ministers of
- The Priests: Alone Could Enter
- The Priests: Performed all Services In
- The Second Covering
- The Table of Show-Bread, the Golden Candlestick, and The
- Tribes Encamped Around, While in the Wilderness
- Value of the Substance Contributed For
- Workmen Who Constructed It Were Inspired
(The Holy of Holies) Heaven
- Hebrews 6:19–20 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, …
- Hebrews 9:12 He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
- Hebrews 9:24 For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
- Hebrews 10:19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
(The Vail) Christ's Body
- Hebrews 10:20 by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,
(The Vail) the Obscurity of the Mosaic Age
- Hebrews 9:8 By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.
- Hebrews 9:10 They consist only in food and drink and special washings — external regulations imposed until the time of reform.
- Romans 16:25–26 Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past …
- Revelation 11:19 Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.
A Permanent House Substituted For, when the Kingdom Was
- 2 Samuel 7:5–13 “Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in? …
All Males Required to Appear Before, Three Times Each Year
- Exodus 23:17 Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD.
All offerings to be Made At
- Leviticus 17:4 instead of bringing it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before His tabernacle— that man shall incur bloodguilt. He has shed blood and must be cut off from among his people.
- Deuteronomy 12:5–6 Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go. …
- Deuteronomy 12:11 then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 12:13–14 Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see; …
Anointed and Consecrated with Oil
- Exodus 40:9 Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings, and it shall be holy.
- Leviticus 8:10 Next, Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it; and so he consecrated them.
- Numbers 7:1 On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils.
Anointed with Holy Oil
- Exodus 30:25–26 Prepare from these a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be a sacred anointing oil. …
- Leviticus 8:10 Next, Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it; and so he consecrated them.
- Numbers 7:1 On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils.
Brought to the Temple by Solomon
- 2 Chronicles 5:5 and they brought up the ark and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. The Levitical priests carried them up.
- 1 Kings 8:1 At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel — all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites — to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.
- 1 Kings 8:4–5 and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. So the priests and Levites carried them up. …
Called The: House of the Lord
- Joshua 6:24 Then the Israelites burned up the city and everything in it. However, they put the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.
- 1 Samuel 1:7 And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.
- 1 Samuel 1:24 Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.
Called The: Tabernacle of Joseph
- Psalm 78:67 He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim.
Called The: Tabernacle of Shiloh
- Psalm 78:60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.
Called The: Tabernacle of Testimony or Witness
- Exodus 38:21 This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, as recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
- Numbers 1:50 Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.
- Numbers 17:7–8 Then Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony. …
- 2 Chronicles 24:6 So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”
- Acts 7:44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.
Called The: Tabernacle of the Congregation
- Exodus 27:21 In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the …
- Exodus 33:7 Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it at a distance outside the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting, and anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp.
- Exodus 40:26 Moses placed the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil,
Called The: Tabernacle of the Lord
- Joshua 22:19 If indeed the land of your inheritance is unclean, then cross over to the land of the LORD’s possession, where the LORD’s tabernacle stands, and take possession of it among us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by …
- 1 Kings 2:28 When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.
- 1 Chronicles 16:39 And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon
Called The: Temple of the Lord
- 1 Samuel 1:9 So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 3:3 Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.
Carried in Front of the People of Israel in the Line of March
- Numbers 10:33–36 So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them. …
- Joshua 3:3–6 and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it. …
Causes Tried At
- Deuteronomy 12:5–6 Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go. …
- Deuteronomy 12:11–14 then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD. …
Completed
- Exodus 39:32 So all the work for the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Court of all the Pillars of, Filleted with Silver
- Exodus 27:17 All the posts around the courtyard shall have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze bases.
- Exodus 38:17 The bases for the posts were bronze, the hooks and bands were silver, and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. So all the posts of the courtyard were banded with silver.
Court of all the Vessels of, Made of Brass
- Exodus 27:19 All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, including all its tent pegs and the tent pegs of the courtyard, shall be made of bronze.
Court of Contained the Brazen Altar and Laver of Brass
- Exodus 40:29–30 He placed the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, just as the LORD had commanded him. …
Court of One Hundred Cubits Long and Fifty Cubits Wide
- Exodus 27:18 The entire courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide, with curtains of finely spun linen five cubits high, and with bronze bases.
Court of Surrounded by Curtains of Fine Line Suspended from Pillars
- Exodus 27:9–15 You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side, …
- Exodus 38:9–16 Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen, …
Court of The Gate of, a Hanging of Blue, Purple Twenty Cubits
- Exodus 27:16 The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits long, with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.
- Exodus 38:18 The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high,
Coverings of The First or Inner, Ten Curtains of Blue, Purple Joined
- Exodus 26:1–6 “You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them. …
- Exodus 36:8–13 All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into them. …
Coverings of The Fourth or Outward of Badgers' Skins
- Exodus 26:14 Also make a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.
- Exodus 36:19 Additionally, he made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.
Coverings of The Second, Eleven Curtains of Goats' Hair
- Exodus 26:7–13 You are to make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle — eleven curtains in all. …
- Exodus 36:14–18 He then made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle — eleven curtains in all. …
Coverings of The Third of Rams' Skins Dyed Red
- Exodus 26:14 Also make a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.
- Exodus 36:19 Additionally, he made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.
Dedicated
- Numbers 7:1 On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils.
Defilement of, Punished
- Leviticus 15:31 You must keep the children of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.
- Numbers 19:13 Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and …
- Numbers 19:20 But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.
- Ezekiel 5:11 Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you.
- Ezekiel 23:38 They have also done this to Me: On that very same day, they defiled My sanctuary and profaned My Sabbaths.
Description of The Frame
- Exodus 26:15–37 You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. …
- Exodus 36:20–38 Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. …
Designed for Manifestation of God's Presence and for His
- Exodus 25:8 And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.
- Exodus 29:42–43 For the generations to come, this burnt offering shall be made regularly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you. …
Divided by a Vail of Blue, Purple, Suspended from Four
- Exodus 26:31–33 Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it. …
- Exodus 36:35–36 Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it. …
- Exodus 40:21 Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.
Divided Into: The Holy Place
- Exodus 26:33 And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
- Hebrews 9:2–6 A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place. …
Divided Into: The Most Holy Place
- Exodus 26:34 Put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.
- Hebrews 9:3 Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,
- Hebrews 9:7 But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
Divine Wisdom Given to Bezaleel to Make
- Exodus 31:2–7 “See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. …
- Exodus 35:30–35 Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. …
- Exodus 36:1 “So Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person are to carry out everything commanded by the LORD, who has given them skill and ability to know how to perform all the work of constructing the sanctuary.”
Filled with the Cloud of Glory
- Exodus 40:34–38 Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. …
First Reared, on the First Day of the Second Year After The
- Exodus 40:2 “On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.
- Exodus 40:17 So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.
Free-Will offerings Made at the Dedication of the Altar of
- Numbers 7:10–87 When the altar was anointed, the leaders approached with their offerings for its dedication and presented them before the altar. …
Free-Will offerings Made at the First Rearing of
- Numbers 7:1–9 On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils. …
had a Court Round About
- Exodus 40:8 Set up the surrounding courtyard and hang the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard.
How and by Whom Carried
- Numbers 4:5–33 Whenever the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the veil of the curtain, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it. …
- Numbers 7:6–9 So Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites. …
How Prepared for Removal During the Travels of the Israelites
- Numbers 1:51 Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death.
- Numbers 4:5–15 Whenever the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the veil of the curtain, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it. …
Israelites Worship At
- Numbers 10:3 When both are sounded, the whole congregation is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 16:19 When Korah had gathered his whole assembly against them at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the glory of the LORD appeared to the whole congregation.
- Numbers 16:42–43 But when the congregation gathered against them, Moses and Aaron turned toward the Tent of Meeting, and suddenly the cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared. …
- Numbers 20:6 Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. They fell facedown, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.
- Numbers 25:6 Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- 1 Samuel 2:22 Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Psalm 27:4 One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
Made of the Free-Will offerings of the People
- Exodus 25:1–8 Then the LORD said to Moses, …
- Exodus 35:4–5 Moses also told the whole congregation of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded: …
- Exodus 35:21–29 And everyone whose heart stirred him and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments. …
Materials For, Voluntarily offered
- Exodus 25:1–8 Then the LORD said to Moses, …
- Exodus 35:4–29 Moses also told the whole congregation of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded: …
- Exodus 36:3–7 They received from Moses all the contributions that the Israelites had brought to carry out the service of constructing the sanctuary. Meanwhile, the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning, …
Moses Was Commanded to Make After a Divine Pattern
- Exodus 25:9 You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you.
- Exodus 26:30 So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
- Hebrews 8:5 The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
Offerings Brought To
- Leviticus 17:4 instead of bringing it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before His tabernacle— that man shall incur bloodguilt. He has shed blood and must be cut off from among his people.
- Numbers 31:54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds and brought it into the Tent of Meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 12:5–6 Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go. …
- Deuteronomy 12:11–14 then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD. …
One Existed Before Moses Received the Pattern Authorized on Mount Sinai
- Exodus 33:7–11 Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it at a distance outside the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting, and anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp. …
Pattern of, Revealed to Moses
- Exodus 25:9 You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you.
- Exodus 26:30 So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
- Exodus 39:32 So all the work for the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Exodus 39:42–43 The Israelites had done all the work just as the LORD had commanded Moses. …
- Acts 7:44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.
- Hebrews 8:5 The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
Pitched: At Gibeon
- 1 Chronicles 21:29 For the tabernacle of the LORD that Moses had made in the wilderness and the altar of burnt offering were presently at the high place in Gibeon,
Pitched: At Gilgal
- Joshua 4:18–19 When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet touched the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their course and overflowed all the banks as before. …
Pitched: At Nob
- 1 Samuel 21:1–6 Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?” …
Pitched: At Shiloh
- Joshua 18:1 Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,
- Joshua 19:51 These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed by lot to the tribes of Israel at Shiloh before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. So they finished …
- Judges 18:31 So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.
- Judges 20:18 The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.
- Judges 20:26–27 Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD. …
- Judges 21:19 “But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”
- 1 Samuel 2:14 and plunge it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. And the priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.
- 1 Samuel 4:3–4 When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to …
- Jeremiah 7:12 But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.
- Jeremiah 7:14 therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.
Punishment for Defiling
- Leviticus 15:31 You must keep the children of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.
- Numbers 19:13 Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and …
Renewed by David, and Pitched Upon Mount Zion
- 1 Chronicles 15:1 David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
- 1 Chronicles 16:1–2 So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God. …
- 2 Chronicles 1:4 Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.
Sanctified
- Exodus 29:43 I will also meet with the Israelites there, and that place will be consecrated by My glory.
- Exodus 40:9–16 Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings, and it shall be holy. …
- Numbers 7:1 On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils.
Sanctified by the Glory of the Lord
- Exodus 29:43 I will also meet with the Israelites there, and that place will be consecrated by My glory.
- Exodus 40:34 Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
- Numbers 9:15 On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.
Solomon offers Sacrifice At
- 2 Chronicles 1:3–6 And Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness. …
Sprinkled and Purified with Blood
- Hebrews 9:21 In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship.
Sprinkled with Blood
- Leviticus 16:15–20 Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it. …
- Hebrews 9:21 In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship.
- Hebrews 9:23 So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
Strangers (Foreigners) Forbidden to Enter
- Numbers 1:51 Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death.
Symbol of Spiritual Things
- Psalm 15:1 O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain?
- Hebrews 8:2 and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.
- Hebrews 8:5 The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
- Hebrews 9:1–12 Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary. …
- Hebrews 9:24 For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
Tabernacle Tax
- Exodus 30:11–16 Then the LORD said to Moses, …
The Ark and Mercy-Seat Put in the Most Holy Place
- Exodus 26:33–34 And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. …
- Exodus 40:20–21 Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark. …
- Hebrews 9:4 containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.
The Boards of had Each Two Tenons Fitted Into Sockets of Silver
- Exodus 26:17 Two tenons must be connected to each other for each frame. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.
- Exodus 26:19 with forty silver bases under the twenty frames — two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.
- Exodus 36:22–24 Two tenons were connected to each other for each frame. He made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way. …
The Boards of Made of Shittim Wood
- Exodus 26:15 You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
- Exodus 36:20 Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
The Boards of Six, and Two Corner Boards for West Side
- Exodus 26:22–25 Make six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side, …
- Exodus 36:27–30 He made six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side, …
The Boards of Supported by Bars of Shittim Wood Resting in Rings of Gold
- Exodus 26:26–29 You are also to make five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle, …
- Exodus 36:31–33 He also made five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle, …
The Boards of Ten Cubits High by One and a Half Broad
- Exodus 26:16 Each frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
- Exodus 36:21 Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
The Boards of Twenty on North Side
- Exodus 26:20 For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, make twenty frames
- Exodus 36:25 For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty frames
The Boards of Twenty on South Side
- Exodus 26:18 Construct twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,
- Exodus 36:23 He constructed twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,
The Boards of with the Bars, Covered with Gold
- Exodus 26:26–29 You are also to make five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle, …
- Exodus 36:34 And he overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold.
The Cloud of Glory Rested On, by Night and Day During Its
- Exodus 40:38 For the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel through all their journeys.
- Numbers 9:15–16 On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning. …
The Courtyard of
- Exodus 27:9–17 You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side, …
- Exodus 38:9–16 Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen, …
- Exodus 38:18 The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high,
- Exodus 40:8 Set up the surrounding courtyard and hang the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard.
- Exodus 40:33 And Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the altar, and he hung the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.
The Curtains of
- Exodus 26:1–14 “You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them. …
- Exodus 26:31–37 Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it. …
- Exodus 27:9–16 You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side, …
- Exodus 35:15 the altar of incense with its poles; the anointing oil and fragrant incense; the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle;
- Exodus 35:17 the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the gate of the courtyard;
- Exodus 36:8–19 All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into them. …
- Exodus 36:35 Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
- Exodus 36:37 For the entrance to the tent, he made a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen,
The Door of, a Curtain of Blue and Purple Suspended by Gold
- Exodus 26:36–37 For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. …
- Exodus 36:37–38 For the entrance to the tent, he made a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, …
The Furniture of
- Exodus 25:10–40 And they are to construct an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. …
- Exodus 27:1–8 “You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high. …
- Exodus 27:19 All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, including all its tent pegs and the tent pegs of the courtyard, shall be made of bronze.
- Exodus 37:1 Bezalel went on to construct the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
- Exodus 38:1–8 Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high. …
The Holy Place of
- Exodus 26:31–37 Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it. …
- Exodus 40:22–26 Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil. …
- Hebrews 9:2–6 A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place. …
- Hebrews 9:8 By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.
The Journeys of Israel Regulated by the Cloud On
- Exodus 40:36–37 Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out through all the stages of their journey. …
The Levites: Appointed Over, and had Charge of
- Numbers 1:50 Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.
- Numbers 8:24 “This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 18:2–4 But bring with you also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and assist you and your sons before the Tent of the Testimony. …
The Levites: Carried
- Numbers 4:15 When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or they will …
- Numbers 4:25 They are to carry the curtains of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting with the covering of fine leather over it, the curtains for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,
- Numbers 4:31 This is the duty for all their service at the Tent of Meeting: to carry the frames of the tabernacle with its crossbars, posts, and bases,
The Levites: did the Inferior Service of
- Numbers 3:6–8 “Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him. …
The Levites: Pitched Their Tents Around
- Numbers 1:53 But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony.”
- Numbers 3:23 The Gershonite clans were to camp on the west, behind the tabernacle,
- Numbers 3:29 The clans of the Kohathites were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle,
- Numbers 3:35 The leader of the families of the Merarites was Zuriel son of Abihail; they were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.
The Levites: Took Down, and Put Up
- Numbers 1:51 Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death.
The Lord Appeared In, Over the Mercy-Seat
- Exodus 25:22 And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.
- Leviticus 16:2 And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.
- Numbers 7:89 When Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony. Thus the LORD spoke to him.
The Lord Reveals Himself At
- Leviticus 1:1 Then the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,
- Numbers 1:1 On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:
- Numbers 7:89 When Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony. Thus the LORD spoke to him.
- Numbers 12:4–10 And suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “You three, come out to the Tent of Meeting.” So the three went out, …
- Deuteronomy 31:14–15 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the time of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting. …
The Most Holy Place
- Exodus 26:33–35 And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. …
- Exodus 40:20–21 Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark. …
- Hebrews 9:3–5 Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place, …
- Hebrews 9:7–8 But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance. …
The One Instituted by Moses Was Called of Testimony
- Exodus 38:21 This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, as recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
- Numbers 1:50 Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.
The One Instituted by Moses Was Called: House of the Lord
- Joshua 6:24 Then the Israelites burned up the city and everything in it. However, they put the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.
The One Instituted by Moses Was Called: Sanctuary
- Exodus 25:8 And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.
The One Instituted by Moses Was Called: Tabernacle (A. V.), Tent (R. V.)
- Exodus 33:7 Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it at a distance outside the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting, and anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp.
- 2 Chronicles 5:5 and they brought up the ark and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. The Levitical priests carried them up.
The One Instituted by Moses Was Called: Tabernacle (A. V.), Tent of Meeting (R. V.)
- Exodus 27:21 In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the …
The One Instituted by Moses Was Called: Temple of the Lord
- 1 Samuel 1:9 So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 3:3 Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.
The One Instituted by Moses Was Called: Tent of Testimony (R. V.)
- Numbers 17:7–8 Then Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony. …
- 2 Chronicles 24:6 So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”
The Outer Covering
- Exodus 25:5 ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;
- Exodus 26:7–14 You are to make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle — eleven curtains in all. …
- Exodus 36:14–19 He then made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle — eleven curtains in all. …
The Priests were the Ministers of
- Hebrews 8:2 and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.
The Priests: Alone Could Enter
- Numbers 18:3 And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die.
- Numbers 18:5 And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar, so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.
The Priests: Performed all Services In
- Numbers 3:10 So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”
- Numbers 18:1–2 So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house must bear the iniquity involving the sanctuary. And you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity involving your priesthood. …
- Hebrews 9:6 When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties.
The Second Covering
- Exodus 25:5 ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;
- Exodus 26:14 Also make a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.
- Exodus 35:7 ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;
- Exodus 35:23 Everyone who had blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen, goat hair, ram skins dyed red, or articles of fine leather, brought them.
- Exodus 36:19 Additionally, he made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.
- Exodus 39:34 the covering of ram skins dyed red, the covering of fine leather, and the veil of the covering;
The Table of Show-Bread, the Golden Candlestick, and The
- Exodus 26:35 And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side.
- Exodus 40:22 Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.
- Exodus 40:24 He also placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle
- Exodus 40:26 Moses placed the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil,
- Hebrews 9:2 A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.
Tribes Encamped Around, While in the Wilderness
- Numbers 2:1 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron:
Value of the Substance Contributed For
- Exodus 38:24–31 All the gold from the wave offering used for the work on the sanctuary totaled 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel. …
Workmen Who Constructed It Were Inspired
- Exodus 31:1–11 Then the LORD said to Moses, …
- Exodus 35:30–35 Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. …
Related topics
Tabernacle of the ChurchTabernacle of ChristTabernacle was Set UpTabernacle of the BodyTabernacle was Set up by Moses at Mount SinaiTabernacle was Set up in Shiloh
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.