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Tabernacle

The Tabernacle was God's portable dwelling place among His people in the wilderness, serving as the center of worship and sacrifice. It foreshadowed Christ's perfect sacrifice and our access to God through Him.

Overview

The Tabernacle was a tent sanctuary where God met with Israel during their wilderness wanderings. Its design, furnishings, and sacrificial system all pointed forward to Jesus Christ as the ultimate High Priest and final sacrifice. The Tabernacle demonstrated God's desire to dwell among His people and established the pattern for approaching a holy God.

Key Scriptures

"This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil" (Hebrews 6:19, NASB). "Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh" (Hebrews 10:19-20, NASB). "Now the main point in what has been said is this: we have such a high priest, who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens" (Hebrews 8:1, NASB).

Application

Just as the Tabernacle granted Israel access to God's presence through the high priest, we now approach God directly through faith in Christ's finished work on the cross.

Scripture References 40
Hebrews 6:19 Hebrews 6:20 Hebrews 9:12 Hebrews 9:24 Hebrews 10:19 Hebrews 10:20 Romans 16:25 Romans 16:26 Hebrews 9:8 Hebrews 9:10 Revelation 11:19 2 Samuel 7:5 2 Samuel 7:6 2 Samuel 7:7 2 Samuel 7:8 2 Samuel 7:9 2 Samuel 7:10 2 Samuel 7:11 2 Samuel 7:12 2 Samuel 7:13 Exodus 23:17 Leviticus 17:4 Deuteronomy 12:5 Deuteronomy 12:6 Deuteronomy 12:11 Deuteronomy 12:13 Deuteronomy 12:14 Exodus 27:17 Exodus 38:17 Exodus 27:19 Numbers 18:3 Numbers 18:5 Exodus 40:9 Leviticus 8:10 Numbers 7:1 Exodus 30:25 Exodus 30:26 Leviticus 8:10 Numbers 7:1 Numbers 18:2
Full Topical Reference List 589 total — Nave's Topical Bible

(The holy of holies,) of heaven

Hebrews 6:19 Hebrews 6:20 Hebrews 9:12 Hebrews 9:24 Hebrews 10:19

(The vail,) of Christ's body

Hebrews 10:20

(The vail,) of the obscurity of the Mosaic age

Hebrews 9:8 Hebrews 9:10 Revelation 11:19 Romans 16:25 Romans 16:26

A permanent house substituted for, when the kingdom was established

2 Samuel 7:5 2 Samuel 7:6 2 Samuel 7:7 2 Samuel 7:8 2 Samuel 7:9 2 Samuel 7:10 2 Samuel 7:11 2 Samuel 7:12 2 Samuel 7:13

All males required to appear before, three times each year

Exodus 23:17

All offerings to be made at

Deuteronomy 12:5 Deuteronomy 12:6 Deuteronomy 12:11 Deuteronomy 12:13 Deuteronomy 12:14 Leviticus 17:4

All the pillars of, filleted with silver, &c

Exodus 27:17 Exodus 38:17

All the vessels of, made of brass

Exodus 27:19

Alone could enter

Numbers 18:3 Numbers 18:5

Anointed and consecrated with oil

Exodus 40:9 Leviticus 8:10 Numbers 7:1

Anointed with holy oil

Exodus 30:25 Exodus 30:26 Leviticus 8:10 Numbers 7:1

Appointed over, and had charge of

Numbers 1:50 Numbers 8:24 Numbers 18:2 Numbers 18:3 Numbers 18:4

At Gilgal

Joshua 5:10 Joshua 5:11

Brought to the temple by Solomon

1 Kings 8:1 1 Kings 8:4 1 Kings 8:5 2 Chronicles 5:5

By Moses at Mount Sinai

Exodus 40:18 Exodus 40:19 Numbers 10:11 Numbers 10:12

Carried

Numbers 4:15 Numbers 4:25 Numbers 4:31

Carried in front of the children of Israel in the line of march

Joshua 3:3 Joshua 3:4 Joshua 3:5 Joshua 3:6 Numbers 10:33 Numbers 10:34 Numbers 10:35 Numbers 10:36

Causes tried at

Deuteronomy 12:5 Deuteronomy 12:6 Deuteronomy 12:11 Deuteronomy 12:12 Deuteronomy 12:13 Deuteronomy 12:14

Completed

Exodus 39:32

Contained the brazen altar and laver of brass

Exodus 40:29 Exodus 40:30

Defilement of, punished

Ezekiel 5:11 Ezekiel 23:38 Leviticus 15:31 Numbers 19:13 Numbers 19:20

Designed for manifestation of God's presence and for his worship

Exodus 25:8 Exodus 29:42 Exodus 29:43

Did the inferior service of

Numbers 3:6 Numbers 3:7 Numbers 3:8

Divided by a vail of blue, purple, suspended from four pillars of shittim

Exodus 26:31 Exodus 26:32 Exodus 26:33 Exodus 36:35 Exodus 36:36 Exodus 40:21

Divine wisdom given to Bezaleel to make

Exodus 31:2 Exodus 31:3 Exodus 31:4 Exodus 31:5 Exodus 31:6 Exodus 31:7 Exodus 35:30 Exodus 35:31 Exodus 35:32 Exodus 35:33 Exodus 35:34 Exodus 35:35 Exodus 36:1

Filled with the cloud of glory

Exodus 40:34 Exodus 40:35 Exodus 40:36 Exodus 40:37 Exodus 40:38

Finally at Gibeon

1 Chronicles 16:39 1 Chronicles 21:29

First reared, on the first day of the second year after the exodus

Exodus 40:2 Exodus 40:17

Free-will offerings made at the dedication of the altar of

Numbers 7:10 Numbers 7:11 Numbers 7:12 Numbers 7:13 Numbers 7:14 Numbers 7:15 Numbers 7:16 Numbers 7:17 Numbers 7:18 Numbers 7:19 Numbers 7:20 Numbers 7:21 Numbers 7:22 Numbers 7:23 Numbers 7:24 Numbers 7:25 Numbers 7:26 Numbers 7:27 Numbers 7:28 Numbers 7:29 Numbers 7:30 Numbers 7:31 Numbers 7:32 Numbers 7:33 Numbers 7:34 Numbers 7:35 Numbers 7:36 Numbers 7:37 Numbers 7:38 Numbers 7:39 Numbers 7:40 Numbers 7:41 Numbers 7:42 Numbers 7:43 Numbers 7:44 Numbers 7:45 Numbers 7:46 Numbers 7:47 Numbers 7:48 Numbers 7:49 Numbers 7:50 Numbers 7:51 Numbers 7:52 Numbers 7:53 Numbers 7:54 Numbers 7:55 Numbers 7:56 Numbers 7:57 Numbers 7:58 Numbers 7:59

Free-will offerings made at the first rearing of

Numbers 7:1 Numbers 7:2 Numbers 7:3 Numbers 7:4 Numbers 7:5 Numbers 7:6 Numbers 7:7 Numbers 7:8 Numbers 7:9

Had a court round about

Exodus 40:8

Had each two tenons fitted into sockets of silver

Exodus 26:17 Exodus 26:19 Exodus 36:22 Exodus 36:23 Exodus 36:24

Holy place of

Exodus 26:31 Exodus 26:32 Exodus 26:33 Exodus 26:34 Exodus 26:35 Exodus 26:36 Exodus 26:37 Exodus 40:22 Exodus 40:23 Exodus 40:24 Exodus 40:25 Exodus 40:26 Hebrews 9:2 Hebrews 9:3 Hebrews 9:4 Hebrews 9:5 Hebrews 9:6 Hebrews 9:8

House of the Lord

1 Samuel 1:7 1 Samuel 1:24 Joshua 6:24

How and by whom carried

Numbers 4:5 Numbers 4:6 Numbers 4:7 Numbers 4:8 Numbers 4:9 Numbers 4:10 Numbers 4:11 Numbers 4:12 Numbers 4:13 Numbers 4:14 Numbers 4:15 Numbers 4:16 Numbers 4:17 Numbers 4:18 Numbers 4:19 Numbers 4:20 Numbers 4:21 Numbers 4:22 Numbers 4:23 Numbers 4:24 Numbers 4:25 Numbers 4:26 Numbers 4:27 Numbers 4:28 Numbers 4:29 Numbers 4:30 Numbers 4:31 Numbers 4:32 Numbers 4:33 Numbers 7:6 Numbers 7:7 Numbers 7:8 Numbers 7:9

How prepared for removal during the journeyings of the Israelites

Numbers 1:51 Numbers 4:5 Numbers 4:6 Numbers 4:7 Numbers 4:8 Numbers 4:9 Numbers 4:10 Numbers 4:11 Numbers 4:12 Numbers 4:13 Numbers 4:14 Numbers 4:15

In Nob

1 Samuel 21:1 1 Samuel 21:2 1 Samuel 21:3 1 Samuel 21:4 1 Samuel 21:5 1 Samuel 21:6

In Shiloh

Joshua 18:1 Joshua 19:51

Israelites worship at

1 Samuel 2:22 Numbers 10:3 Numbers 16:19 Numbers 16:42 Numbers 16:43 Numbers 20:6 Numbers 25:6 Psalms 27:4

Made of shittim wood

Exodus 26:15 Exodus 36:20

Made of the free-will offerings of the people

Exodus 25:1 Exodus 25:2 Exodus 25:3 Exodus 25:4 Exodus 25:5 Exodus 25:6 Exodus 25:7 Exodus 25:8 Exodus 35:4 Exodus 35:5 Exodus 35:21 Exodus 35:22 Exodus 35:23 Exodus 35:24 Exodus 35:25 Exodus 35:26 Exodus 35:27 Exodus 35:28 Exodus 35:29

Materials for, voluntarily offered

Exodus 25:1 Exodus 25:2 Exodus 25:3 Exodus 25:4 Exodus 25:5 Exodus 25:6 Exodus 25:7 Exodus 25:8 Exodus 35:4 Exodus 35:5 Exodus 35:6 Exodus 35:7 Exodus 35:8 Exodus 35:9 Exodus 35:10 Exodus 35:11 Exodus 35:12 Exodus 35:13 Exodus 35:14 Exodus 35:15 Exodus 35:16 Exodus 35:17 Exodus 35:18 Exodus 35:19 Exodus 35:20 Exodus 35:21 Exodus 35:22 Exodus 35:23 Exodus 35:24 Exodus 35:25 Exodus 35:26 Exodus 35:27 Exodus 35:28 Exodus 35:29 Exodus 36:3 Exodus 36:4 Exodus 36:5 Exodus 36:6 Exodus 36:7

Moses was commanded to make after a divine pattern

Exodus 25:9 Exodus 26:30 Hebrews 8:5

Of Christ

Hebrews 9:8 Hebrews 9:9 Hebrews 9:11 Isaiah 4:6 John 1:14

Of the body

2 Corinthians 5:1 2 Peter 1:13

Of the Church

Hebrews 8:2 Isaiah 16:5 Isaiah 54:2 Psalms 15:1 Revelation 21:2 Revelation 21:3

Offerings brought to

Deuteronomy 12:5 Deuteronomy 12:6 Deuteronomy 12:11 Deuteronomy 12:12 Deuteronomy 12:13 Deuteronomy 12:14 Leviticus 17:4 Numbers 31:54

One existed before Moses received the pattern authorized on Mount Sinai

Exodus 33:7 Exodus 33:8 Exodus 33:9 Exodus 33:10 Exodus 33:11

One hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide

Exodus 27:18

Pattern of, revealed to Moses

Acts 7:44 Exodus 25:9 Exodus 26:30 Exodus 39:32 Exodus 39:42 Exodus 39:43 Hebrews 8:5

Performed all services in

Hebrews 9:6 Numbers 3:10 Numbers 18:1 Numbers 18:2

Pitched their tents around

Numbers 1:53 Numbers 3:23 Numbers 3:29 Numbers 3:35

Punishment for defiling

Leviticus 15:31 Numbers 19:13

Renewed by David, and pitched on Mount Zion

1 Chronicles 15:1 1 Chronicles 16:1 1 Chronicles 16:2 2 Chronicles 1:4

Sanctified

Exodus 29:43 Exodus 40:9 Exodus 40:10 Exodus 40:11 Exodus 40:12 Exodus 40:13 Exodus 40:14 Exodus 40:15 Exodus 40:16 Numbers 7:1

Sanctified by the glory of the Lord

Exodus 29:43 Exodus 40:34 Numbers 9:15

Six, and two corner boards for west side

Exodus 26:22 Exodus 26:23 Exodus 26:24 Exodus 26:25 Exodus 36:27 Exodus 36:28 Exodus 36:29 Exodus 36:30

Solomon offers sacrifice at

2 Chronicles 1:3 2 Chronicles 1:4 2 Chronicles 1:5 2 Chronicles 1:6

Sprinkled and purified with blood

Hebrews 9:21

Sprinkled with blood

Hebrews 9:21 Hebrews 9:23 Leviticus 16:15 Leviticus 16:16 Leviticus 16:17 Leviticus 16:18 Leviticus 16:19 Leviticus 16:20

Strangers forbidden to enter

Numbers 1:51

Supported by bars of shittim wood resting in rings of gold

Exodus 26:26 Exodus 26:27 Exodus 26:28 Exodus 26:29 Exodus 36:31 Exodus 36:32 Exodus 36:33

Surrounded by curtains of fine line suspended from pillars in sockets of brass

Exodus 27:9 Exodus 27:10 Exodus 27:11 Exodus 27:12 Exodus 27:13 Exodus 27:14 Exodus 27:15 Exodus 38:9 Exodus 38:10 Exodus 38:11 Exodus 38:12 Exodus 38:13 Exodus 38:14 Exodus 38:15 Exodus 38:16

Symbol of spiritual things

Hebrews 8:2 Hebrews 8:5 Hebrews 9:1 Hebrews 9:2 Hebrews 9:3 Hebrews 9:4 Hebrews 9:5 Hebrews 9:6 Hebrews 9:7 Hebrews 9:8 Hebrews 9:9 Hebrews 9:10 Hebrews 9:11 Hebrews 9:12 Hebrews 9:24 Psalms 15:1

Tabernacle of Joseph

Psalms 78:67

Tabernacle of Shiloh

Psalms 78:60

Tabernacle of testimony or witness

2 Chronicles 24:6 Acts 7:44 Exodus 38:21 Numbers 1:50 Numbers 17:7 Numbers 17:8

Tabernacle of the congregation

Exodus 27:21 Exodus 33:7 Exodus 40:26

Tabernacle of the Lord

1 Chronicles 16:39 1 Kings 2:28 Joshua 22:19

Tabernacle tax

Exodus 30:11 Exodus 30:12 Exodus 30:13 Exodus 30:14 Exodus 30:15 Exodus 30:16

Temple of the Lord

1 Samuel 1:9 1 Samuel 3:3

Ten cubits high by one and a half broad

Exodus 26:16 Exodus 36:21

The ark and mercy-seat put in the most holy place

Exodus 26:33 Exodus 26:34 Exodus 40:20 Exodus 40:21 Hebrews 9:4

The cloud of glory rested on, by night and day during its abode in The wilderness

Exodus 40:38 Numbers 9:15 Numbers 9:16

The door of, a curtain of blue and purple suspended by gold rings from five pillars of shittim wood

Exodus 26:36 Exodus 26:37 Exodus 36:37 Exodus 36:38

The first or inner, ten curtains of blue, purple, &c joined with loops and golden taches

Exodus 26:1 Exodus 26:2 Exodus 26:3 Exodus 26:4 Exodus 26:5 Exodus 26:6 Exodus 36:8 Exodus 36:9 Exodus 36:10 Exodus 36:11 Exodus 36:12 Exodus 36:13

The fourth or outward of badgers' skins

Exodus 26:14 Exodus 36:19

The gate of, a hanging of blue, purple, &c twenty cubits wide, suspended from four pillars, &c

Exodus 27:16 Exodus 38:18

The holy place

Exodus 26:33 Hebrews 9:2 Hebrews 9:3 Hebrews 9:4 Hebrews 9:5 Hebrews 9:6

The journeys of Israel regulated by the cloud on

Exodus 40:36 Exodus 40:37

The Lord appeared in, over the mercy-seat

Exodus 25:22 Leviticus 16:2 Numbers 7:89

The Lord reveals Himself at

Deuteronomy 31:14 Deuteronomy 31:15 Leviticus 1:1 Numbers 1:1 Numbers 7:89 Numbers 12:4 Numbers 12:5 Numbers 12:6 Numbers 12:7 Numbers 12:8 Numbers 12:9 Numbers 12:10

The most holy place

Exodus 26:33 Exodus 26:34 Exodus 26:34 Exodus 26:35 Exodus 40:20 Exodus 40:21 Hebrews 9:3 Hebrews 9:3 Hebrews 9:4 Hebrews 9:5 Hebrews 9:7 Hebrews 9:7 Hebrews 9:8

The second, eleven curtains of goats' hair

Exodus 26:7 Exodus 26:8 Exodus 26:9 Exodus 26:10 Exodus 26:11 Exodus 26:12 Exodus 26:13 Exodus 36:14 Exodus 36:15 Exodus 36:16 Exodus 36:17 Exodus 36:18

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 Exodus 40:24 Exodus 40:26 Hebrews 9:2

The third of rams' skins dyed red

Exodus 26:14 Exodus 36:19

Took down, and put up

Numbers 1:51

Twenty on north side

Exodus 26:20 Exodus 36:25

Twenty on south side

Exodus 26:18 Exodus 36:23

Value of the substance contributed for

Exodus 38:24 Exodus 38:25 Exodus 38:26 Exodus 38:27 Exodus 38:28 Exodus 38:29 Exodus 38:30 Exodus 38:31

Was a moveable tent suited to the unsettled condition of Israel

2 Samuel 7:6 2 Samuel 7:7

Were the ministers of

Hebrews 8:2

With the bars, covered with gold

Exodus 26:26 Exodus 26:27 Exodus 26:28 Exodus 26:29 Exodus 36:34

Workmen who constructed it were inspired

Exodus 31:1 Exodus 31:2 Exodus 31:3 Exodus 31:4 Exodus 31:5 Exodus 31:6 Exodus 31:7 Exodus 31:8 Exodus 31:9 Exodus 31:10 Exodus 31:11 Exodus 35:30 Exodus 35:31 Exodus 35:32 Exodus 35:33 Exodus 35:34 Exodus 35:35
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