New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

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, &c. to make Ex. 31:2-7, 35:30-35, 36:1
• Called the
  • Tabernacle of the Lord Josh. 22:19; 1 Ki. 2:28; 1 Chr. 16:39
  • Tabernacle of testimony or witness Ex. 38:21; Num. 1:50, 17:7, 8; 2 Chr. 24:6; Acts 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 1 Sam. 1:9, 3:3
  • House of the Lord Josh. 6:24; 1 Sam. 1:7, 24
• Was a moveable tent suited to the unsettled condition of Israel 2 Sam. 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. 26:29, 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, &c. suspended from four pillars of shittim wood by gold hooks 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 placed 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; Num. 10:11, 12
  • At Gilgal Josh. 5:10, 11
  • In Shiloh Josh. 18:1, 19:51
  • In Nob 1 Sam. 21:1-6
  • Finally at Gibeon 1 Chr. 16:39, 21:29
• Anointed and consecrated with oil Ex. 40:9; Lev. 8:10; Num. 7:1
• Sprinkled and purified with blood Heb. 9:21
• Sanctified by the glory of the Lord Ex. 29:43, 40:34; Num. 9:15
• The Lord appeared in, over the mercy-seat Ex. 25:22; Lev. 16:2; Num. 7:89
• The cloud of glory rested on, by night and day during its abode in the wilderness Ex. 40:38; Num. 9:15, 16
• The journeys of Israel regulated by the cloud on Ex. 40:36, 37
• The priests
  • Alone could enter Num. 18:3, 5
  • Performed all services in Num. 3:10, 18:1, 2; Heb. 9:6
  • Were the ministers of Heb. 8:2
• The Levites
  • Appointed over, and had charge of Num. 1:50, 8:24, 18:2-4
  • Did the inferior service of Num. 3:6-8
  • Took down, and put up Num. 1:51
  • Carried Num. 4:15, 25, 31
  • Pitched their tents around Num. 1:53, 3:23, 29, 35
• Free-will offerings made at the first rearing of Num. 7:1-9
• Free-will offerings made at the dedication of the altar of Num. 7:10-87
• All offerings to be made at Lev. 17:4; Dt. 12:5, 6, 11, 13, 14
• Punishment for defiling Lev. 15:31; Num. 19:13
• A permanent house substituted for, when the kingdom was established 2 Sam. 7:5-13
• Illustrative
  • Of Christ Isa. 4:6; Jn. 1:14; Heb. 9:8, 9, 11
  • Of the Church Ps. 15:1; Isa. 16:5, 54:2; Heb. 8:2; Rev. 21:2, 3
  • Of the body 2 Cor. 5:1; 2 Pet. 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; Rom. 16:25, 26; Rev. 11:19