Exodus 26

Exodus 26:1-37

Exodus 26:1-37; Exodus 38:20-315. The Tabernacle Proper, or the Tent of Meeting (Exodus 26:1-37; Exodus 38:20-31) This structure was forty-five feet long, fifteen feet high, and fifteen feet broad. It was divided into two compartments: the Holy of Holies (15 × 15 × 15) and the Holy Place (15 × 15 ×30). The Holy Place and the Most Holy Place. Read carefully the particulars regarding the boards, sockets, tenons, coverings, etc., in connection with its construction. There were two doors: one leading into the Holy Place; the other, into the Most Holy Place. The furniture of the Tabernacle-In the Holy Place there were the Table of Showbread, Golden Candlestick, and Altar of Incense. In the Most Holy Place there was the Ark of the Covenant, containing the tables of the Law, the pot of manna, and Aaron’ s Rod. By the side of the Ark was the book of the law which Moses wrote (cf. Deuteronomy 31:26). The Mercy-seat covered the Ark. Then there was the Veil, called the Veil of Covering because the ark was wrapped in it, when on the march. The Veil was supported by four pillars, and separated the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. The Most Holy Place was entered by Aaron, ceremonially, once a year; by Aaron and his sons to pack up for each march; by the Kohathites, who bore the sacred articles; by Moses, when he needed Aaron’ s rod, and when he consecrated the priests (cf. Leviticus 8:10). Exodus 39:1-43; Exodus 40:1-38 present us with the picture of the Tabernacle and its furnishings together with its vessels arranged in order ready for the worship of Jehovah. “ So Moses finished the work. Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle” (Exodus 40:33-35).