Mishkan tabernacle

Tabernacle cut away illustration

This is a study of an Old Testament structure that has quite a bit to teach us about the New Testament's understanding of dwelling with God through Christ. The primary purpose of the Tabernacle will be examined.

The word Mishkan comes from a root meaning to dwell. This holy tent was intended to provide a place of sacrifice and fellowship with the LORD God of Israel. Since the Mishkan represented God's dwelling place, it became associated with the Shekhinah, or manifest Presence of God Himself. This is particularly the case regarding the Ark of the Covenant and its sacred cover called the 'Kapporet' located within the inner sanctum of the Holy of Holies.

This article will help beginners in Bible study understand chapters 26-27 of The Book of Exodus from the Bible.

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The command was communicated to Moses while in the mount with God, 'Let them make Me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them;' and full directions were given for the construction of the tabernacle.

Tradition has interpreted the Cherubim to represent anything from a child to a man, woman to an angel, from a bird to a Torah scholar. Ancient Near Eastern evidence answers this uncertainty, or at least tells us what the Cherubim originally meant. | Dr. Rabbi Zev Farber

In Bamidbar, the Lord makes plans for Israel's self-defense and commands Moses to take a census of males twenty and up who are able to bear arms .