(Thuesday February 21, 2017)

The Sanctuary and its Furniture

1 Outer Court,

    Exodus 27:9 And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the

     court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:

2 Altar of burnt Offerings,

   Ex. 27:1 And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and

    the height thereof shall be three cubits. 2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of

    the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. 3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons,

    and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. 4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of

    network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof. 5 And thou shalt put it under the

    compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. 6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of

    shittim wood, and overlay them with brass. 7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides

    of the altar, to bear it. 8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.

    Ex. 40:6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

3 Laver,

     Ex. 38:8 And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which

    assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

   Ex. 40:30 And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal.

4 Table of Shewbread,

    Ex. 25:23 Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof,

     and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round

     about. 25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border

     thereof round about. 26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet

     thereof. 27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. 28 And thou shalt make the staves

     of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. 29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof,

     and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them. 30 And thou shalt

     set upon the table shewbread before me alway.

5 Golden Candlestick,

     Ex. 25:31 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his

     branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. 32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three

     branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side: 33 Three bowls made

     like unto Almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like Almonds in the other branch, with a knop

     and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick. 34 And in the candlesticks shall be four bowls made like unto

    Almonds, with their knops and their flowers. 35 And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two

    branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the

    candlestick. 36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold. 37 And thou shalt  

    make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. 38 And the tongs

    thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold. 39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. 40 And

    look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.

6 Altar of Incense,

   Ex. 30:1 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it. 2 A cubit shall be the length

    thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be

    of the same. 3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof;

    and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about. 4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the

    two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal. 5 And

    thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. 6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of

    the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. 7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet

    incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. 8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even,

    he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations. 9 Ye shall offer no strange

    incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.

7 The Ark’,

   Ex. 25:10 And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half

    the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt

    thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about. 12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in

    the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. 13 And thou shalt make

    staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. 14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the

    ark may be borne with them. 15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it. 16 And thou shalt put

    into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

8 Sanctuary: a. Most Holy Place; b. Holy Place.

     Ex. 26:369; 37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and

     their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them. 36 And thou shalt make an hanging for the

     door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework. 27 And five bars for the

     boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides

     westward. 28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end. 29 And thou shalt overlay the boards

     with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold. 18 And thou shalt make

     the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward. 19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver

     under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two

     tenons. 20 And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards: 9 And thou shalt couple five

     curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the

     tabernacle. 10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the

     edge of the curtain which coupleth the second. 11 And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and

     couple the tent together, that it may be one. 33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in

     thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most

     holy. 34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place. 35 And thou shalt set the table

     without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the

     table on the north side. 24 And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head

     of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. 25 And they shall be eight boards, and

     their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 26 And thou shalt

     make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 15 And thou shalt make boards for the

     tabernacle of shittim wood standing up. 16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth

     of one board. 17 Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards

     of the tabernacle. 6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall

     be one tabernacle. 7 And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou

     make. 8 The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be

     all of one measure. 30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the

     mount. 31 And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall

     it be made: 32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the

     four sockets of silver. 21 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another

     board. 22 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards. 23 And two boards shalt thou make for

     the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. 12 And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain

     that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle. 13 And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of

     that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that

     side, to cover it. 14 And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers' skins. 3

     The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. 4 And

     thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in

     the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. 5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty

     loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.

    1 Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with

    cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them. 2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of

    one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure.

9 Mercy Seat’

   Ex. 25:17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a

    half the breadth thereof. 18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of

    the mercy seat. 19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye

    make the cherubims on the two ends thereof. 20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat

    with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be. 21 And thou

    shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. 22 And there I will

    meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark

    of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

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Already in the early days the worshipers presented sacrifices, by faith looking to the future Sacrifice of Christ. It symbolized their gratitude and trust in GOD.

Genesis 3:21  Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD GOD make coats of skins, and clothed them.

Gen 4:3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:

5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.”

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On Mount Sinai, GOD gave HIS people whom HE delivered from slavery out of Egypt not only the Ten Commandments. Numerous ordinances about sacrifices, feast days and ceremonies were to illustrate to the Israelites GOD’s plan with mankind.

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GOD’s Dwelling Place

The ceremonial Laws were in connection with the Santuary: “And ley them make me a Sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the Tabernacle, and the pattern of all instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.”

Ex. 25:8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. 9 According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.”

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   GOD left the ceremonies and the needed instruments not to human imagination. Too great was the danger to misrepresent GOD and the plan of Salvation. Even the workman were ordained by GOD, for the work was not only to be done with skill, but also with a correct attitude.

Ex. 31:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: 3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, 4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. 6 And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;

7 The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle, 8 And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense,

9 And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot, 10 And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office, 11 And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.

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