3. WHY THE NEED FOR THE TABERNACLE ?1.
Because God loved His people
and desired to dwell with them.
Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell
in their midst. Exactly as I show you concerning
the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its
furniture, so you shall make it.
Exodus 25:8-9

4. WHY THE NEED FOR THE TABERNACLE ?2.
Because God made a promise
to His people through Abraham.
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, ‘Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed’.
Exodus 12:1-3

5. WHY THE NEED FOR THE TABERNACLE ?3.
Because God is holy.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Exodus 34:27-28

6. WHAT WAS THE TABERNACLE ?
THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE
Boundary & Entrance; Altar& Laver.
THE ACTUAL TABERNACLE
Walls, Coverings & Entrances.
THE HOLY PLACE OF THE TABERNACLE
Golden Lamp-stand, Table of Shewbread & Altar of Incense.
THE HOLIEST PLACE OF THE TABERNACLE
The Ark of the Covenant.

7. THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE
Boundary & Entrance; Altar & Laver.

8. THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE
The 9 ft high
White Linen Boundary
56 wooden posts held up the white linen fence.
The posts were set upon sockets of brass.
The posts had silver caps with rope supports.
The posts were held together by silver rods.

9. THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE
The Gate
Four of the posts on the front formed the gate.
‘Blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined
linen wrought with needlework’. [Exodus 38:18]

10. THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE
The Altar of Sacrifice
Inside the gate was the brazen altar.
It was there that the sacrifices were offered.

11. The Altar of Sacrifice

12. THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE
The Laver
Just beyond the altar was the laver.
The priests regularly washed
their hands and feet at the laver.

13. The Laver

14. THE TABERNACLE ITSELF
Walls, Coverings & Entrances.

15. THE TABERNACLE ITSELF
The Walls.

16. 48 boards - 15 ft. long and 2.25 ft wide.
THE TABERNACLE ITSELF
The Walls.
48 boards - 15 ft. long and ft wide.
Made of acacia wood covered in Gold.
Set in sockets of silver and held together
by four bars.

17. purple and scarlet and cherubim. sanctification of the tabernacle.
THE TABERNACLE ITSELF
The four coverings.
White linen covering embroidered with blue,
purple and scarlet and cherubim.
‘Tent of the tabernacle’ - covering of goats hair
which protected and separated the tabernacle
from the wilderness.
Covering of goats’ hair dyed red indicating the
sanctification of the tabernacle.
Outer covering of badger skins.

18. The Entrance to Holy Place
THE TABERNACLE
The Entrance to Holy Place
Curtain supported by 5 golden pillars
Fine linen embroidered with blue,
purple and scarlet

19. The Entrance to the Holiest Place
THE TABERNACLE
The Entrance to the Holiest Place
Curtain supported by 4 golden pillars.
Fine linen embroidered with blue,
purple, scarlet and cherubim.

20. THE HOLY PLACE OF THE TABERNACLE
Golden Lamp-stand, Table of Shewbread & Altar of Incense.

21. HOLY PLACE OF THE TABERNACLE
the Golden Lamp-stand

22. HOLY PLACE OF THE TABERNACLE
the Table of Shewbread

23. the Golden Altar of Incense
HOLY PLACE OF THE TABERNACLE
the Golden Altar of Incense

24. THE HOLIEST PLACE OF THE TABERNACLE
The Ark of the Covenant.

25. HOLIEST PLACE OF THE TABERNACLE
the Ark of the Covenant

26. HOLIEST PLACE OF THE TABERNACLE
the Ark of the Covenant

28. The Furnishings of the Ark of the Covenant
FURTHER STUDY
The Furnishings of the Ark of the Covenant
as they speak of Christ.