3. What did God command Moses and the Israelites to do?

4. What did God command Moses and the Israelites to do? What did God command Moses and the Israelites to do? The people were to give a contribution or offering and build a place for God to dwell, a sanctuary (v.8).

5. What was the purpose of the tabernacle?

6. What was the purpose of the tabernacle? What was the purpose of the tabernacle? God desired to dwell among his people (v.8).

7. What were some of the items needed for the tabernacle?

8. What were some of the items needed for the tabernacle? What were some of the items needed for the tabernacle? Gold, silver, bronze, blue and purple yarns, fine linens, goats hair, tanned rams skins, goat skins, acacia wood, oil for the lamps, spices, incense, onyx stones, and other stones.

9. How did God instruct the people to give these offerings? Was it mandatory or required?

10. How did God instruct the people to give these offerings? Was it mandatory or required? How did God instruct the people to give these offerings? Was it mandatory or required? God desired that the people give with a generous heart. God began by requesting a contribution from the people. He did not command compulsory giving.

11. Where did these items come from?

12. Where did these items come from? Where did these items come from? The Israelites plundered the Egyptians when leaving Egypt.

13. What motivated the people to give so generously?

14. What motivated the people to give so generously? (Answers may vary) Gratitude was most likely a motivation.

15. God not only called for a contribution of materials. What else was needed to complete the building of the tabernacle?

16. God not only called for a contribution of materials. What else was needed to complete the building of the tabernacle? God not only called for a contribution of materials. What else was needed to complete the building of the tabernacle? People; skilled craftsmen (men and women v. 22, 25).

17. Who were the two men called to oversee the design and construction of the tabernacle?

18. Who were the two men called to oversee the design and construction of the tabernacle? Who were the two men called to oversee the design and construction of the tabernacle? Bezalel and Oholiab

19. What was given to these men to help with their task?

20. What was given to these men to help with their task? What was given to these men to help with their task? They were filled with the Spirit of God and the skill, intelligence, and knowledge to complete the work on the tabernacle.

21. Once construction began, did the people continue to give?

22. Once construction began, did the people continue to give? Yes – The people continued to bring freewill offerings every morning.

23. What did the craftsmen report to Moses related to the contributions from the people?

24. What did the craftsmen report to Moses related to the contributions from the people? The craftsmen reported that the people had given more than enough for what the Lord had commanded them to do. In other words, they had an abundance of resources.

26. Joy to the world, the Lord is come - Let earth receive her king Let every heart prepare Him room And Heaven and nature sing, and Heaven and nature sing And Heaven, and Heaven and nature sing Joy to the world, the Savior reigns - That all their songs employ While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat the sounding joy Repeat, repeat the sounding joy Joy, unspeakable joy And overflowing where no tongue can tell Joy, unspeakable joy Rises in my soul, never lets me go He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of His righteousness And wonders of His love, And wonders of His love And wonders, wonders of His love Joy to the World (Unspeakable Joy)