Lesson 10 Exodus 25-27, 30, 31, Leviticus 24 Exodus & Wandering in the Wilderness

The Tabernacle In this lesson: Materials used in construction The construction The layout The furniture Additional rules related to worship

The Tabernacle Tabernacle to replace Moses’ Tent of Meeting The Freewill Offering Call for Materials Ex. 35:4-9 Moses – Lord commanded from what you have take an offering Everyone who is willing

The Tabernacle Call for Workers Ex. 35:10-19 All who are skilled – Tentmakers – Hardware craftsmen – Carpenters – Cabinet makers – Spinners and weavers – Metal workers

The Tabernacle Call for Workers (cont.) Ex. 35:10-19 All who are skilled (cont.) – Oil pressers – Incense makers – Curtain makers – Rope makers – Tailors, seamstresses

The Tabernacle Offering of Materials Ex. 35:20-29 All the congregation withdrew from Moses Everyone whose heart was stirred and whose spirit was willing brought the Lord’s offering

The Tabernacle Artisans Appointed Ex. 35:30-36:1 Moses - Lord has chosen – Bezalel (son of Uri, son of Hur, tribe of Judah – Aholiab (son of Ahisamach, tribe of Dan) Filled with the spirit of God with skill and ability to teach

The Tabernacle Too Many Offerings Ex. 36:2-7 People continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning Skilled craftsmen report to Moses of more than enough materials Moses gives order to restrain from bringing more

The Tabernacle

Table of showbread (or table of the Presence) (25:23-30)

Altar of incense (30:1- 10)

The Tabernacle

Ark of the Covenant (25:10-16)

The bronze altar/altar of burnt offering (27:1-8)

The bronze laver (30:17- 21)

The Tabernacle Additional Rules for Worship Incense Ex. 30:34-38 – Gum resin (stacte), Onycha, Galbanum, Frankincense in equal amounts – Made by perfumer; salted, pure and holy – NOT for personal use

The Tabernacle Additional Rules for Worship (cont.) Oil for Lamp Ex. 27:20-21 – Pure oil of pressed olives – Aaron and sons to keep lamps burning from evening until morning

The Tabernacle Additional Rules for Worship (cont.) Shewbread Lev. 24:5-9 – Fine flour – 12 loaves, two rows, six in each row, with pure incense along each row – Every Sabbath – To be eaten by Aaron and sons in a holy place

The Tabernacle Additional Rules for Worship (cont.) Atonement Money Ex. 30:11-16 – When the census is taken – Pay the Lord a ransom for his life that no plague will come – ½ shekel for rich and poor alike; 20+ years old – Used for the service of the Tabernacle

The Tabernacle Additional Rules for Worship (cont.) Anointing Oil Ex. 30:22-33 – Liquid myrrh 500 shekels (~12.5 lbs) – Fragrant cinnamon 250 shekels – Fragrant cane 250 shekels – Cassia 500 shekels – Olive oil 1 hin (~4 quarts)

The Tabernacle Additional Rules for Worship (cont.) Anointing Oil (cont.) Ex. 30:22-33 – Work of a perfumer – Anoint Tent of Meeting, ark of covenant, table, candlestick, altar of incense, altar of burnt offering, laver – Anoint Aaron and sons – NOT for personal use

The Tabernacle Pattern of Worship: The Brazen Altar The Laver of Brass The Golden Lampstand The Table of Shewbread The Altar of Incense The Veil The Ark of the Covenant and the Mercy Seat

People Joseph Pharaoh Shiphrah and Puah Moses Pharoah’s daughter Amram Jochebed Miriam Reuel Zipporah Jethro Gershom Eliezer Aaron Levi Gershon, Kohath, & Merari

People (cont.) Korah Nadab & Abihu Eleazar Ithamar Phinehas elders foremen Magicians Joshua Hur Amalek Bezalel and Aholiab

Places Egypt Pithom Rameses Nile Midian Horeb Land of C, H, A, P, H, J Goshen Wilderness (3-days) Succoth Etham Red Sea Desert of Shur Marah

Places (cont.) Elim Desert of Sin Rephidim Massah and Meribah Mt. Sinai