The Tabernacle of Moses - Mount Sinai | Exodus Bible Study
The Tabernacle — God Dwelling Among His People “And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.” — Exodus 25:8 KJV The Tabernacle was the portable sanctuary God commanded Moses and the children of Israel to construct after their deliverance from Egypt. God gave Moses the pattern at Mount Sinai, with the principal instructions recorded in Exodus 25–31 and the construction in Exodus 35–40. It was designed to travel with Israel through the wilderness. God told Moses: “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.” — Exodus 25:9 KJV The Tabernacle was therefore not Moses' invention. Its arrangement, furnishings, priesthood, sacrifices, and worship were established according to God's instructions. When the work was completed, Moses erected it, and the glory of the LORD filled it: “Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the t...