Structural Integrity
The framework of the tabernacle was built of boards of acacia (shittim) wood overlaid with gold, standing on a foundation of silver. These boards were ten cubits in length and one-and-a-half cubits in breadth. They had two tenons, which fitted...
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How Now, Gold Cow?
Israel made a golden calf while Moses was getting the plans for all the holy vessels for them. It is afflicting, but withal exceedingly beautiful, the intercourse of God with Moses, consequent upon the people making the golden calf--how, in...
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The Holy Place
One of the ways to view the Holy Place in the tabernacle is to see it as a foreshadowing of the local church. "In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord; in...
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Is It Profitable?
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable..." (2 Tim. 3:16). Today some are attempting to cut portions from God's Word (much of it from the Old Testament and the Gospels) and present to the public a so-called...
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Devotedness
The directions concerning the construction of the tabernacle, and the institution of priesthood--without which there could be no presentation to God of sacrifice at the brazen altar, or worship at the golden altar--are the subjects of seven chapters in Exodus...
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The Glory Cloud
God's purpose in giving instructions for building the tabernacle in the wilderness is stated plainly in Exodus 25:8, "Let them make Me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them." From the earliest time, God has sought to have communion...
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On the Move
It has been my lot in life to celebrate my birthday just three days into the new year. That means I have little time to recover from the painful exercise of assessing my performance in the last year of the...
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What Happened at the Cross?
If you had one son in whom you found unspeakable delight, would it not be normal as a father to want more like him? So it is with the Father who has purposed to have a vast family of human...
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Victory for You Now
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service (Rom. 12:1). YIELD YOUR BODY Why does Paul talk about yielding our bodies? Because our...
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