“Have your brother Aaron, with his sons, come to you from the Israelites to serve Me as priest—Aaron, his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. Make holy garments for your brother Aaron, for glory and beauty. You are to instruct all the skilled craftsmen, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, to make Aaron’s garments for consecrating him to serve Me as priest. These are the garments that they must make: a breastplate, an ephod, a robe,…
God gave Moses the instructions for the courtyard of the Tabernacle in Exodus 27:9-19. It was to be made in a rectangle bordered by walls of curtains hanging on posts. These curtains were not colorful like the curtains of the Sanctuary. They were made of white fine twined linen and were 7 ½ feet tall. The curtains blocked the public view into the courtyard. In the Bible, white linen signifies righteousness. “And to her was granted that she should be…
In Exodus chapter 25 we began the construction of the tabernacle. God began by giving Moses the instructions for the Ark of the Covenant and Mercy Seat (Ex. 25:10-22); and the Table of the Showbread (Ex. 25:11-30); the Gold Lampstand with seven lamps (Ex.25:31-40). In chapter 26, we find the instructions for the cherubim curtains (Ex.26:1-6); and the Outer Curtains (Ex 26:7-14); the Boards that made the Sanctuary (Ex.26:15-30); the Veil that made the sanctuary into two rooms: the Holy…