Exodus 25:1-10
THE Lord told Moses of a very special tent to be made, with special furniture. You may have seen drawings of this, and the yard, or court, but unless you hear how all was made, and the materials used, you would not think how beautiful all must have been under the outside covering of skins. It was not, like most tents, of heavy cloth, but the sides were formed by boards, overlaid with gold, set in silver; the top, of embroidered linen, hanging over the sides also; and the upper coverings of skins.
Part of the furniture was made of pure gold; the rest, of wood overlaid with gold. And outside, for the court, very much silver and brass were used.
You may wonder where the people camping at Mt. Sinai got the materials. It is thought, that some metal could have been dug from the hills there; and trees, like our locusts, grow in those deserts, from which the wood could have been cut. But they seem to have had things of great value with them. You know the Egyptians gave them gold, silver, jewels and cloth. Some of the gold they had made sad use of in the golden calf, but now there was a way for their treasures to honor God. There were wise women. who spun linen and goat’s hair for the curtains.
So all the things brought by the willing’ people were more than were needed, (Read Exo. 35:22-30, and Exo. 36:5-8).
Most wonderful about this tent was that the cloud of glory should rest on it, showing the Lord’s presence was with them, so it is named “The Tabernacle”, a word which means “to dwell”, and also, “The Sanctuary”, which means, “set apart to God”.
ML 05/30/1937