A Wonderful Tent

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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. 35:22-30,22And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the Lord. 23And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, brought them. 24Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the Lord's offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it. 25And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. 26And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' hair. 27And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate; 28And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. 29The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the Lord, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the Lord had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses. 30And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the Lord hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; (Exodus 35:22‑30) and Exo. 36:5-85And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the Lord commanded to make. 6And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing. 7For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. 8And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them. (Exodus 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