Building the Tabernacle Exodus 36:8-38
GOD chose two skilled men to direct the work of the Tabernacle, and gave wisdom to make all just the exact size and way, told to Moses on Sinai.
You will like to learn the size of the tent, —the measure used is a cubit, which is about the same as 11/2 feet to us. It was 30 cubits long, 10 cubits wide, and 10 cubits high, so was a large tent, but made so as to be taken apart and carried on the journeys, and was so used many years, and set up afterward in Canaan.
There were 20 separate boards, each overlaid with gold, for the south side; 20, for the north side; and 8, for the west end; the east end had pillars overlaid with gold with an embroidered curtain for the door. Each board was made to stand in a socket of silver, except the pillars at the entrance had brass sockets. The silver sockets were made from silver money paid by the men of Israel, a bekah, or half shekel (worth about 30 cents in our money). This was called the redemption price. Read in chapter 38:25-28 how many there were to pay
The boards were held together by bars of wood, also overlaid with gold, so no wood could be seen in the Tabernacle, all was covered with gold.
Ten linen curtains, embroidered in blue, purple, and scarlet, joined by gold clasps, made the ceiling and hung over the sides; over the linen, were eleven larger curtains of goat hair fastened by brass clasps; then a covering of ram’s skins dyed red; and above all, badger skins. So all was well protected.
There were two rooms, separated by pillars, overlaid with gold, from which hung a very special curtain having a design as God had directed. It was called the veil. Each room had its own furniture, which we learn of in the next chapter.
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