Exodus 36:20 – 38 THE FRAME: upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle… twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle, with forty silver bases to put under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon. (construction on the north side identical) … six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side, and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle, coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. He made both corners in this way. So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.
Five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle, five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west..the central crossbar to run through the center of the frames, from one end to the other. And he overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold.
THE VEIL: veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it… four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold, along with gold hooks… four silver bases for the posts. For the entrance to the tent, he made a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, together with five posts and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, and their five bases were bronze.”
THE ACTUAL IMPRINT OF THE TABERNACLE AT HAR KARKOM
APPLICATION: At first, your reaction might be “Ho hum!” More statistics about the Tabernacle. Didn’t we already go through this stuff several chapters ago? Yes. We did. So why go through this again, even in an abbreviated form?
How well do people follow instructions? One of the bitter jokes about the Ten Commandments is that some people think they are actually the Ten Suggestions, something to be ignored or complied with at will. Ask any teacher how difficult it is to get students at any level to follow instructions and you will get an earful! Many people have selective hearing; they hear what they want to and ignore everything else. But instructions from God are no joke! And after weeks during which Moses was up on Mount Sinai being given divine instructions, it’s time to build the tabernacle.
If you are a carpenter or even a camper, you may be fascinated by the means God has given the Israelites to support this enormous tent and to carry it throughout 40 years of traveling in the wilderness. The frames are constructed very carefully and are supported securely through the used of the tenons, the cross bars that slide through the uprights to stiffen them. All of these supports have to be portable enough to be carried readily from place to place. If the architects had decided to ignore God’s instructions, things might have been a disaster!
How can you know what God wants for your life? God has given us His Word, the Bible. If we want to know God’s will, we need to study that Word and ask God to show you what He wants to teach you. Psalm 119:18 says, “Open my eyes, that I may behold wonderful things from your law.” As we study the Bible, this should be our constant prayer.
PRAYER: Father God, thank You for Your Word! Thank You that You want us to understand Your Will and that You have given us so many ways to study that Word. Please open our eyes so that we might see wonderful things from Your Law! In the matchless Name of King Jesus. Amen.
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