WEBVTT - #984 - Exodus 26-27 – The Tabernacle and More

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<v Speaker 1>Life Audio The Bible Study Podcast, Episode nine and eighty four. Today,

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<v Speaker 1>The Bible Study Podcast continues the study of the Book

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<v Speaker 1>of Exodus with chapter twenty six. Welcome to the Bible

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<v Speaker 1>Study Podcast. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Chapter twenty six

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<v Speaker 1>starts a three chapter DIY section of the Book of Exodus,

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<v Speaker 1>here with how to build things like the tabernacle. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>get into that in just a minute, but first a

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<v Speaker 1>word from this sponsor. Chapter twenty six The tabernacle. Make

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<v Speaker 1>the tabernacle with ten curtains of finally twisted linen and blue,

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<v Speaker 1>purple and scarlet yarn with cherubim woven into them by

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<v Speaker 1>a skilled worker. All the curtains are to be the

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<v Speaker 1>same size twenty eight cubits long and four cubits wide.

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<v Speaker 1>Join five of the curtains together and do the same

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<v Speaker 1>with the other five. Make loops of blue material along

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<v Speaker 1>the edge of the end of the curtain in one set,

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<v Speaker 1>and do the same with the end of the curtain

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<v Speaker 1>in the other set. Make fifty loops on one curtain

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<v Speaker 1>and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set,

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<v Speaker 1>with the loops opposite each other. Then make fifty gold

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<v Speaker 1>clasps and use them to fasten the curtains together, so

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<v Speaker 1>that the tabernacle is a unit. Make curtains of goat

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<v Speaker 1>hair for the tent over the tabernacle eleven altogether. All

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<v Speaker 1>eleven curtains are to be the same size thirty cubits

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<v Speaker 1>long and four cubits wide. Join five of the curtains

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<v Speaker 1>together into one set, and the other six into another set.

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<v Speaker 1>Fold the six curtains double at the front of the tent.

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<v Speaker 1>Make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain

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<v Speaker 1>in one set, and also along the edge of the

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<v Speaker 1>end curtain in the other set. Then make fifty bronze

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<v Speaker 1>clasps and put them in the loops to fasten the

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<v Speaker 1>tent together as a unit. As for the additional length

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<v Speaker 1>of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left

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<v Speaker 1>over is to hang down at the rear of the tabernacle.

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<v Speaker 1>The tent curtains will be a cubit longer on both sides.

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<v Speaker 1>What is left will hang over the sides of the tabernacle,

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<v Speaker 1>so as to cover it. Make for the tent a

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<v Speaker 1>covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a

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<v Speaker 1>covering of the other durable leather. Make upright frames of

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<v Speaker 1>acacia wood for the tabernacle. Each frame is to be

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<v Speaker 1>ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide,

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<v Speaker 1>with two projections set parallel to each other. Make the

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<v Speaker 1>frames of the tabernacle in this way. Make twenty frames

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<v Speaker 1>for the south side of the tabernacle. Make forty silver

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<v Speaker 1>bases to go under them, two bases for each frame,

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<v Speaker 1>one under each projection. For the other side, the north

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<v Speaker 1>side of the tabernacle, make twenty frames and forty silver bases,

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<v Speaker 1>two under each frame. Make six frames for the far end,

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<v Speaker 1>that is the west end of the tabernacle, and make

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<v Speaker 1>two frames for the corners at the far end. Add

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<v Speaker 1>these two corners. They must be double from the bottom

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<v Speaker 1>all the way to the top and fitted into a

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<v Speaker 1>single ring. Both shall be like that, so there will

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<v Speaker 1>be eight frames and sixteen silver bases, two under each frame.

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<v Speaker 1>Also make a crossbar of acacia wood, five for the

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<v Speaker 1>frames on one side of the tabernacle and five for

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<v Speaker 1>those on the other side, and five for the frames

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<v Speaker 1>on the west at the far end of the tabernacle.

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<v Speaker 1>The center crossbar is to be extended from end to

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<v Speaker 1>end at the middle of the frames overlay the frames

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<v Speaker 1>with gold, and make gold rings to hold the crossbars,

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<v Speaker 1>and overlay the crossbars with gold. Set up the tabernacle

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<v Speaker 1>according to the plan shown you on the mountain. Make

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<v Speaker 1>a curtain of blue purple and scarlet yarn and finally

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<v Speaker 1>twisted linen with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker.

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<v Speaker 1>Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia

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<v Speaker 1>wood overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.

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<v Speaker 1>Hang the curtain from the clasps, and place the arc

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<v Speaker 1>of the Covenant law behind the curtain. The curtain will

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<v Speaker 1>separate the Holy Place from the most Holy Place. Put

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<v Speaker 1>the atonement cover on the arc of the Covenant in

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<v Speaker 1>the most holy place. Place the table outside the curtain

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<v Speaker 1>on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the

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<v Speaker 1>lampstand opposite it on the south side. For the entrance

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<v Speaker 1>to the tent, make a curtain of blue purple and

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<v Speaker 1>scarlet yarn and finally twisted linen the work of an embroiderer.

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<v Speaker 1>Make gold hooks for this curtain, and five posts of

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<v Speaker 1>acacia wood overlaid with gold, and cast five bronze bases

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<v Speaker 1>for them. Okay, so Moses is given instructions he is

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<v Speaker 1>up on the mountain. You may remember he's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be up there for a while getting these DIY instructions,

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<v Speaker 1>and apparently he's also being shown something because it will

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<v Speaker 1>talk about as you were shown in the mountain. It

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<v Speaker 1>is hard for me to take these kind of verbal

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<v Speaker 1>instructions and turn that into a picture in my head.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm going to put a picture on the Bible

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<v Speaker 1>Study podcast dot com that is a rendition of what

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<v Speaker 1>the Tabernacle may have looked like. But there are just

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<v Speaker 1>a couple things that are useful to understand. So we're

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<v Speaker 1>talking about a temporary building made like a tent out

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<v Speaker 1>of cloths because we're traveling, and so this is like

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<v Speaker 1>a cloth version of what will later be the temple.

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<v Speaker 1>And so there are three main areas. There's the outer

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<v Speaker 1>area that is the courtyard, which has the bronze altar

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<v Speaker 1>and the place where the priests will wash and everybody

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<v Speaker 1>can go there. And then there's an inner area that's

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<v Speaker 1>entirely covered that is the holy place that priests can go,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's going to have the menora. It's going to

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<v Speaker 1>have the table with the bread on it. There the

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<v Speaker 1>twelve lowes of bread, one for each tribe. And then

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<v Speaker 1>there's an inner Inn, and that's the holiest of holies,

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<v Speaker 1>and only the high priests can go there and only

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<v Speaker 1>once a year and so, and that's where you're going

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<v Speaker 1>to find the Ark of the Covenant with its cherubim

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<v Speaker 1>on it. And then all of these things are increasingly

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<v Speaker 1>fancy as you get from the outer courtyard, which has

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<v Speaker 1>things that are bronze, and to the inner Courtyard and

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<v Speaker 1>the Holiest of Holies, where you get more and more

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<v Speaker 1>things made of gold. And this tent here, the tentive meeting,

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<v Speaker 1>or the Tabernacle, is what they're going to use for

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<v Speaker 1>worship in this time, really right up until Solomon's Temple

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<v Speaker 1>is built. So for hundreds of years, this will be

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<v Speaker 1>where the Israelites worship and it will move obviously with

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<v Speaker 1>them in the wilderness, but it will also move it

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<v Speaker 1>and then potentially later on it is movable. Actually, I

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<v Speaker 1>keep the Ark of the Covenant. I don't know that

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<v Speaker 1>the tabernacle survives into the time of the Kings. The

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<v Speaker 1>Ark of the Covenant does, for sure, But there are

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<v Speaker 1>also more permanent altars that are set up before the

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<v Speaker 1>Tumple time. And then continuing me on to the next

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<v Speaker 1>chapter the altar of burnt offering, but then an author

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<v Speaker 1>of acacia wood three cubits high. It is to be square,

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<v Speaker 1>five cubits long and five cubits wide. Make a horn

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<v Speaker 1>at each of the four corners, that the horns and

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<v Speaker 1>the altar are of one piece, and overlay the altar

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<v Speaker 1>with bronze. Make all its utensils of bronze. It's pot

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<v Speaker 1>to remove the ashes, and its shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks,

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<v Speaker 1>and fire pans. Make a grating for it a bronze network,

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<v Speaker 1>and make a bronze ring at each of the four

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<v Speaker 1>corners of the network. Put it under the ledge of

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<v Speaker 1>the altar, so it is halfway up the altar. Make

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<v Speaker 1>poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them

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<v Speaker 1>with bronze. The poles are to be inserted into the

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<v Speaker 1>ring so that they will be on two sides of

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<v Speaker 1>the altar when it is carried. Make the altar hollow

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<v Speaker 1>out of boards. It is to be made just as

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<v Speaker 1>you were shown on the mountain. Okay, so this is

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<v Speaker 1>that all that will be in the courtyard which we're

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<v Speaker 1>about to talk about, and this is where sacrifices will

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<v Speaker 1>be made. And again cubit is the length from your

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<v Speaker 1>tip of your fingers to your elbow, So think of

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<v Speaker 1>it as a foot and a half roughly, so three

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<v Speaker 1>cubits high. It's roughly four and a half feet high square.

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<v Speaker 1>And then continue on for the courtyard. Make a courtyard

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<v Speaker 1>for the tabernacle. The south side shall be one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>cubits long, and it is to have curtains of finely

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<v Speaker 1>twisted linen, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and

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<v Speaker 1>with silver hooks and bands on the posts. The north

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<v Speaker 1>side shall be one hundred cubits long, and to have

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<v Speaker 1>curtains with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with

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<v Speaker 1>silver hooks and bands on the posts. The west side

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<v Speaker 1>of the courtyard is be fifty cubits wide, and to

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<v Speaker 1>have curtains with ten posts and ten bases. On the

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<v Speaker 1>east end, toward the sunrise, the courtyard shall also be

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<v Speaker 1>fifty cubits wide. Curtains fifteen cubits long are to be

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<v Speaker 1>on one side of the entrance with three posts and

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<v Speaker 1>three bases, and curtains fifteen cubits longer to be on

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<v Speaker 1>the other side, with three posts and three bases. For

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<v Speaker 1>the entrance to the courtyard. Provide a curtain twenty cubits

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<v Speaker 1>long of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finally twisted

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<v Speaker 1>linen the work of an embroiderer, with four posts and

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<v Speaker 1>four bases. All the posts around the courtyard are to

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<v Speaker 1>have silver bands and hooks and bronze bases. The courtyard

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<v Speaker 1>shall be one hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide,

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<v Speaker 1>with curtains of finally twisted linen five cubits high, and

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<v Speaker 1>with bronze bases. All the other articles used in the

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<v Speaker 1>surface of the tabernacle, whatever their function, including all the

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<v Speaker 1>tent pegs for it and those for the courtyard, are

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<v Speaker 1>to be of bronze. So this is that outer place

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<v Speaker 1>where people can go. And it's roughly one hundred cubits

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<v Speaker 1>by fifty cubits, so roughly one hundred and fifty feet

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<v Speaker 1>on the longside and seventy five feet on the narrow side.

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<v Speaker 1>And then one last thing for this week, oil for

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<v Speaker 1>the lampstand. Command the Israelites to bing you clear oil

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<v Speaker 1>of pressed olives for the light, so that the lamps

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<v Speaker 1>may be kept burning. And the tent of meeting outside

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<v Speaker 1>the curtain that shields the arc of the Covenant law.

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<v Speaker 1>Aaron and his sons are to keep lamps burning before

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord from evening till morning. This is to be

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<v Speaker 1>a lasting ordinance among the Israelites for generations to come.

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<v Speaker 1>And so this will is the kind of first foreshadowing

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<v Speaker 1>what later will turn into the miracle of Hanukkah, where

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<v Speaker 1>the lamps keep burning even when you run out of oil.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's these lamps here that are in that holy place,

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<v Speaker 1>but not the holiest of holy place, and that are

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<v Speaker 1>supposed to be kept burning by the priests that will

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<v Speaker 1>eventually turn into that same thing in the Temple when

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<v Speaker 1>the Temple is constructed by Solomon and then reconstructored after

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<v Speaker 1>the time of the Babylonian captivity. Again this whole thing

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<v Speaker 1>being used as a model later for the Temple. And

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<v Speaker 1>of course this is important for us as Christians to understand.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the model here of the way of the limitations,

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<v Speaker 1>in some ways too, of access to God, where only

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<v Speaker 1>the priests can go this far, and only the high

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<v Speaker 1>priest can go into the holiest of holies. And of

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<v Speaker 1>course when Jesus death on the cross tears the temple

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<v Speaker 1>curtain from top to bottom, meaning that there is a

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<v Speaker 1>way open now for all to go into the holiest

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<v Speaker 1>of holies. That is a symbol here that would be

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<v Speaker 1>similar in the Tabernacle of if Jesus were to die

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<v Speaker 1>at the time of the Tabernacle again, they would be

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<v Speaker 1>a curtain in front of the holiest of holies to

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<v Speaker 1>keep people out. And it has that same symbology of

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<v Speaker 1>what is the access to God? That the access to

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<v Speaker 1>God is not just for priests, not just for the

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<v Speaker 1>high priest anymore, but for a priesthood of all believers.

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<v Speaker 1>And with that we're going to end this rather dioy

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<v Speaker 1>episode of the Bible Study Podcast. If you have any questions,

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