What does Tabernacle mean in the Bible?

First uses (BSB)

1. Exodus 25:9

   You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you.

2. Exodus 26:1

   “You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.

3. Exodus 26:6

   Make fifty gold clasps as well, and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle will be a unit.

4. Exodus 26:7

   You are to make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all.

5. Exodus 26:12

   As for the overlap that remains of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left over shall hang down over the back of the tabernacle.

6. Exodus 26:13

   And the tent curtains will be a cubit longer on either side, and the excess will hang over the sides of the tabernacle to cover it.

7. Exodus 26:15

   You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

8. Exodus 26:17

   Two tenons must be connected to each other for each frame. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

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