Tabernacle

Definition

The place of God’s dwelling among Israel, fulfilled in Christ who tabernacles among us, in the Theotokos, and in the Church.

Episodes

Biblical References

  • Genesis 3:22–24 — And the Lord God said, “Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not be allowed to stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.” So the Lord God…
  • Exodus 19:1–40:38 — * In the third month after the Israelites went out from the land of Egypt, on the very day, they came to the desert of Sinai. After they journeyed from Rephidim, they came to the desert of Sinai, and they camped in the…*
  • Exodus 25:8 — Let them make for me a sanctuary, so that I may live among them.
  • Exodus 25–40 — * The Lord spoke to Moses, “Tell the Israelites to take an offering for me; from every person motivated by a willing heart you are to receive my offering. This is the offering you are to accept from them: gold, silver,…*
  • Exodus 35:1–40:38 — Moses assembled the whole community of the Israelites and said to them, “These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do. In six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a holy day for…
  • Exodus 40:34–38 — Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it and the glory of the Lord filled the…