Tabernacle - 1st Temple - 2nd Temple
Tabernacle
- Moses was commanded to make after a divine pattern
Ex 25:9; 26:30; Heb 8:5
- Made of the free-will offerings of the people
Ex 25:1-8; 35:4,5,21-29
- Divine wisdom given to Bezaleel to make
Ex 31:2-7; 35:30-35; 36:1
- CALLED THE
• Tabernacle of the Lord
Jos 22:19; 1Ki 2:28; 1Ch 16:39
• Tabernacle of testimony or witness
Ex 38:21; Nu 1:50; 17:7,8;2Ch 24:6; Ac 7:44
• Tabernacle of the congregation
Ex 27:21; 33:7; 40:26
• Tabernacle of Shiloh
Ps 78:60
• Tabernacle of Joseph
Ps 78:67
• Temple of the Lord
1Sa 1:9; 3:3
• House of the Lord
Jos 6:24; 1Sa 1:7,24
- Was a moveable tent suited to the unsettled condition of
Israel
2Sa 7:6,7
- Designed for manifestation of God's presence and for his
worship
Ex 25:8; 29:42,43
- THE BOARDS OF
• Made of shittim wood
Ex 26:15; 36:20
• Ten cubits high by one and a half broad
Ex 26:16; 36:21
• Had each two tenons fitted into sockets of silver
Ex 26:17,19; 36:22-24
• Twenty on south side
Ex 26:18; 36:23
• Twenty on north side
Ex 26:20; 36:25
• Six, and two corner boards for west side
Ex 26:22-25; 36:27-30
• Supported by bars of shittim wood resting in rings of gold
Ex 26:26-29; 36:31-33
• With the bars, covered with gold
Ex 26:26-29; 36:34
- The door of, a curtain of blue and purple suspended by gold
rings from five pillars of shittim wood
Ex 26:36,37; 36:37,38
- COVERINGS OF
• The first or inner, ten curtains of blue, purple, &c joined with loops and golden taches
Ex 26:1-6; 36:8-13
• The second, eleven curtains of goats' hair
Ex 26:7-13; 36:14-18
• The third of rams' skins dyed red
Ex 26:14; 36:19
badgers' skins
Ex 26:14; 36:19
- Divided by a vail of blue, purple, suspended from four
pillars of shittim
Ex 26:31-33; 36:35,36; 40:21
- DIVIDED INTO
• The holy place
Ex 26:33; Heb 9:2-6
• The most holy place
Ex 26:34; Heb 9:3,7
- Had a court round about
Ex 40:8
- The table of show-bread, the golden candlestick, and the
altar of incense were place in the holy place
Ex 26:35; 40:22,24,26; Heb 9:2
- The ark and mercy-seat put in the most holy place
Ex 26:33,34; 40:20,21; Heb 9:4
- COURT OF
• One hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide
Ex 27:18
• Surrounded by curtains of fine line suspended from pillars in sockets of brass
Ex 27:9-15; 38:9-16
• The gate of, a hanging of blue, purple, &c twenty cubits wide, suspended from four pillars, &c
Ex 27:16; 38:18
• Contained the brazen altar and laver of brass
Ex 40:29,30
• All the pillars of, filleted with silver, &c
Ex 27:17; 38:17
• All the vessels of, made of brass
Ex 27:19
- First reared, on the first day of the second year after the
exodus
Ex 40:2,17
- WAS SET UP
• By Moses at Mount Sinai
Ex 40:18,19; Nu 10:11,12
• At Gilgal
Jos 5:10,11
• In Shiloh
Jos 18:1; 19:51
• In Nob
1Sa 21:1-6
• Finally at Gibeon
1Ch 16:39; 21:29
- Anointed and consecrated with oil
Ex 40:9; Le 8:10; Nu 7:1
- Sprinkled and purified with blood
Heb 9:21
- Sanctified by the glory of the Lord
Ex 29:43; 40:34; Nu 9:15
- The Lord appeared in, over the mercy-seat
Ex 25:22; Le 16:2; Nu 7:89
- The cloud of glory rested on, by night and day during its
abode in the wilderness
Ex 40:38; Nu 9:15,16
- The journeys of Israel regulated by the cloud on
Ex 40:36,37
- THE PRIESTS
• Alone could enter
Nu 18:3,5
• Performed all services in
Nu 3:10; 18:1,2; Heb 9:6
• Were the ministers of
Heb 8:2
- THE LEVITES
• Appointed over, and had charge of
Nu 1:50; 8:24; 18:2-4
• Did the inferior service of
Nu 3:6-8
• Took down, and put up
Nu 1:51
• Carried
Nu 4:15,25,31
• Pitched their tents around
Nu 1:53; 3:23,29,35
- Free-will offerings made at the first rearing of
Nu 7:1-9
- Free-will offerings made at the dedication of the altar of
Nu 7:10-87
- All offerings to be made at
Le 17:4; De 12:5,6,11,13,14
- Punishment for defiling
Le 15:31; Nu 19:13
- A permanent house substituted for, when the kingdom was
established
2Sa 7:5-13
- ILLUSTRATIVE
• Of Christ
Isa 4:6; Joh 1:14; Heb 9:8,9,11
• Of the Church
Ps 15:1; Isa 16:5; 54:2; Heb 8:2; Re 21:2,3
• Of the body
2Co 5:1; 2Pe 1:13
• (The holy of holies,) of heaven
Heb 6:19,20; 9:12,24; 10:19
• (The vail,) of Christ's body
Heb 10:20
• (The vail,) of the obscurity of the Mosaic age
Heb 9:8,10; Ro 16:25,26; Re 11:19
The First Temple
- Built on Mount Moriah on the threshing-floor of Ornan or
Araunah
1Ch 21:28-30; 22:2; 2Ch 3:1
- DAVID
• Anxious to build
2Sa 7:2; 1Ch 22:7; 29:3; Ps 132:2-5
• Being a man of war not permitted to build
2Sa 7:5-9; 1Ki 5:3; 1Ch 22:8
• Told by the prophet that Solomon should build
2Sa 7:12,13; 1Ch 17:12
• Made preparations for building
1Ch 22:2-5,14-16; 29:2-5
• Charged Solomon to build
1Ch 22:6,7,11
• Prayed that Solomon might have wisdom to build
1Ch 29:19
• Charged his princes to assist in building
1Ch 22:17-19
• Free will offering of the people for the building
1Ch 29:6-9
- SOLOMON
• Determined to build
2Ch 2:1
• Specially instructed for
2Ch 3:3
• Employed all the strangers in preparing for
2Ch 2:2,17,18; 1Ki 5:15
• Applied to Hiram for a skilful workman to superintend, &c the building of
2Ch 2:7,13,14
• Employed thirty thousand Israelites in the work
1Ki 5:13,14
• Contracted with Hiram for wood, stone, and labour
1Ki 5:6-12; 2Ch 2:8-10
• Commenced second day of second month of fourth year of Solomon
1Ki 6:1,37; 2Ch 3:2
• Built without the noise of hammers, axe, or any tool
1Ki 6:7
- DIVIDED INTO
• The sanctuary or greater house
2Ch 3:5
• The oracle or most holy place
1Ki 6:19
• The porch
2Ch 3:4
- Surrounded with three stories of chambers communicating with
the interior on the right side
1Ki 6:5,6,8,10
- Surrounded with spacious courts
1Ki 6:36; 2Ch 4:9
- Was three score cubits longs, twenty broad, and thirty high
1Ki 6:2; 2Ch 3:3
- Was lighted by narrow windows
1Ki 6:4
- Was roofed with cedar
1Ki 6:9
- THE GREATER OR OUTER HOUSE
• Was forty cubits long
2Ki 6:17
• Had folding doors of fir wood carved and golden
1Ki 6:34,35
• Had door posts of olive wood carved and gilded
1Ki 6:33; 2Ch 3:7
- THE ORACLE OR MOST HOLY PLACE
• Was twenty cubits every way
1Ki 6:16,20
• Two cherubims of gilded olive wood made within
1Ki 6:23-28; 2Ch 3:11-13
• A partition of chains of gold between it and outer house
1Ki 6:21
• The doors and the posts of, of olive wood carved and gilded
1Ki 6:31,32
• Separated from the outer house by a vail
2Ch 3:14
- The floor and walls of, covered with cedar and fir wood
1Ki 6:15
- Cedar of, carved with flowers, &c
1Ki 6:18
- Ceiled with fir wood and gilt
2Ch 3:5
- The whole inside and outside covered with gold
1Ki 6:21,22; 2Ch 3:7
- Garnished with precious stones
2Ch 3:6
- THE PORCH OF
• Twenty cubits long and ten broad
1Ki 6:3
• One hundred and twenty cubits high
2Ch 3:4
• Pillars of, with their chapiters described
1Ki 7:15-22; 2Ch 3:15-17
- Its magnificence
2Ch 2:5,9
- Was seven years in building
1Ki 6:38
- Was finished in the eighth month of the eleventh year of
Solomon
1Ki 6:38
- WAS CALLED
• The house of the Lord
2Ch 23:5,12
• The mountain of the Lord's house
Isa 2:2
• House of the God of Jacob
Isa 2:3
• Zion
Ps 84:1-7
• Mount Zion
Ps 74:2
- Appointed as a house of sacrifice
2Ch 7:12
- Appointed as a house of prayer
Isa 56:7; Mt 21:13
- God promised to dwell in
1Ki 6:12,13
- All dedicated things placed in
2Ch 5:1
- The ark of God brought into with great solemnity
1Ki 8:1-9; 2Ch 5:2-10
- Filled with the cloud of glory
1Ki 8:10,11; 2Ch 5:13; 7:2
- Solemnly dedicated to God by Solomon
1Ki 8:12-66; 2Ch 6:1-42
- Sacred fire sent down from heaven at its dedication
2Ch 7:3
- Was but a temple built with hands
Ac 7:47,48
- Complete destruction of, predicted
Jer 26:18; Mic 3:12
- HISTORICAL NOTICES OF
• Pillaged by Shishak king of Egypt
2Ki 21:4-7; 2Ch 33:4,5,7
• Repaired by Josiah in the 18th year of his reign
1Ki 14:25,26; 2Ch 12:9
• Repaired by Jehoash at the institution of Jehoiada
2Ki 12:4-14; 2Ch 24:4-13
• Treasures of given by Jehoash to propitiate the Syrians
2Ki 12:17,18
• Defiled and its treasures given by Ahaz to the king of Assyria
2Ki 16:14,18; 2Ch 28:20,21
• Purified and divine worship restored under Hezekiah
2Ch 29:3-35
• Its treasures given by Hezekiah to the Assyrians to procure a treaty
2Ki 18:13-16
• Polluted by the idolatrous worship of Manasseh
2Ki 21:4-7; 2Ch 33:4,5,7
• Repaired by Josiah in the 18th year of his reign
2Ki 22:3-7; 2Ch 34:8-13
• Purified by Josiah
2Ki 23:4-7,11,12
• Pillaged and burned by the Babylonians
2Ki 25:9,13-17; 2Ch 36:18,19
- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
• Christ
Jn 2:19,21
• The spiritual church
1Co 3:16; 2Co 6:16; Eph 2:20-22
• The bodies of saints
1Co 6:19
The Second Temple
- Built on the site of the first temple
Ezr 6:2-12
- CYRUS
• His decree for building, predicted
Isa 44:28
• Gave a decree for building, in the first year of his reign
Ezr 1:1,2; 6:3
• Gave permission to the Jews to go to Jerusalem to build
Ezr 1:3
• Furnished means for building
Ezr 6:4
• Ordered those who remained in Babylon to contribute to the building of
Ezr 1:4
• Gave the vessels of the first temple for
Ezr 1:7-11; 6:5
- Divine worship commenced before the foundation was laid
Ezr 3:1-6
- Materials for building procured from Tyre and Sidon
Ezr 3:7
- Foundation of, laid the second month of second year after the
captivity
Ezr 3:8
- Solemnities connected with laying the foundation of
Ezr 3:9-11
- Its dimensions
Ezr 6:3,4
- Grief of those who had seen the first temple
Ezr 3:12; Hag 2:3
- Joy of those who had not seen the first temple
Ezr 3:13
- THE SAMARITANS
• Proposed to assist in building
Ezr 4:1,2
• Their help refused by the Jews
Ezr 4:3
• Weakened the hands of the Jews in building
Ezr 4:4,5
• Wrote to Artaxerxes Smerdis to interrupt the building
Ezr 4:6-16
• Procured its interruption for fifteen years
Ezr 4:24
- The Jews reproved for not building
Hag 1:1-5
- The Jews punished for not persevering in building
Hag 1:6,9-11; 2:15,17; Zec 8:10
- The Jews encouraged to proceed in building
Hag 1:8; 2:19; Zec 8:9
- Resumed by Zerubbabel and Jeshua
Ezr 5:2
- Its completion by Zerubbabel foretold, to encourage the Jews
Zec 4:4-10
- Future glory of, predicted
Hag 2:7-9
- Tatnai the governor wrote to Darius to know if the building
had his sanction
Ezr 5:3-17
- The decree of Cyrus found and confirmed by Darius
Ezr 6:1,2,6-12
- Finished the third of the twelfth month in the sixth year of Darius
Ezr 6:15
- Dedication of, celebrated with joy and thankfulness
Ezr 6:16-18
- Repaired and beautified by Herod, which occupied forty-six years
Joh 2:20
- The magnificence of its building and ornaments
Joh 2:20; Mr 13:1; Lk 21:5
- Beautiful gate of, mentioned
Ac 3:2
- Solomon's porch connected with
Jn 10:23; Ac 3:11
- CHRIST
• To appear in
Hag 2:7; Mal 3:1
• Presented in
Lk 2:22,27
• Miraculously transported to a pinnacle of
Mt 4:5; Lk 4:9
• Frequently taught in
Mr 14:49
• Purified, and the commencement of his ministry
Jn 2:15-17
• Purified, at the close of his ministry
Mt 21:12,13
• Predicted its destruction
Mt 24:2; Mr 13:2; Lk 21:6
• The vail of, rent at our Lord's death
Mt 27:51
- Separation between the outer or Gentile court and that of the
Jews alluded to
Eph 2:13,14
- No Gentile allowed to enter the inner courts of
Ac 21:27-30
- THE JEWS
• Prayed without, while the priest offered incense within
Lk 1:10; 18:10
• Considered it blasphemy to speak against
Mt 26:61; Ac 6:13; 21:28
• Desecrated by selling oxen, & coin
Jn 2:14
- Desecration of, foretold
Da 9:27; 11:31
- Cleansed and rededicated by Judas Maccabaeus after its
desecration by Antiochus Epiphanes
Jn 10:22
- Desecrated by the Romans
Da 9:27; Mt 24:15
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