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February 10, 2014

The entrance curtain (Ex 36:35-36:38)

“He made the curtain of blue, purple, and crimson yarns and fine twisted linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.  For it he made four pillars of acacia and overlaid them with gold.  Their hooks were of gold.  He cast for them four bases of silver.   He also made a screen for the entrance to the tent of blue, purple and crimson yarns, and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework.  The five pillars had their hooks.  He overlaid their calyxes and their bases with gold, but their five bases were of bronze.”

The artisan made a curtain for the entrance with the colorful yarn and linen and fine needlework, just as it was prescribed in chapter 26.   However, there is more detail here.  There are four golden acacia pillars with golden hooks and four silver bases.  Thus this colorful entrance screen had pillars and bronze bases to make it stronger.

February 2, 2014

The court of the tabernacle (Ex 27:9-27:19)

“You shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side the court shall have hangings of fine twisted linen one hundred cubits long for that side.  Its twenty pillars and their twenty bases shall be of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver.  And likewise for its length on the north side there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, their pillars twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver.  For the width of the court on the west side there shall be fifty cubits of hangings, with ten pillars and ten bases.  The width of the court on the front to the east shall be fifty cubits.  There shall be fifteen cubits of hangings on the one side, with three pillars and three bases. There shall be fifteen cubits of hangings on the other side, with three pillars and three bases.  For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, of blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and of fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework.  It shall have four pillars and with them four bases.  All the pillars around the court shall be banded with silver.  Their hooks shall be of silver, and their bases of bronze.  The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits.  The width fifty and the height five cubits, with hangings of fine twined linen and bases of bronze. All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.”

The court yard is outside the tabernacle.  Here the hangings of fine twisted linen are 100 cubits long with 20 pillars and 20 bronze bases.  However, the hooks on the pillars are silver.  These linens are over a 150 feet long and the same is on the south side as on the north side.  The west side is half that size about 75’, with ten pillars and bases, so that it will be about 75’ x 150’ and about 9’ high.  There is a screen for a gate to the courtyard that is about 35’ wide.  It has the same color of twisted linen as above, with four silver pillars and bases.  The screen before the sanctuary became part of the Orthodox Christian and the Roman Catholic baroque practices.  However, all the utensils for the tabernacle and all the pegs of the court should be bronze.

February 2, 2014

The curtain (Ex 26:31-26:37)

“You shall make a curtain of blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and of fine twined linen.  It shall it be made with cherubim skillfully worked into it.  You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, which have hooks of gold and rest on four bases of silver.  You shall hang the curtain under the clasps.  Bring the Ark of the Covenant in there, within the curtain, and the curtain shall separate for you the holy place from the most holy.  You shall put the mercy seat on the Ark of the Covenant in the most holy place.  You shall set the table outside the curtain, and the lamp stand on the south side of the tabernacle opposite the table.  You shall put the table on the north side.”

Now we enter the most holy area versus the just holy area with everything in a certain place.  This veil or curtain is made of blue, purple, and crimson yarn like the first curtain.  The Ark of the Covenant is within the curtain, because the curtain separates the holy place from the most holy place.  The mercy seat goes on top of the Ark of the Covenant in this most holy place.  The table, however, is outside the curtain on the north side. The lamp stand is on the south side of the tabernacle opposite the table.

“You shall make a screen for the entrance of the tent, of blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and of fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework. You shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold.  Their hooks shall be of gold, and you shall cast five bases of bronze for them.”

You also have a screen for the entrance of the tent with the same colors as above.  You also use gold acacia word for the screen framework with hooks of gold and bronze bases.