Tabernacle/Tent Of Meeting

God is everywhere, but most religions have some concept of a “holy place” where God is present. Before Israel had the temple of Jerusalem, this place was portable—a tent, known as the tabernacle (or, in some translations, the Tent of Meeting).

Not long after the Israelites were led out of Egypt by Moses, God gave Moses detailed instructions on the tabernacle and the rituals connected with it. It is described in Exodus 26–27.

It included an altar for sacrificing animals, a table for the “showbread” (twelve loaves of bread representing Israel’s twelve tribes), and a seven-branched lamp stand, the menorah.

The most holy part of the tabernacle was off-limits to everyone except Israel’s high priest. This was the Holy of Holies (see 116).

The tabernacle, large but portable, served as Israel’s center of worship and sacrifice until King Solomon built the temple in Jerusalem.

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