Book of Leviticus
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The Book of Leviticus is the third book of the Torah and of the Old Testament, also known as the Third Book of Moses. Many hypotheses presented by scholars as to its origins agree that it developed ov
Image of Manna Gathering
4Q120, a Greek manuscript of Leviticus from the 1st century BCE
Vaikro – Book of Leviticus, Warsaw edition, 1860, page 1
The Tabernacle and the Camp (19th-century drawing)
Tabernacle
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According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tabernacle, also known as the Tent of the Congregation, was the portable earthly dwelling of Yahweh used by the Israelites from the Exodus until the conquest of Cana
Book of Leviticus
…Israelites' Exodus after they escaped Egypt and reached Mount Sinai (Exodus 19:1). The Book of Exodus narrates how Moses led the Israelites in building the Tabernacle (Exodus 35–40) with God's instructions (Exodus 25–31). In Leviticus, God tells the Israelites and their priests, Aaron and his sons, how to make offerings…
Model of the tabernacle in Timna Valley Park, Israel
The tabernacle, engraving from Robert Arnauld d'Andilly's 1683 translation of Josephus.
The erection of the tabernacle and the Sacred vessels, as in Exodus 40:17–19; from the 1728 Figures de la Bible
Tabernacle Tent dimensions according to the Book of Exodus