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
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
Holy of Holies
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The Holy of Holies or Devir is a term in the Hebrew Bible that refers to the inner sanctuary of the Tabernacle, where the Shekhinah appeared. According to Hebrew tradition, the area was defined by fou
Tabernacle
…God's dwelling-place. The main source describing the tabernacle is the Book of Exodus, specifically Exodus 25–31 and 35–40. Those passages describe the Holy of Holies, a sanctum sanctorum to Yahweh. It was created by the parochet, a curtain or veil suspended by four pillars. The Holy of Holies contained the Ark of…
A model of the Tabernacle showing the holy place, and behind it the Holy of Holies
Depiction of a High Priest of Israel wearing the priestly breastplate and ephod, included as an illustration in a Christian Bible; the Holy of Holies is in the background (A. J. Holman Bible, 1890).
This replica of one of a pair of door-guardian lamassu illustrates the hybrid form of the twin cherubim of the Ark
Model of the Second Temple