Exodus 40:18

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Exodus 40:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible

16 Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded him.

17 So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.

18 When Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.

19 Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, just as the LORD had commanded him.

20 Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.

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Exodus 40:2

“On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

Exodus 26:15

You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

Exodus 26:16

Each frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

Exodus 26:17

Two tenons must be connected to each other for each frame. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

Exodus 26:18

Construct twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,

Exodus 26:19

with forty silver bases under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.

Exodus 26:20

For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, make twenty frames

Exodus 26:21

and forty silver bases—two bases under each frame.

Exodus 26:22

Make six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,

Exodus 26:23

and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle,

Exodus 26:24

coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. These will serve as the two corners.

Exodus 26:25

So there are to be eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.

Exodus 26:26

You are also to make five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,

Exodus 26:27

five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.

Exodus 26:28

The central crossbar in the middle of the frames shall extend from one end to the other.

Exodus 26:29

Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.

Exodus 26:30

So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

Exodus 36:20

Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

Exodus 36:21

Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

Exodus 36:22

Two tenons were connected to each other for each frame. He made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

Exodus 36:23

He constructed twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,

Exodus 36:24

with forty silver bases to put under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.

Exodus 36:25

For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty frames

Exodus 36:26

and forty silver bases—two bases under each frame.

Exodus 36:27

He made six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,

Exodus 36:28

and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle,

Exodus 36:29

coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. He made both corners in this way.

Exodus 36:30

So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.

Exodus 36:31

He also made five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,

Exodus 36:32

five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.

Exodus 36:33

He made the central crossbar to run through the center of the frames, from one end to the other.

Exodus 36:34

And he overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold.

Leviticus 26:11

And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.

Ezekiel 37:27

My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Ezekiel 37:28

Then the nations will know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is among them forever.’”

John 1:14

The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Galatians 4:4

But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

1 Peter 1:5

who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

Revelation 21:3

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.

Isaiah 33:24

And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.

Matthew 16:18

And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

1 Timothy 3:15

in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.