According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.
Israel finished all the work of the tabernacle in exact obedience to everything God had commanded Moses. When the work described in Exodus 39:32-43 was brought to Moses he inspected it, found it conformed to the command, and blessed the people, and glory came down in token of God's acceptance. The pattern they followed was divine, shown to Moses in the mount on Sinai, and the workmen were specially endowed by God to carry it out. That completed earthly house with its two holy places was a correct model of the heavenly sanctuary, so the heavenly sanctuary also contains two holy places. It was built that God might dwell among His people and meet with them there, and its beautiful structure and services were a great object-lesson of the whole plan of salvation and a pattern for understanding Christ's priestly work.
Tabernacle Work Finished
The verse stands in the closing record of Exodus, chapters 33 to 40, which tells how Israel carried out God's directions for building the sanctuary and making its furnishings. The instruction concerning the sanctuary in Exodus 25-31 was given to Moses in the mount, coming in chronological order after the events of Exodus 19-32 and before this building and setting up. The preparation and fitting of the Tabernacle recorded in chapters 35-40 was finished when it was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year after the Exodus.
According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work of the tabernacle, carrying out the work described very minutely in Exodus 25 to 40 exactly as instructed as an act of obedience. They carried out the instructions for the sanctuary given in Exodus 25 to 31, building the ark with all its furniture and equipment just as God directed. The sanctuary thus made was to be God's dwelling place among His people.
The sanctuary was composed of two apartments separated by a veil, the holy place twenty cubits long, ten cubits wide and ten cubits high, and the most holy place ten cubits in each of its dimensions and just half as large as the holy place. Its sides and rear or west end were made of acacia boards overlaid with gold, secured at the bottom by tenons fitting into silver sockets weighing a talent each and held securely at the top by bars placed through rings attached to the boards. The structure was of extraordinary magnificence, formed of upright boards overlaid with gold, thirty cubits long and about ten in width and ten in height.
At the east end, which was the entrance, there were five pillars of shittim wood, whose chapiters and fillets were overlaid with gold, having hooks of gold, standing on five sockets of brass. The east end was enclosed with a richly embroidered curtain suspended from the pillars. Over the tabernacle were four different coverings: the first and inner curtain of fine linen embroidered with figures of cherubim in blue, purple and scarlet forming the magnificent ceiling, the second of goats' hair, the third of rams' skins dyed red, and the fourth and last of badgers' skins.
The account in Exodus 39 is related to the sanctuary services, including the priests' garments and the high priest's vestments. These garments included linen clothing, an embroidered ephod, a breastplate bearing the tribes' names, and stones on the high priest's shoulders. The wilderness tabernacle was the sanctuary where earthly worship centered, with the law of God in the most holy place beneath the mercy seat.
The completed work described in Exodus 39:32-43 was submitted to Moses for inspection, and he found it conformed to God's command and pattern. Moses inspected the work, found it done as commanded, and blessed the people. When the work was completed, wonderful blessing and glory came down upon the congregation and the building, with the manifestation of God's glory showing His acceptance of the people's repentance.
After the tabernacle was finished and erected it was anointed with oil to prepare for the appointed priestly service. That service was carried forward from day to day by the priests throughout the year in the court and in the first apartment of the sanctuary. It always closed on the tenth day of the seventh month with a special service.
Divine Pattern Foreshadowed
The pattern for all that Israel made was divine, given by God to Moses in the mount on Mount Sinai, and the work described very minutely in Exodus chapters 25 to 40 was done exactly according to that pattern. God specially endowed the workmen for the building. The sanctuary thus made was composed of two apartments separated by a veil, the holy place twenty cubits long, ten cubits wide and ten cubits high, and the most holy place ten cubits in each of its dimensions and just half as large as the holy place. Its sides and rear or west end were made of acacia boards overlaid with gold, secured at the bottom by tenons fitting into silver sockets weighing a talent each and held securely at the top by bars placed through rings attached to the boards, and its materials, dimensions, and furnishings followed the directions given on Sinai.
The completed earthly tabernacle with its two holy places is a correct pattern or model of the heavenly sanctuary Moses was shown during forty days in the mount. The heavenly sanctuary must also contain two holy places, for if the original had only one there would be dissimilarity instead of likeness. Its design followed God's instructions, making it a divinely specified pattern that foreshadowed the heavenly sanctuary and its service.
The work belonged to the time after deliverance from Egyptian bondage, when hundreds of years of slavery had left Israel unable to comprehend God's great salvation and the character He required. God therefore gave a great, multiple object-lesson by various forms and rites that taught the whole plan of salvation, beginning with free-will offerings for building and continuing through directions for a marvelously beautiful structure. The details of the construction teach God's way and serve as a pattern for understanding Christ's priestly work in the heavenly sanctuary. That priestly bearing is shown in the priests' garments and the high priest's vestments, including linen clothing, an embroidered ephod, a breastplate bearing the tribes' names, and stones on the high priest's shoulders, with the names on the breastplate connected with Christ bearing each repentant, believing soul.
The sanctuary was made and directed so that God could dwell among His people and be their meeting place. He promised to meet Israel at the tabernacle entrance during the daily ministration, speak with them there, and sanctify the tabernacle with His glory.
Israel finished all the work of the tabernacle in exact obedience to everything God had commanded Moses. When the work described in Exodus 39:32-43 was brought to Moses he inspected it, found it conformed to the command, and blessed the people, and glory came down in token of God's acceptance. The pattern they followed was divine, shown to Moses in the mount on Sinai, and the workmen were specially endowed by God to carry it out. That completed earthly house with its two holy places was a correct model of the heavenly sanctuary, so the heavenly sanctuary also contains two holy places. It was built that God might dwell among His people and meet with them there, and its beautiful structure and services were a great object-lesson of the whole plan of salvation and a pattern for understanding Christ's priestly work.
Tabernacle Work Finished
The verse stands in the closing record of Exodus, chapters 33 to 40, which tells how Israel carried out God's directions for building the sanctuary and making its furnishings. The instruction concerning the sanctuary in Exodus 25-31 was given to Moses in the mount, coming in chronological order after the events of Exodus 19-32 and before this building and setting up. The preparation and fitting of the Tabernacle recorded in chapters 35-40 was finished when it was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year after the Exodus.
According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work of the tabernacle, carrying out the work described very minutely in Exodus 25 to 40 exactly as instructed as an act of obedience. They carried out the instructions for the sanctuary given in Exodus 25 to 31, building the ark with all its furniture and equipment just as God directed. The sanctuary thus made was to be God's dwelling place among His people.
The sanctuary was composed of two apartments separated by a veil, the holy place twenty cubits long, ten cubits wide and ten cubits high, and the most holy place ten cubits in each of its dimensions and just half as large as the holy place. Its sides and rear or west end were made of acacia boards overlaid with gold, secured at the bottom by tenons fitting into silver sockets weighing a talent each and held securely at the top by bars placed through rings attached to the boards. The structure was of extraordinary magnificence, formed of upright boards overlaid with gold, thirty cubits long and about ten in width and ten in height.
At the east end, which was the entrance, there were five pillars of shittim wood, whose chapiters and fillets were overlaid with gold, having hooks of gold, standing on five sockets of brass. The east end was enclosed with a richly embroidered curtain suspended from the pillars. Over the tabernacle were four different coverings: the first and inner curtain of fine linen embroidered with figures of cherubim in blue, purple and scarlet forming the magnificent ceiling, the second of goats' hair, the third of rams' skins dyed red, and the fourth and last of badgers' skins.
The account in Exodus 39 is related to the sanctuary services, including the priests' garments and the high priest's vestments. These garments included linen clothing, an embroidered ephod, a breastplate bearing the tribes' names, and stones on the high priest's shoulders. The wilderness tabernacle was the sanctuary where earthly worship centered, with the law of God in the most holy place beneath the mercy seat.
The completed work described in Exodus 39:32-43 was submitted to Moses for inspection, and he found it conformed to God's command and pattern. Moses inspected the work, found it done as commanded, and blessed the people. When the work was completed, wonderful blessing and glory came down upon the congregation and the building, with the manifestation of God's glory showing His acceptance of the people's repentance.
After the tabernacle was finished and erected it was anointed with oil to prepare for the appointed priestly service. That service was carried forward from day to day by the priests throughout the year in the court and in the first apartment of the sanctuary. It always closed on the tenth day of the seventh month with a special service.
Divine Pattern Foreshadowed
The pattern for all that Israel made was divine, given by God to Moses in the mount on Mount Sinai, and the work described very minutely in Exodus chapters 25 to 40 was done exactly according to that pattern. God specially endowed the workmen for the building. The sanctuary thus made was composed of two apartments separated by a veil, the holy place twenty cubits long, ten cubits wide and ten cubits high, and the most holy place ten cubits in each of its dimensions and just half as large as the holy place. Its sides and rear or west end were made of acacia boards overlaid with gold, secured at the bottom by tenons fitting into silver sockets weighing a talent each and held securely at the top by bars placed through rings attached to the boards, and its materials, dimensions, and furnishings followed the directions given on Sinai.
The completed earthly tabernacle with its two holy places is a correct pattern or model of the heavenly sanctuary Moses was shown during forty days in the mount. The heavenly sanctuary must also contain two holy places, for if the original had only one there would be dissimilarity instead of likeness. Its design followed God's instructions, making it a divinely specified pattern that foreshadowed the heavenly sanctuary and its service.
The work belonged to the time after deliverance from Egyptian bondage, when hundreds of years of slavery had left Israel unable to comprehend God's great salvation and the character He required. God therefore gave a great, multiple object-lesson by various forms and rites that taught the whole plan of salvation, beginning with free-will offerings for building and continuing through directions for a marvelously beautiful structure. The details of the construction teach God's way and serve as a pattern for understanding Christ's priestly work in the heavenly sanctuary. That priestly bearing is shown in the priests' garments and the high priest's vestments, including linen clothing, an embroidered ephod, a breastplate bearing the tribes' names, and stones on the high priest's shoulders, with the names on the breastplate connected with Christ bearing each repentant, believing soul.
The sanctuary was made and directed so that God could dwell among His people and be their meeting place. He promised to meet Israel at the tabernacle entrance during the daily ministration, speak with them there, and sanctify the tabernacle with His glory.