Tabernacle pictures - Sacrifices
Priests laying hands on the bull for a sin offering (Leviticus 4 v 15)
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Law of Moses
Tabernacle pictures - the laver
Priests washing at the laver.
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Tabernacle pictures - detail of Holy and Most Holy place
Inside the Holy and Most Holy place
Tabernacle pictures - the camp
Layout of the camp
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Tabernacle pictures - Brazen Altar
The Altar in use
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Tabernacle pictures - Boards
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The tabernacle - introduction
The Lord clearly tells Moses what the purpose of the tabernacle is:
8 Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell amongst them.
The tabernacle was to be in the middle of the Israelite camp.
Cities of refuge
The law of Moses specified the death sentence for murder. However, not all killings are murder. All cases of suspected murder needed to be considered by the appointed judges before sentence was carried out. To avoid relatives taking revenge for the death of a family member a place of sanctuary was provided for the one deemed to be the cause of the fatality. These were cities of refuge.
The Sabbath
A selection of verses showing what the Bible tells us about the Sabbath. The Sabbath is the seventh day of the week, equivalent to Saturday in the Western calendar.
Its importance for those under the law of Moses is emphasised because it is the fourth of the Ten Commandments given by God to Israel at Sinai:
The Passover
The Passover is a ceremony recalling the deliverance of the nation of Israel from Egyptian slavery. It was instituted by God in commandments to Moses. The original Passover was held in Egypt. The details are given in Exodus 12.
The command to keep the Passover was repeated by Moses in Deuteronomy. It was one of the three mandatory feasts that Israel were expected to keep: