Tabernacle of the congregation

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The people of Israel and the Levites who were called out as the Church in the wilderness were form a different type of government.
The Book of Numbers is an accounting of the people beginning this process of becoming a peculiar people as they organize themselves in patterns of Tens as Christ commanded His disciples to require of the people who would follow the way of Christ for the practice of Pure Religion which may set the captive free according to the perfect law of liberty.
In the early day they lived in tents or tabernacles[1] but what they were learning is a timeless skill that comes with the seeking of the kingdom of God and His righteousness.

The phrase Tabernacle of the congregation appears a 127 times in the Bible and 20 times in Exodus. The idea of the Tabernacle of the congregation is also the idea of the tents of the congregations.

The Tabernacle of the congregation was said to be a central tent that moved about among the the tribes of Israel. The tribes were organized in to groups of ten families which would be called synagogues later.

The people were to worship from the door of their own tents[2] in a network of faithful sacrifice.

While the word tabernacle[3] Ohel designates the movable dwelling made of fabric or animal skins that characterized the life of the Ancient Near East nomad. In Scripture it ranges from the simplest shepherd’s shelter to the majestic Tent of Meeting that housed the Ark of the Covenant. With roughly 345 occurrences, the word provides a wide‐angle lens on worship, family, war, prophecy and eschatology.

Ohel אֹהֶל is from 0166 אָהַל[4] meaning has brightness Moses knew that the people were to become tabernacles of light. The fabric or animal skins were all symbols. only the spirit which is life, some time observed as light giveth life. “The Word became flesh and tabernacled among us” (John 1:14) but we are to be temples of that same Holy Spirit literally.

In Leviticus we see that Moses is describing the meaning, means, and method used by Israel to function as the government of God.

For the system of voluntary sacrifice set up by Moses to work the people must let the light into their own house. Otherwise the symbol of the greater tent has no value.

Exodus 27:21 "In the tabernacle of the congregation[3][5] without the vail,[6]which [is] before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: [it shall be] a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel."

Exodus 28:43 "And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy [place]; that they bear not iniquity, and die: [it shall be] a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him."

Exodus 29:4 "And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water."

Exodus 29:10 "And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.11 And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, [by] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Exodus 29:30 [And] that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy [place]... 32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that [is] in the basket, [by] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Exodus 29:42 [This shall be] a continual burnt offering throughout your generations [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.

Exodus 29:44 "And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest’s office."

Exodus 30:16 "And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls... 18 Thou shalt also make a laver [of] brass, and his foot [also of] brass, to wash [withal]: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein."

Exodus 30:20 "When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:"

Exodus 30:26 "And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,"

Exodus 30:36 "And thou shalt beat [some] of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy."

Exodus 31:7 "The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that [is] thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,"

Exodus 33:7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, [that] every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which [was] without the camp.

Exodus 35:21 And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, [and] they brought the LORD’S offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments.

Exodus 38:8 And he made the laver [of] brass, and the foot of it [of] brass, of the lookingglasses of [the women] assembling, which assembled [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Exodus 38:30 And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,

Exodus 40:12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.

Leviticus 1:1 And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,

  1. ↑ 04908 מִשְׁכָּן‎ mishkan MemShinKufNun [mish-kawn’] from 07931 ShinKufNun dwell or abide; n m; [BDB-1015b] [{See TWOT on 2387 @@ "2387c" }] AV-tabernacle 119, dwelling 9, habitation 5, dwellingplaces 3, place 1, dwelleth 1, tents 1; 139
    1) dwelling place, tabernacle
    1a) dwelling-place
    1b) dwellings
    • see also אֹהַל‎ 0168 a tent; 0166 dwelling.
    • And 05519 סָךְ‎ cak a multitude from 05526 סָכַךְ‎ cakak covering/join; 05520 סֹךְ sok covert, den, pavilion, tabernacle; 05521 סֻכָּה‎ cukkah or sukkah booth, cottage, covert, pavilion, tabernacle, tent; 05522 סִכּוּת‎ cikkuwth a tent meaning a foreign god, said to be the feminine of cak סָךְ ; an (idolatrous) booth -- tabernacle.:
  2. ↑ Worshiped from their tent
    Exodus 33:8 "And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, [that] all the people rose up, and stood every man [at] his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle."
    Exodus 33:10 "And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand [at] the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man [in] his tent door."
    Numbers 11:10 "Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased."
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 0168 אֹהֶל‎ ‘ohel [o’-hel] AlefHeyLamed from 0166 AlefHeyLamed to be clear; n m; [BDB-13b] [{See TWOT on 32 @@ "32a" }] AV-tabernacle(s) 198, tent(s) 141, dwelling 2, place(s) 2, covering 1, home 1; 345
    1) tent
    1a) nomad’s tent, and thus symbolic of wilderness life, transience
    1b) dwelling, home, habitation
    1c) the sacred tent of Jehovah (the tabernacle)
  4. ↑ 0166 אָהַל‎ ‘ahal [aw-hal’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-14b] [{See TWOT on 33 }] AV-shineth 1; 1
    1) (Hiphil) to be clear, shine
  5. ↑ 04150 מוֹעֵד‎ MemVavAyinDalet mow‘ed [mo-ade’] or מעד‎ mo‘ed [mo-ade’] or (fem.) מועדה‎ mow‘adah (#2Ch 8:13) [mo-aw-daw’] from 03259 יָעַד‎ YodAyinDalet ya‘ad fix or appoint; n m; [BDB-417a] [{See TWOT on 878 @@ "878b" }] AV-congregation 150, feast 23, season 13, appointed 12, time 12, assembly 4, solemnity 4, solemn 2, days 1, sign 1, synagogues 1; 223
    1) appointed place, appointed time, meeting
    1a) appointed time 1a1) appointed time (general) 1a2) sacred season, set feast, appointed season 1b) appointed meeting 1c) appointed place 1d) appointed sign or signal 1e) tent of meeting
  6. ↑ 06532 פֹרֶכֶת‎ poreketh [po-reh’-keth] act part of the same as 06531 סָרִיס‎ cariyc official; n f; [BDB-827b] [{See TWOT on 1818 @@ "1818a" }] AV-vail 25; 25
    1) curtain, veil
    • פ ף Pei Communication; follows Ayin to suggest that seeing and understanding must preceed: The Oral Torah The mouth, blow, edge. [Mouth speak open word] (Numeric value: 80)
    • ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200).
    • כ ך Kaf K Crown: To Actualize Potential power from spiritual to physical realm [to cover, strength] (Numeric value: 20)
    • ת Tav is a Seal of a Higher kingdom or realm through faith. The paradigm keter–malchut “The Crown of Sovereignty” from the Tree of Life spiritually linking worlds or realms through an unseen doorway of faith. The Aleph & Tav are the first and last letters. [door sign cross seal] (Numeric value: 400)
    The veil was a symbol of separation crafted with “blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it” (Exodus 26:31).
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