Exodus 38:21
tabernacle of testimony Exod 25:16, Exod 26:33, Exod 40:3; Num 1:50, Num 1:53, Num 9:15, Num 10:11, Num 17:7-8, Num 18:2; 2Chr 24:6; Acts 7:44; Rev 11:19; The word tabernacle is used in many different senses, and signifies: 1. A tent or pavilion - Num 24:5; Matt 17:4 2. A house or dwelling - Job 11:4, Job 22:23 3. A kind of tent, which is designated, to speak after the manner of the men, the palace of the Most High, the dwelling of the God of Israel - Exod 26:1; Heb 9:2-3 4. Christ's human nature, of which the Jewish tabernacle was a type, wherein God dwells really, substantially, and personally - Heb 8:2, Heb 9:11 5. The true church militant - Ps 15:1 6. Our natural body, in which the soul lodges as in a tabernacle - 2Cor 5:1; 2Pet 1:13 7. The token of God's gracious presence - Rev 21:3 by the hand Num 4:28-33; Ezra 8:26-30 Ithamar Exod 6:23; 1Chr 6:3
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