PLAN OF THE TABERNACLE
Michal Hunt © 1999 revised 2006
Outside the “Tent” = profane and unclean
Tent of Meeting Outer Court = sacred and clean
- Bronze Altar of Sacrifice
- Bronze holy water basin for purification
Holy Place = sacred and clean
- Golden Lampstand (menorah)
- Golden Table containing the Bread of the Presence
- Golden Altar of Incense in front of the curtain separating the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies
- “curtain” separated the Outer Court from the Holy Place
Holy of Holies: = most sacred and clean
- “curtain” separated the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies
- A.C. = gold covered Ark of the Covenant covered with the gold covered Mercy Seat, the footstool of God joining heavenly and earthly liturgy
Notice the 3 section division of the Tabernacle which, from the New Covenant prospective, suggests the 3 persons of the Divine Trinity while the arrangement of the furniture forms a cruciform, foreshadowing the altar of the Cross and the site of the final and perfect sacrifice.
Michal Hunt © 1999 revised 2006