Exodus 27:9, 18 “You shall also make the court of the tabernacle. For the south side there shall be hangings for the court made of fine woven linen, one hundred cubits long for one side. The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits, made of fine woven linen, and its sockets of bronze.” The innermost place in the tabernacle is the Most Holy Place, and outside that is the Holy Place. And outside that is the court. T

God loves us, so he could not bear the wall that was between him and us. (Romans 3:23) It says, “for all have sinned”. Everyone has sinned, but if you do not realize your sins, going out before God is not a problem. But when the law comes and you realize your sins, the grace to resolve your sins will surely follow. The reason why the story of the tabernacle comes out twice in Exodus is because the law to make humans realize their sins came down twice. The people of Israel sin

When you read Exodus chapters 25-40, it talks about the tabernacle. Chapters 25-35 talk about God telling Moses on the top of the mountain to command the children of Israel to build the tabernacle. And after that, from chapter 36 until the last chapter, the exact same story of the tabernacle is repeated. The tabernacle was made by Bezalel and Aholiab, who were established following the guidance of God, so chapter 40 talks about them setting it up. It is the same story of the

Exodus 33:3 “for I will not go up in your midst, lest I consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.” God could no longer go with the people of Israel who were deep in sin. So he made the tabernacle so he could dwell in the midst of the Israelites who had sin. In other words, the thing that possessed all the conditions for God to dwell with them was the tabernacle. Outside the tabernacle was the courtyard, and outside the courtyard were the Levites who lived the