* tabernacle of testimony.
# 25:16; 26:33; 40:3; Nu 1:50,53; 9:15; 10:11; 17:7,8; 18:2; 2Ch 24:6|
# Ac 7:44; Re 11:19|
The word tabernacle is used in many different senses, and
signifies,
I. A tent or pavilion,
# Nu 24:5; Mt 17:4|
II. A house or dwelling,
# Job 11:4; 22:23|
III. 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,
# 26:1; Heb 9:2,3|
IV. Christ's human nature, of which the Jewish tabernacle
was a type, wherein God dwells really, substantially, and
personally,
# Heb 8:2; 9:11|
V. The true church militant,
# Ps 15:1|
VI. Our natural body, in which the soul lodges as in a
tabernacle,
# 2Co 5:1; 2Pe 1:13|
VII. The token of God's gracious presence,
# Re 21:3|
* by the hand.
# Nu 4:28-33; Ezr 8:26-30|
* Ithamar.
# 6:23; 1Ch 6:3|
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