Answers about tabernacle

How did all the Israelites, 2-3 million, get through the tabernacle to make their personal sacrifices?

The total area of the tabernacle was 100 x 50 cubits (that is roughly 150 x 75 feet or 50 x 25 metres). This area was used to kill the sacrificial animals for the whole population. If you compare this with the size of a modern abattoir that is needed to process even a few [...]

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Where did the Israelites get all the materials for the Tabernacle?

 You say: According to the Exodus 35:23 (New American Standard Bible) ” Every man, who had in his possession blue and purple and scarlet material and fine linen and goats’ hair and rams’ skins dyed red and porpoise skins, brought them.” And according to my NIV bible for the same verse, it says, “Everyone who [...]

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What happened to the Tabernacle in the wilderness and the artifacts of the holy place and the holy of holies?

The tabernacle was constructed in about 1444BC, while the people of Israel were in the wilderness after escaping from Egypt. When they entered the promised land under Joshua, the tabernacle was located at Gilgal (Joshua 4:19). Later it was moved to Shiloh (Joshua 18:1-10). By about 1000BC it had moved to Gibeon (1 Chronicles 16:39). After [...]

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