26:7 ¶ And thou
shalt make curtains of goats’ hair to be a covering upon the
tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make. 8
The length of one curtain shall
be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the
eleven curtains shall be all of
one measure. 9 And thou shalt couple
five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double
the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle. 10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge
of the one curtain that is
outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which
coupleth the second. 11 And thou shalt
make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the
tent together, that it may be one. 12
And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half
curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle. 13 And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on
the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the
tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that
side, to cover it. 14 And thou shalt
make a covering for the tent of
rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers’ skins.
While there is
most certainly spiritual significance to the specific numbers listed in the
measurements of the parts of the tabernacle I want to stick with what is clear
and apparent for now.
26:15 ¶ And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle
of shittim wood standing up.
16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board.
17 Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another:
thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 18 And thou shalt make the boards for the
tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward. 19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver
under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and
two sockets under another board for his two tenons. 20 And for the second side of the tabernacle on
the north side there shall be
twenty boards: 21 And their forty
sockets of silver; two sockets
under one board, and two sockets under another board. 22 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward
thou shalt make six boards. 23 And two
boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
24 And they shall be coupled together
beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring:
thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. 25 And they shall be eight boards, and their
sockets of silver, sixteen
sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
26 And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards
of the one side of the tabernacle, 27
And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and
five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides
westward. 28 And the middle bar in the
midst of the boards shall reach from end to end. 29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold,
and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou
shalt overlay the bars with gold. 30 And
thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was
shewed thee in the mount.
26:31 ¶ And
thou shalt make a vail of blue,
and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims
shall it be made: 32 And thou shalt hang
it upon four pillars of shittim wood
overlaid with gold: their hooks shall
be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver. 33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the
taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the
testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy. 34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the
ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
35 And thou shalt set the table without
the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the
tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side. 36 And thou shalt make an hanging for the door
of the tent, of blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework. 37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five
pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets
of brass for them.
There is a veil,
and vail and veil are two spellings of the same word, to be placed between the holy place and the most holy place where the ark
of the testimony was kept.
This is a
division between God and man.
1Timothy
6:13 ¶ I give thee charge in the sight
of God, who quickeneth all things, and before
Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; 14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing
of our Lord Jesus Christ: 15 Which in
his times he shall shew, who is
the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; 16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the
light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to
whom be honour and power
everlasting. Amen.
When God in the form of man, Jesus Christ, died
for mankind’s sins on the Cross, the veil in Herod’s version of the temple was
ripped.
Matthew 27:51
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the
top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
Mark 15:38 And
the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
Luke 23:45 And
the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
This veil also
symbolizes the division between Jews and the Gentiles who did not know the God
who created them.
Ephesians 2:11 ¶
Wherefore remember, that ye being
in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which
is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 12 That at that time ye were without Christ,
being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants
of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were
far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
14 ¶ For he is
our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of
partition between us; 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make
in himself of twain one new man, so
making peace; 16 And that he might
reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity
thereby: 17 And came and preached peace
to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. 18 For through him we both have access by one
Spirit unto the Father.
So, there is
this division between God and mankind as symbolized by the veil between the
holy and most holy. This division was torn by Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross.
Another
interesting phrase that is used repeatedly in the Bible is over against. It appears to mean not only near but next to and across from based on the context.
Genesis
21:16 And she went, and sat her down over
against him a good way
off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child.
And she sat over against him,
and lift up her voice, and wept.
Exodus
25:27 Over against the
border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.
1Kings 20:29
And they pitched one over against the other seven days.
And so it was, that in the
seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians
an hundred thousand footmen in one day.
Certainly, you
can find more interesting and significant meanings and analogies in these
passages than I have. Let me know what you find.
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