• • • FAMILY DISCUSSION STARTERS How canyour familyspend time withGod? Who bringssinnersbacktoGod? What wasthepurposeoftabernacle? • • • • • How helpmetolive onmissionbetter? doesthisstory andlovedo theyhelpmetrust God? Are toremember? there How anypromises inthisstory How are theyforGod’s andmygood? glory Are toobey? there anycommandsinthisstory teachmeaboutmyself? What doesthisstory or thegospel? teachmeaboutGod What doesthisstory

FOLD sinners, God sentJesus to“tabernacle,” ordwell, withpeopleonearth. would dwell withthem.God desires ofHis tobewithHis part plantosave people.As the cloudatnight.AllIsraelites couldseeitastheytraveled. tabernacle withthem. from thetabernacle,Israelites wouldmove andtakethe would staywhere theywere. When thecloudlifted If thecloudcovered thetabernacle,people tabernacle. God madeasignforthepeople: cloud, andnow thecloudcovered the tabernacle sothatitwouldbeholy. God toldhimhow toanointthe Moses how tosetupthetabernacle. made justasGod hadsaid. had itsspecialpurposeandwas Everyas God hadinstructed. part build thetabernacleforGod. skilled craftsmencametogetherto Bezalel, Oholiab, andalltheother for buildingandcreating things. Bezalel andOholiab, specialskills materials. God gave twomen, together. He askedthemtobring people. The tabernaclewouldbewhere God metwithHis really bigtentthattheIsraelites couldtakewiththem. Moses forbuildingatabernacle, specificinstructions very to makeatabernacleforMe sothatImaydwell amongthem.” God gave STORY POINT: GOD TOLD HISPEOPLE HOW TO BUILDTHETABERNACLE Christ Connection:God theIsraelites instructed where tobuildatabernacle He The cloudoftheLord wasonthetabernacleduring day, andfire wasinside God hadledtheIsraelites from a When thetimecame,God told They builtthetabernaclejust So Moses gathered alltheIsraelites When Moses wasonthemountainwithGod, God said,“Tell theIsraelites The Tabernacle Was Built WHERE HEWOULD DWELL WITHTHEM. Exodus 35–40 25 a Word List How many words can you create from the letters in ? List them below.

Tabernacle Search Find the following items in the picture. Then label each furniture made of acacia wood description with the item’s number: (1) ark of the overlaid with pure gold and with covenant; (2) table; (3) lampstand; gold rings attached to the four (4) curtains; (5) high priest. corners at its four legs

one gold piece with a base and shaft, with three branches from one side and three from the other side

priest in charge of the tabernacle or temple worship (Exodus 40:12-14)

wooden box covered in gold that contained the stone tables of the Ten Commandments, a jar of manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded (Hebrews 9:3-4)

ten dividers of fine woven linen and blue, purple, and scarlet thread

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