Tabernacle: Renewed by David, and Pitched Upon Mount Zion
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The Tabernacle, originally constructed under the leadership of Moses as a portable dwelling place for the presence of God among the Israelites, holds significant historical and theological importance throughout the biblical narrative. Its renewal by King David and subsequent establishment on Mount Zion marks a pivotal moment in Israel's religious history.

Renewal by David

King David, a man after God's own heart, sought to restore the centrality of worship in Israel by renewing the Tabernacle. After his ascension to the throne, David recognized the need to bring the Ark of the Covenant, the most sacred element of the Tabernacle, to Jerusalem. This act symbolized the unification of the nation under God's divine rule and the establishment of Jerusalem as the spiritual and political center of Israel.

David's desire to honor God through the renewal of the Tabernacle is evident in 1 Chronicles 15:1, where it is recorded, "David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it." This tent, though not the original Tabernacle built by Moses, served as a temporary dwelling for the Ark until a more permanent structure could be established.

Pitched Upon Mount Zion

Mount Zion, a term often used to refer to the city of Jerusalem, became the chosen site for the renewed Tabernacle. The relocation of the Ark to Mount Zion is a significant event, as it not only fulfilled David's desire to bring the Ark to the heart of the nation but also foreshadowed the future construction of the Temple by his son Solomon.

The journey of the Ark to Mount Zion is detailed in 2 Samuel 6:12-17, where David, with great celebration and reverence, brings the Ark into the city. Verse 17 states, "So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD." This act of worship and sacrifice underscores the importance of the Tabernacle as a place where God meets with His people.

Mount Zion, therefore, becomes synonymous with God's presence and favor, as reflected in Psalm 132:13-14: "For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling: 'This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this place.'"

The renewal of the Tabernacle by David and its establishment on Mount Zion highlight the enduring significance of God's covenant with Israel and the central role of worship in the life of the nation. David's actions set the stage for the eventual building of the Temple, which would become the permanent dwelling place of God's presence among His people.
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1 Chronicles 15:1
And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
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1 Chronicles 16:1,2
So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.
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2 Chronicles 1:4
But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
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The Greatness of the Soul,
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Light for them that Sit in Darkness;
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A Mystery! Saints Sorrowing and Jesus Glad!
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Solomon's Temple Spiritualized
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David, the Lord made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even ...
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The Seven Trumpets.
... His troops being subsequently driven back, he renewed the war ... no right to eat which
serve the tabernacle," Heb.13 ... be no end; upon the throne of David, and upon ...
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The Desire of the Righteous Granted;
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The Saints' Privilege and Profit;
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Tabernacle

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Tabernacle was Set Up: At Gilgal

Tabernacle was Set Up: Finally at Gibeon

Tabernacle: (The Holy of Holies) Heaven

Tabernacle: (The Vail) Christ's Body

Tabernacle: (The Vail) the Obscurity of the Mosaic Age

Tabernacle: A Permanent House Substituted For, when the Kingdom Was

Tabernacle: All Males Required to Appear Before, Three Times Each Year

Tabernacle: All offerings to be Made At

Tabernacle: Anointed and Consecrated With Oil

Tabernacle: Anointed With Holy Oil

Tabernacle: Brought to the Temple by Solomon

Tabernacle: Called The: House of the Lord

Tabernacle: Called The: Tabernacle of Joseph

Tabernacle: Called The: Tabernacle of Shiloh

Tabernacle: Called The: Tabernacle of Testimony or Witness

Tabernacle: Called The: Tabernacle of the Congregation

Tabernacle: Called The: Tabernacle of the Lord

Tabernacle: Called The: Temple of the Lord

Tabernacle: Carried in Front of the People of Israel in the Line of March

Tabernacle: Causes Tried At

Tabernacle: Completed

Tabernacle: Court of all the Pillars of, Filleted With Silver

Tabernacle: Court of all the Vessels of, Made of Brass

Tabernacle: Court of Contained the Brazen Altar and Laver of Brass

Tabernacle: Court of One Hundred Cubits Long and Fifty Cubits Wide

Tabernacle: Court of Surrounded by Curtains of Fine Line Suspended from Pillars

Tabernacle: Court of The Gate of, a Hanging of Blue, Purple Twenty Cubits

Tabernacle: Coverings of The First or Inner, Ten Curtains of Blue, Purple Joined

Tabernacle: Coverings of The Fourth or Outward of Badgers' Skins

Tabernacle: Coverings of The Second, Eleven Curtains of Goats' Hair

Tabernacle: Coverings of The Third of Rams' Skins Dyed Red

Tabernacle: Dedicated

Tabernacle: Defilement of, Punished

Tabernacle: Description of The Frame

Tabernacle: Designed for Manifestation of God's Presence and for His

Tabernacle: Divided by a Vail of Blue, Purple, Suspended from Four

Tabernacle: Divided Into: The Holy Place

Tabernacle: Divided Into: The Most Holy Place

Tabernacle: Divine Wisdom Given to Bezaleel to Make

Tabernacle: Filled With the Cloud of Glory

Tabernacle: First Reared, on the First Day of the Second Year After The

Tabernacle: Free-Will offerings Made at the Dedication of the Altar of

Tabernacle: Free-Will offerings Made at the First Rearing of

Tabernacle: had a Court Round About

Tabernacle: How and by Whom Carried

Tabernacle: How Prepared for Removal During the Travels of the Israelites

Tabernacle: Israelites Worship At

Tabernacle: Made of the Free-Will offerings of the People

Tabernacle: Materials For, Voluntarily offered

Tabernacle: Moses Was Commanded to Make After a Divine Pattern

Tabernacle: Offerings Brought To

Tabernacle: One Existed Before Moses Received the Pattern Authorized on Mount Sinai

Tabernacle: Pattern of, Revealed to Moses

Tabernacle: Pitched: At Gibeon

Tabernacle: Pitched: At Gilgal

Tabernacle: Pitched: At Nob

Tabernacle: Pitched: At Shiloh

Tabernacle: Punishment for Defiling

Tabernacle: Renewed by David, and Pitched Upon Mount Zion

Tabernacle: Sanctified

Tabernacle: Sanctified by the Glory of the Lord

Tabernacle: Solomon offers Sacrifice At

Tabernacle: Sprinkled and Purified With Blood

Tabernacle: Sprinkled With Blood

Tabernacle: Strangers (Foreigners) Forbidden to Enter

Tabernacle: Symbol of Spiritual Things

Tabernacle: Tabernacle Tax

Tabernacle: The Ark and Mercy-Seat Put in the Most Holy Place

Tabernacle: The Boards of had Each Two Tenons Fitted Into Sockets of Silver

Tabernacle: The Boards of Made of Shittim Wood

Tabernacle: The Boards of Six, and Two Corner Boards for West Side

Tabernacle: The Boards of Supported by Bars of Shittim Wood Resting in Rings of Gold

Tabernacle: The Boards of Ten Cubits High by One and a Half Broad

Tabernacle: The Boards of Twenty on North Side

Tabernacle: The Boards of Twenty on South Side

Tabernacle: The Boards of With the Bars, Covered With Gold

Tabernacle: The Cloud of Glory Rested On, by Night and Day During Its

Tabernacle: The Courtyard of

Tabernacle: The Curtains of

Tabernacle: The Door of, a Curtain of Blue and Purple Suspended by Gold

Tabernacle: The Furniture of

Tabernacle: The Holy Place of

Tabernacle: The Journeys of Israel Regulated by the Cloud On

Tabernacle: The Levites: Appointed Over, and had Charge of

Tabernacle: The Levites: Carried

Tabernacle: The Levites: did the Inferior Service of

Tabernacle: The Levites: Pitched Their Tents Around

Tabernacle: The Levites: Took Down, and Put Up

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Tabernacle: The Lord Reveals Himself At

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Tabernacle: The One Instituted by Moses Was Called: House of the Lord

Tabernacle: The One Instituted by Moses Was Called: Sanctuary

Tabernacle: The One Instituted by Moses Was Called: Tabernacle (A. V.), Tent (R. V.)

Tabernacle: The One Instituted by Moses Was Called: Tabernacle (A. V.), Tent of Meeting (R. V.)

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Tabernacle: The Priests were the Ministers of

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Tabernacle: The Priests: Performed all Services In

Tabernacle: The Second Covering

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Tabernacle: Tribes Encamped Around, While in the Wilderness

Tabernacle: Value of the Substance Contributed For

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Tabernacle's (2 Occurrences)

Tabernacle-door (2 Occurrences)

Frames (47 Occurrences)

Boards (50 Occurrences)

Rear (46 Occurrences)

Bars (50 Occurrences)

Furnishings (22 Occurrences)

Laver (13 Occurrences)

Curtains (34 Occurrences)

Pitched (101 Occurrences)

Clasps (7 Occurrences)

Screen (26 Occurrences)

Westward (35 Occurrences)

Encamp (108 Occurrences)

Encamped (115 Occurrences)

Socket (5 Occurrences)

Bullock (95 Occurrences)

Courtyard (59 Occurrences)

Instruments (136 Occurrences)

Furniture (24 Occurrences)

Reared (22 Occurrences)

Erected (26 Occurrences)

Southward (42 Occurrences)

Merari (38 Occurrences)

Journeyed (111 Occurrences)

Sides (170 Occurrences)

Duties (46 Occurrences)

Hinder (47 Occurrences)

Hanging (82 Occurrences)

Taches (7 Occurrences)

Tenon

Tabernacled (6 Occurrences)

Merarites (7 Occurrences)

Pegs (22 Occurrences)

Pins (12 Occurrences)

Crossbars (8 Occurrences)

Holies (23 Occurrences)

Gershonites (17 Occurrences)

Badger (9 Occurrences)

Pitch (25 Occurrences)

Sockets (44 Occurrences)

Acacia (28 Occurrences)

Posts (68 Occurrences)

West (110 Occurrences)

Vail (44 Occurrences)

Skins (27 Occurrences)

Kohathites (18 Occurrences)

Ithamar (20 Occurrences)

Ropes (32 Occurrences)

Entereth (40 Occurrences)

Candlestick (34 Occurrences)

Buttons (7 Occurrences)

Acacia-wood (27 Occurrences)

Utensils (72 Occurrences)

Pillars (132 Occurrences)

Hangings (23 Occurrences)

Surrounding (78 Occurrences)

Gershon (23 Occurrences)

Curtain (60 Occurrences)

North (164 Occurrences)

Setteth (116 Occurrences)

Cords (80 Occurrences)

Veil (67 Occurrences)

Ephraim (168 Occurrences)

Staves (50 Occurrences)

Shittim (34 Occurrences)

Material (61 Occurrences)

Pattern (28 Occurrences)

Entrance (190 Occurrences)

Loop

Layman (9 Occurrences)

Levite (43 Occurrences)

Goats'

Finely (27 Occurrences)

Twined (25 Occurrences)

Tent-door (6 Occurrences)

Raising (29 Occurrences)

Requirements (26 Occurrences)

Encamping (24 Occurrences)

Tabernacle: Punishment for Defiling
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