A Tent for Worship

DO YOU know what this building is?  It is a special tent for worshipping Jehovah. It is also called the tabernacle.  The people finished building it one year after the left Egypt.  Do you know whose idea it was to build it?

It was Jehovah's idea.   While Moses was up on Mount Si'nai, Jehovah told him how to build it. He said to make it so that it could easily be taken apart.  In this way the parts could be carried to another place,, and there be put together again.  So when the Israelites moved from place to place in the wilderness, the carried the tent with them.

If you look inside the small room at the end of the tent, you can see a box or a chest.  This is called the ark of the covenant. It had two angels or cherubs made of gold, one on each end.  God again wrote the Ten Commandments on two flat stones, because Moses had broken the first ones. And these stones were kept inside the ark of the covenant. Also, a jar of manna was kept inside it.  Do you remember what manna is? 

Moses brother Aaron is the one that Jehovah chooses to be the high priest. He leads the people in worshiping Jehovah.  And his sons are priests too.

Next time: Conclusion of A Tent for Worship

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