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The old agreement and the tabernacle

The first agreement included rules about how people should worship God. It also spoke about a special place for people to worship God on this earth. Israel's people made a special tent for God.[a] The first room in that tent was called the holy place. The special lampstand was in this room. The special table with the bread which they offered to God was there too.[b]

Behind a second curtain, there was a very special room. It was called the Most Holy Place.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:2 Exodus 26; 27:9-19 describe the special tent that God told Moses to make.
  2. 9:2 Exodus 25:31-39; 25:23-30 describe the gold lampstand and the special table for bread.

Worship in the Earthly Tabernacle

Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.(A) A tabernacle(B) was set up. In its first room were the lampstand(C) and the table(D) with its consecrated bread;(E) this was called the Holy Place.(F) Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,(G)

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