The document describes the building of the Tabernacle according to instructions from God. The Israelites contributed materials and skilled craftsmen like Bezalel and Oholiab constructed the Tabernacle. God's cloud and glory then filled the completed Tabernacle. The Tabernacle was then used to guide the Israelites on their journeys, as they followed where the cloud led them.

1. EXODUS 35-40
Building the
Tabernacle
Dr. Pothana

2. Tabernacle built;
God enters
(35-40)
Israel rebels
(32-34)
Commands for
building Tabernacle
(19-24)
Covenant Laws &
Commands (19-24)
Israel rebels
(14-18)
God meets
Moses; Israel
exits from Egypt
(1-13)

3. Exodus 35
• A Call to Rest (35:1-3).
• Contributions (35:4-9).
• Call to Action (35:10-19).
• A Movement of the Spirit (35:20-29).
Everyone whose heart stirred him and
everyone whose spirit moved him came and
brought the LORD’S contribution for the work
of the tent of meeting (Exodus 35:21).

4. Exodus 35
• A Call to Rest (35:1-3).
• Contributions (35:4-9).
• Call to Action (35:10-19).
• A Movement of the Spirit (35:20-29).
• Raising of Skilled Workers (35:30-35).
Bezalel… He has filled him with the Spirit of God,
in wisdom, in understanding and in knowledge
and in all craftsmanship (Exodus 35:30-31)

5. Exodus 36:1
“Now Bezalel and Oholiab, and
every skillful person in whom the
LORD has put skill and understanding
to know how to perform all the work in
the construction of the sanctuary, shall
perform in accordance with all that the
LORD has commanded.”

6. Exodus 36:4-5
And all the skillful men who were
performing all the work of the
sanctuary came, each from the work
which he was performing, 5 and they
said to Moses, “The people are
bringing much more than enough for
the construction work which the LORD
commanded us to perform.”

7. Exodus 36:6-7
So Moses issued a command,
and a proclamation was circulated
throughout the camp, saying, “Let no
man or woman any longer perform
work for the contributions of the
sanctuary.” Thus the people were
restrained from bringing any more.
7 For the material they had was
sufficient and more than enough for all
the work, to perform it.

9. Exodus 39:42-43
So the sons of Israel did all the
work according to all that the LORD
had commanded Moses. 43 And Moses
examined all the work and behold,
they had done it; just as the LORD
had commanded, this they had done.
So Moses blessed them.

10. Exodus 40:1-3
Then the LORD spoke to Moses,
saying, 2 “On the first day of the first
month you shall set up the tabernacle
of the tent of meeting. 3 You shall
place the ark of the testimony there,
and you shall screen the ark with the
veil.”

11. Exodus 40:17
Now in the first month of the
second year, on the first day of the
month, the tabernacle was erected.

12. Exodus 40:18-19
Moses erected the tabernacle
and laid its sockets, and set up its
boards, and inserted its bars and
erected its pillars. 19 He spread the
tent over the tabernacle and put the
covering of the tent on top of it, just as
the LORD had commanded Moses.

13. Then the cloud covered the tent of
meeting, and the glory of the LORD
filled the tabernacle (Exodus 40:34)

14. Moses was not able to enter the tent of
meeting because the cloud had settled on
it, and the glory of the LORD filled the
tabernacle. (Exodus 40:35)

15. Exodus 40:36-37
Throughout all their journeys
whenever the cloud was taken up from
over the tabernacle, the sons of Israel
would set out; 37 but if the cloud was
not taken up, then they did not set out
until the day when it was taken up.

16. For throughout all their journeys, the cloud of
the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and
there was fire in it by night, in the sight of all
the house of Israel (Exodus 40:38)