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The Tabernacle in the Wilderness

Exodus 25 · let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them

The Tabernacle in the WildernessExodus 25–40 · an isometric cutaway drawn to Exodus’s own dimensions. The south wall of the tent and the southern half of its four coverings are cut away so the holy place and the most holy place can be seen, with the ark, the altar of incense, the table and the lampstand in their appointed places; the bronze altar and the laver stand in the court before the gate that faces east. 05102030CUBITS The boards of acaciaExodus 26:15–30 The altar of incenseExodus 30:1–10 The ark of the covenantExodus 25:10–22 The veilExodus 26:31–33 The table of showbreadExodus 25:23–30 The golden lampstandExodus 25:31–40 The coverings, four layersExodus 26:1–14 The screen of the doorExodus 26:36–37 The altar of burnt offeringExodus 27:1–8 The bronze laverExodus 30:17–21 The gate of the courtExodus 27:13–16 The hangings of the courtExodus 27:9–15 MOST HOLY PLACE THE HOLY PLACE THE COURT

The Tabernacle in the Wilderness

Exodus 25–40 · set up on the first day of the first month of the second year

Every dimension of the compound is Exodus's own: the court a hundred cubits by fifty, its linen hangings five cubits high on sixty pillars with bronze bases and silver hooks (27:9–18); the tent thirty cubits by ten and ten high, twenty boards to the south wall and twenty to the north, its west end closed behind the ark (26:15–25); the holy place twenty cubits and the most holy ten, divided by the veil (26:31–33). The drawing is an isometric cutaway: the south wall and the southern half of the coverings are removed — a convention of the plate, not a fact about the tent — and the silver bases of the missing boards are left standing in their row. The four coverings step back at the cut in their true order: the embroidered linen innermost, the goats' hair over it, the rams' skins dyed red, and the outer covering of hide (26:1–14). The furnishings are drawn above their stated scale so they can be read at plate size; their places follow Exodus 40 — the ark behind the veil, the table on the north side, the lampstand opposite it on the south, the golden altar before the veil, the bronze altar and the laver on the court's axis before the door, the gate to the east. The ark lies across the room, its length north to south, the cherubim facing each other over the mercy seat. Where Scripture is silent the drawing follows the common reconstruction: the tent stands in the western half of the court, and the parted veil and tent screen are the drawing's licence. The hill country, the salt flats and the rocks around the camp are the engraver's furniture, not a survey. The scale bar is true to the plate's east-west axis; a cubit is taken at about eighteen inches.

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