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  2. Tabernacle - Wikipedia

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    According to the Hebrew Bible, the tabernacle (Hebrew: מִשְׁכָּן, romanized: miškān, lit. 'residence, dwelling place'), also known as the Tent of the Congregation (Hebrew: אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד , romanized: ʔohel mōʕēḏ , also Tent of Meeting ), was the portable earthly dwelling of God used by the Israelites from the Exodus ...

  3. Altar (Bible) - Wikipedia

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    However, since the old stones had been previously sanctified by the Jewish sacrifices they could not be moved to an unclean place; so they remained on the Temple Mount, "until there should come a prophet to tell what to do with them." (1 Maccabees 4:41–47). Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem, by Francesco Hayez. This imaginative depiction ...

  4. Shiloh (biblical city) - Wikipedia

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    The tabernacle had been built under Moses' direction from God to house the Ark of the Covenant, also made according to Moses' instructions from God . Talmudic sources state that the tent sanctuary remained at Shiloh for 369 years [ 12 ] until the Ark of the Covenant was taken into the battle camp at Eben-Ezer ( 1 Samuel 4:3–5 ) and captured ...

  5. Religious images in Christian theology - Wikipedia

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    Catholics use images, such as the crucifix, the cross, in religious life and pray using depictions of saints. They also venerate images and liturgical objects by kissing, bowing, and making the sign of the cross. They point to the Old Testament patterns of worship followed by the Hebrew people as examples of how certain places and things used ...

  6. Ark of the Covenant - Wikipedia

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    Moses and Joshua bowing before the Ark (c. 1900) by James Tissot Ark of the Covenant on the Anikova dish, c. 800. The Ark of the Covenant, [a] also known as the Ark of the Testimony [b] or the Ark of God, [c] [1] [2] is a purported religious storage and relic held to be the most sacred object by the Israelites.

  7. Priestly golden head plate - Wikipedia

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    The priestly golden head plate, crown or frontlet (Hebrew: צִיץ, romanized: ṣīṣ) was the golden plate or tiara worn by the Jewish High Priest on his mitre or turban whenever he would minister in the Tabernacle or the Temple in Jerusalem. [1]

  8. Eastern Orthodox church architecture - Wikipedia

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    The crescent moon found on Old Russian icons, vestments, and book miniatures refers to the moon as the symbol of anchor, the symbol of salvation, concordant with the symbolism of the church as a ship. [3] The altar (sanctuary) is situated in the eastern part of the church, regardless of its shape.

  9. Bronze laver - Wikipedia

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    Recreation of the bronze laver at Brigham Young University. The instructions given to Moses in the Book of Exodus included the creation of a bronze laver (Hebrew: כיור נחשת kîyōr nəḥōšeṯ), to be sited outside the Tabernacle of Meeting, between the Tabernacle door and the Altar of Burnt Offering, for Aaron, his sons and their successors as priests to wash their hands and their ...