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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 ...
A model of the Tabernacle showing the holy place, and behind it the Holy of Holies. The Holy of Holies (Hebrew: קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים, romanized: Qōḏeš haqQŏḏāšīm or Kodesh HaKodashim; also הַדְּבִיר hadDəḇīr, 'the Sanctuary') is a term in the Hebrew Bible that refers to the inner sanctuary of the Tabernacle, where the Shekhinah (God's presence) appeared.
Jewish rabbi and philosopher Maimonides gave the following definition of "Temple" in his Mishne Torah (Hil. Beit Ha-Bechirah ): They are enjoined to make, in what concerns it (i.e. the building of the Temple), a holy site and an inner-sanctum, [ a ] and where there is positioned in front of the holy site a certain place that is called a 'Hall ...
Map of the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem A modern diagram of the Kodesh Hakodashim, or the tabernacle at Solomon's Temple The Kodesh Hakodashim , Judaism's Holy of Holies , was the inner sanctuary of the Tabernacle in the time of Moses as described in the Torah ; the term now refers to the area on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem where this ...
The series of models covered the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Islamic buildings of Al-Aqsa on the Temple Mount and the terrain beneath it, as well as replicas of the Jewish Temple based on the information available in his time, and benefitting from his architectural knowledge. [1]
Replicas of the Jewish Temple are scale models or authentic buildings that attempt to replicate either the Temple of Solomon or the Second Temple (Herod's Temple) in Jerusalem. Sources for the description of the Temple are found primarily in the works of Josephus , tractate Middot and the Temple Scroll ; however, these sources are not consistent.
The menorah (/ m ə ˈ n ɔː r ə /; Hebrew: מְנוֹרָה mənōrā, pronounced) is a seven-branched candelabrum that is described in the Hebrew Bible and in later ancient sources as having been used in the Tabernacle and in the Temple in Jerusalem.
The dying Jacob blesses his twelve sons (Adam van Noort) The twelve tribes of Israel camped around the tabernacle. ( Jan Luyken , 1673) Map of tribal territories in the Land of Israel ( Charles François Delamarche , 1797)