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The altar of the tabernacle at Gibeon was used for sacrificial worship (1 Chronicles 16:39; 21:29; 1 Kings 3:2–4), until Solomon brought the structure and its furnishings to Jerusalem to furnish and dedicate the Temple (1 Kings 8:4).
Subsequently, Shiloh became one of the leading religious shrines in ancient Israel, a status it held until shortly before David's elevation of Jerusalem. [11] The whole congregation of Israel assembled together at Shiloh and set up the tent (or tabernacle) of the congregation there. —
After 440 years, Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem superseded it as the dwelling-place of God. Model of the tabernacle in Timna Valley Park, Israel The tabernacle, engraving from Robert Arnauld d'Andilly's 1683 translation of Josephus. The main source describing the tabernacle is the biblical Book of Exodus, specifically Exodus 25–31 and 35–40.
This category includes subjects relating to the Hebrew Bible's Tabernacle and to the first (Solomon's Temple) and second (Second Temple) Temples in Jerusalem. Subcategories This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.
The Temple Mount, along with the entire Old City of Jerusalem, was captured from Jordan by Israel in 1967 during the Six-Day War, allowing Jews once again to visit the holy site. [ 55 ] [ better source needed ] [ 56 ] Jordan had occupied East Jerusalem and the Temple Mount immediately following Israel's declaration of independence on May 14, 1948.
Model of the tabernacle in Timna Valley Park, Israel. The Glencairn Museum in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania has a replica of the biblical tabernacle dating from 1922. [26] The Mennonite Information Center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania had a replica dating from the 1940s. [27] [28]
A ner tamid hanging over the ark in a synagogue. In Judaism, the sanctuary lamp is known as a Ner Tamid (Hebrew, “eternal flame” or “eternal light”), Hanging or standing in front of the ark in every Jewish synagogue, it is meant to represent the menorah of the Temple in Jerusalem, as well as the perpetual fire kept on the altar of burnt offerings before the Temple. [2]
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.