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A-Z: General definitions: Tent of Meeting
Definition
An alternative name for the Tabernacle (the portable tent used for worship from the time of Moses until the buidling of the Temple in Jerusalem).
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Related Topics
Big ideas: Temple, tabernacle
A sacred tent, a portable and provisional sanctuary, where God met His people Israel.
Very important Jewish leader described in the Book of Exodus in the Old Testament. Moses led the Jewish people out of slavery in Egypt to the Promised Land. Received the Ten Commandments form God.
A sacred building used for worship. In the Bible, the Temple was the centre of Jewish worship in Jerusalem. In the New Testament, the term is also used as an image of the believer's physical body.
The city on a hill (Mt. Zion) which King David captured and made the capital of Israel. It was the site of the Temple built by Solomon and of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Today it is still a holy city for Jews, Christians and Muslims.
