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Meyer · Exodus · Day 47

The Curtains and Boards of the Tabernacle

Exodus 26:1--25

The Tabernacle was constructed of upright boards, over which four sets of curtains were thrown. The innermost set, which made the ceiling, was of tapestry, embroidered with cherubim in various colors—blue, scarlet and purple—the cunning work of a damask weaver. Over these was a second set, of goats’ hair, longer and broader, so as to protect them; whilst the third and fourth sets were of rams’ and seals’ skins, respectively, to protect the whole from the weather. In these curtains we may find profound teaching concerning the human nature of our Lord; for we are told that the Word of God became flesh and tabernacled among us; and that phrase naturally suggests that his human . body was the tent or tabernacle in which his spirit dwelt. See John 1:14. In the fine-twined linen his

“holiness; in the blue his heavenly origin; in the purple his majesty; in the scarlet his sufferings.

F. B. Meyer, Through the Bible Day by Day (1914–1918). Public domain.