The Tabernacle Structure
"Builded together for an habitation of God" (Ephesians. 2:22).

DETAILS of the Ecclesial structure are provided in Exod. 26:1-30,36-37. The Tabernacle Structure measured 30 cubits long by 10 cubits wide by 10 cubits high or approximately 45 feet long by l5 feet wide by l5 feet high. It was divided into two rooms or compartments:

(1) The Holy Place of 30 feet by l5 feet by l5 feet;
(2) The Most Holy Place of l5 feet by l5 feet x l5 feet, or a cube.

These two compartments were separated by a veil of curtain that was supported by 4 pillars.

The entrance to the structure, that is to the Holy Place, faced eastwards, towards the Laver and Brazen Altar. The entrance to the outer court from the Holy Place was via a curtained opening made up of 4 curtains supported by 5 pillars.

The structure was walled on the North, South and West sides by boards of specially selected Shittim wood, each overlaid with gold and measuring 10 cubits or l5 ft long, 1-1/2 cubits or 2 feet 3 inches wide and 1/2 cubit or 9 inches thick.

There were 20 boards or pillars on the south and north sides and 6 (plus 2 extra corner boards) on the west side. Each board was provided with 2 tenons on the lower end, each of which was seated into a silver socket.

Each of these 3 walls was formed by means of the boards being held together by bars that were made also of Shittim wood and gold covered. Four such bars visibly traversed the length of each wall, and the boards, or pillars, were attached to the bars by means of gold rings. There was also an invisible bar (Exod. 36:33) that was shot through the center of the pillars transversely. In addition, each pillar was held in an upright position by cords fastened to each and to tent pins of brass driven into the ground of the outer court (Exod. 38:20).