The structure of the Tabernacle Sanctuary building was made from wooden Boards overlaid with gold. There were two rooms:

1. the first room, on the East side (right), was called the Holy Place; the priests would enter the Sanctuary via the Entrance Door curtain on the East side (far right); the room contained:
   
   1. the Showbread Table (inside at top),
   2. the Lampstand (inside at bottom)
   3. the Golden Incense Altar (middle);
   the Veil (middle, left of centre) separated the Holy Place from the inner room

2. the inner room, to the West (left), was called the Holy of Holies, where only one man (the High Priest) once per year was permitted entry; this was where God's presence and glory resided over the Ark of the Covenant.

Almost nothing of the gold-covered Boards was ever visible from the Outer Court, because there were four large coverings over the Sanctuary:

a thick outer covering, a red covering, a grey covering and an embroidered covering.

Click one of the above buttons to see details of these coverings.

Page authored by Martyn Barrow.
Photographs are © Copyright 1995 and may not be copied without permission.

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