Sermon Outline:

He tabernacled with His people (Exodus 27:9 – 21, ESV)

Review…

• Contributions for the Sanctuary (Exodus 25:1 – 9)
• The Tabernacle (Exodus 25:10 – 27:21)
  • The ark of the covenant: God’s presence is majestic and merciful (Exodus 25:10 – 22)
  • The table for the bread: God’s presence through provision (Exodus 25:23 – 30)
  • The golden lamp stand: God’s presence through light (Exodus 25:31 – 40)
  • The tabernacle structure: God’s presence among His people (Exodus 26:1 – 37)
  • The bronze altar: Entrance into God’s presence through a sacrifice (Exodus 27:1 – 8)

Tonight’s Study:

• • The court of the tabernacle: God’s presence guarded (Exodus 27:9 – 19)

⁹ “You shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side the court shall have hangings of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side. ¹⁰ Its twenty pillars and their twenty bases shall be of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. ¹¹ And likewise for its length on the north side there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, its pillars twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. ¹² And for the breadth of the court on the west side there shall be hangings for fifty cubits, with ten pillars and ten bases. ¹³ The breadth of the court on the front to the east shall be fifty cubits. ¹⁴ The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases. ¹⁵ On the other side the hangings shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases. ¹⁶ For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework. It shall have four pillars and with them four bases. ¹⁷ All the pillars around the court shall be filleted with silver. Their hooks shall be of silver, and their bases of bronze. ¹⁸ The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, the breadth fifty, and the height five cubits, with hangings of fine twined linen and bases of bronze. ¹⁹ All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.

• • The oil for the lamp: God’s presence with us (Exodus 27:20 – 21)

²⁰ “You shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may regularly be set up to burn. ²¹ In the tent of meeting, outside the veil that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the LORD. It shall be a statute forever to be observed throughout their generations by the people of Israel.

• He Dwelt Among Us