출애굽기 Chapter 37

Translation: ESV

1

Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half was its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.

Key Message

The ark as the symbol of God's presence is the center of the tabernacle, and God being with his people is the core of worship.

▸The construction of the ark (the ark of the covenant) is recorded first.

The construction of the ark (the ark of the covenant) is recorded first. The ark is the most central furnishing of the tabernacle—the symbol of God's presence and the repository of the covenant. That Bezalel himself made the ark shows that the most important work in tabernacle construction was entrusted to the most skilled craftsman.

Related Verses

Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple.
6

He also made the mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.

Key Message

The mercy seat is the place where God's justice and mercy meet, prefiguring the atonement accomplished on the cross of Christ.

▸The mercy seat (kapporet) is the lid covering the ark, the place where the high priest sprinkles blood on the Day of Atonement.

10

He also made the table of acacia wood. Two cubits was its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.

Key Message

God always has provision prepared for his people, and Christ becomes the bread of life for us.

▸The table for the bread of the Presence is a piece of furniture placed in the Holy Place, with twelve loaves of bread always arranged on it (Lev.

17

He also made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work. Its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers were of one piece with it.

Key Message

The lampstand symbolizes God's light, and that light prefigures Christ who illuminates the darkness of the world.

▸The menorah (seven-branched lampstand) is the source of light in the Holy Place—a beautiful work of art hammered from pure gold.