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Preferred term

Tabernacle  

Definition

  • Refers to the portable shrine, used for worship, erected by the Israelites in the wilderness; it housed the Ark of the Covenant and was where Moses met with God; it was dismantled and carried with them when they moved to a new location, where it would be reassembled; when they entered Canaan, it became a permanent fixture at Shiloh

Entry terms

  • Abode of the Testimony
  • Mishkan ha- 'Edut
  • Ohel ha- 'Edut
  • Tabernacle of Moses
  • Tent of meeting
  • Tent of the Testimony

Notation

  • 116829

In other languages

  • French

  • Mishkan ha- 'Edut
  • Ohel ha- 'Edut
  • Tente du témoignage

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-M484VVCD-J

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