tabernacle in the Bible

tabernacle in the Bible
   This word (from the Latin tabernaculum, meaning "tent," especially a tent used for religious purposes) refers, in the Old Testament, to the portable tent that was used as a sanctuary for the ark of the Covenant during the Chosen People's migration in the desert and before the building of the Temple in Jerusalem.

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