Tabernacle
Tabernacle Portable shrine used by the Hebrews for worship during their wanderings in Sinai. It was a rectangular tent covered with a curtain of goat's hair and a layer of animal skins and roofed with a ceiling of linen tapestry. Inside the Tabernacle, the space divided into two rooms: the outer room was the Holy Place, and the inner was the Holy of Holies, where God was believed to be present. The Holy of Holies contained the Ark of the Covenant, above which was a slab of gold believed to be the throne of God. After the Hebrews settled Canaan, there was no further need for the Tabernacle. Eventually its relics transferred to the Temple built by Solomon in Jerusalem. In the Christian Church, a tabernacle is a receptacle in which the Blessed Sacrament is reserved for the Eucharist, or a recess used for spiritual contemplation.
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