The Tabernacle Bible — KJV Bible Study Guide
A free 10-lesson Bible study guide on the tabernacle bible, drawn entirely from the King James Version. Each lesson opens with a study question, gives the verse reference, and offers a short teaching note. Use it for personal devotions, a small group, or a Sunday school class.
The 10 lessons
Lesson 1 · Exodus 26:1 (KJV)
What materials were the tabernacle curtains made of?
Answer: Fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet
Study note. Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet.
Lesson 2 · Exodus 26:14 (KJV)
What covered the tabernacle on the outside?
Answer: Badgers' skins / ram skins dyed red and goats' hair
Study note. And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers' skins.
Lesson 3 · Exodus 26:33 (KJV)
What stood in the most holy place?
Answer: The ark of the covenant
Study note. And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
Lesson 4 · Hebrews 9:4 (KJV)
What was kept inside the ark of the covenant?
Answer: The tables of testimony / covenant, a golden pot of manna, and Aaron's rod
Study note. The ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant.
Lesson 5 · Exodus 25:17 (KJV)
What was on top of the ark?
Answer: The mercy seat with cherubim
Study note. And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold.
Lesson 6 · Exodus 26:35 (KJV)
What three pieces of furniture were in the holy place?
Answer: The candlestick, the table of shewbread, and the altar of incense
Study note. And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.
Lesson 7 · Exodus 30:18 (KJV)
What was the bronze laver used for?
Answer: Washing of hands and feet
Study note. Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat.
Lesson 8 · Hebrews 9:7 (KJV)
Who could enter the most holy place?
Answer: The high priest alone, once a year
Study note. But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people.
Lesson 9 · Hebrews 9:11 (KJV)
What does Hebrews 9:11 say Christ entered?
Answer: The greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands
Study note. But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building.
Lesson 10 · Hebrews 8:5 (KJV)
What did the tabernacle's structure foreshadow?
Answer: Heavenly things and the person and work of Christ
Study note. Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
Key verses to memorize
The passages this study returns to most often — pick one or two and commit them to memory this week.
Discussion questions
- Which lesson in this study surprised you the most, and why?
- How does the tabernacle bible point us to Jesus Christ and the gospel?
- Pick one verse from the key passages above. How does it shape the way you will pray, read, or live this week?
- Who in your life could you share one of these truths with in the next seven days?