Bible Explorer · Event · c. 1445 BC

The Tabernacle is Erected and Filled with the Glory Cloud

On the first day of the first month of the second year after the Exodus, Moses erects the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown on the mountain, anoints its holy furniture, and sets up the courtyard; the cloud of the LORD covers the tent of meeting and the radiant glory of the LORD fills the sanctuary.

Chronology and Dating

Date: c. 1445 BC · Note: Marks the formal inauguration of corporate sanctuary worship in Israel exactly one year after the Exodus.

Scripture References

Exodus 40:1-38

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