The Lord said to Moses. The seven-chapter tabernacle instruction section begins with the most basic assertion: God spoke. The instructions for the tabernacle are divine speech, not human religious invention. Moses receives these instructions during the forty days on the mountain (Exodus 24:18), and they represent the most detailed divine communication in the Torah. The tabernacle is God's idea, built to God's specifications, for God's purpose. Hebrews 8:5 says the tabernacle was a copy and shadow of what is in heaven — the instructions given here are the earthly transcription of a heavenly reality. The divine origin of the tabernacle design is the basis of its theological significance.

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