These are the offerings you are to receive from them: gold, silver and bronze. The materials list begins with the precious metals. Gold — for the holiest furniture and overlays; silver — for the structural bases and fittings; bronze — for the outer altar and courtyard fixtures. The gradation from gold in the innermost sanctuary to bronze in the outer courtyard corresponds to the gradation of holiness from the Most Holy Place outward. Revelation 21:18–21 describes the new Jerusalem as pure gold, with foundations of precious stones — the material vocabulary of the tabernacle reaches into the eschatological vision. What is used for the temporary dwelling of God in the wilderness is the same vocabulary used for God's permanent dwelling with humanity at the end of history.

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