Make for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of the other durable leather. The final two layers of the tabernacle covering are the most weatherproof: ram skins dyed red and fine leather (possibly dugong or badger hide). The red-dyed ram skin is the outermost visible covering — the face the tabernacle shows to the world is blood-red ram skin. The association between the red-dyed skin and the ram of atonement is unmistakable. The outer face of the tabernacle is the face of sacrifice. What the world sees when it looks at the dwelling place of God is the color of blood — the atonement that makes approach possible is written on the tabernacle's exterior.

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