They also made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of the other durable leather. The two outermost coverings — ram skins dyed red and fine leather — are constructed exactly as Exodus 26:14 specified. The blood-red exterior of the tabernacle is the face the wilderness shows to the camp: the dwelling place of God is covered with the color of sacrifice. The layers that cover the sanctuary communicate the theology of approach: the deeper you go, the more precious the material; the outer face is sacrifice and durability.

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