The
Tabernacle (,
mishkan, "residence" or "dwelling place"), according to the
Hebrew Bible, was the portable dwelling place for the
divine presence, from the time of the
Exodus from
Egypt through the conquering of the land of
Canaan. Built of gold, silver, brass, furs, jewels, and other valuable materials taken out of Egypt at God's orders, and according to specifications revealed by God (
Yahweh) to
Moses at
Mount Sinai, it was transported by the
Israelites on their journey through the wilderness and their conquest of the
Promised Land. The
First Temple in
Jerusalem superseded it as the dwelling-place of God some 300 years later.