ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Tokonaki Ma’asi 20, 2021

The Tabernacle

Ko e Tāpanekale 

'Ekisoto 26 (Exodus 26)

(v. 1) “Moreover, you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns; you shall make them with cherubim skillfully worked into them.

(v. 1) PEA te ke ngaohi ‘a e Tāpanekale ‘aki ‘a e tupenu ‘e hongofulu; ‘a ia te ke ngaohi ‘aki ‘a e vavae hinehina kuo filo, pea ‘ai fakataha mo e lanu langi mo e kula-po‘upo‘uli mo e kula-‘aho‘aho, ke hā ai ha ngaahi selupimi: ko e fai ‘e he tangata lalanga.

*Commentary:  The Reformation Study Bible*

The tabernacle itself, which houses the Holy and Most Holy Places, is forty-five feet long, fifteen feet wide, and fifteen feet high. It is covered with ten curtains woven of expensive fabrics adorned with cherubim. Two sets of five curtains, forty-two feet long by six feet wide, each of fine linen, are connected so as to provide a continuous piece measuring forty-two feet by sixty feet. This is then draped over the wooden framework. This inner covering ends one cubit (18 inches) short of the ground on either side (vv. 1-6).

*Tohi Vete:  Tohitapu Ako ‘a e Fakalelei Lotu´*

Ko e Tapanekale, ko e fale ia ‘o e potu toputapu.  Na’e fute ‘e 45 ‘a hono loloa, fute 15 ‘a hono maokupu´, pea fute ‘e 15 ‘a hono ma’olunga.  Na’e ‘ufi’ufi’aki ‘aki ha puipui ‘e hongofulu na’e lalanga’aki ha ngaahi tupenu mahu’inga fau ‘o tui ki ai ‘a e ‘imisi ‘o e selupimi.  Ko e seti puipui ‘e ua taki nima, fute ‘e 42 hono loloa pea fute ‘e ono ‘a hono falahi.  Ko e tupenu mahu’inga, pea na’e tui ke nau fehokotaki mo fe’unga hono loloa mo e fute ‘e 42 pea fute ‘e 6 ‘a hono falahi.  Ko e tupenu ‘eni na’e kofu ‘aki ‘a e papa ‘o e tapanekale.  Na’e ‘alu hifo ‘a e tupenu ‘o tautau pe ‘i ha ‘inisi ‘e 18 mei he kelekele´.