Exodus 25:40
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See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
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So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.
The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you.
This is how the lampstand was constructed: it was made of hammered gold from its base to its blossoms, fashioned according to the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.
“All this,” said David, “all the details of this plan, the LORD has made clear to me in writing by His hand upon me.”
Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.