Exodus 25:9

You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — God speaks to Moses at Sinai immediately after commanding the construction of a sanctuary for His presence.

The words — תַּבְנִית (tavnit) means "pattern" or "form," and מַרְאֶה (mareh) denotes the "vision" or "showing" God provides.

The thread — The command to follow a divine blueprint recurs in Exodus 25:40, Hebrews 8:5, and Acts 7:44.

Why it lands — The text requires exact compliance with a revealed design rather than human innovation.

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The Hebrew words

כְּכֹ֗לke./Kholaccording to/ all אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.Sherthat אֲנִי֙'a.NiI מַרְאֶ֣הmar.'Eh[am] about to show אוֹתְךָ֔'ot./Kha<obj.>/ you אֵ֚ת'et<obj.>תַּבְנִ֣יתtav.Nit[the] pattern of הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ןha./mish.Kanthe/ tabernacle וְאֵ֖תve./'Etand/ <obj.>תַּבְנִ֣יתtav.Nit[the] pattern of כָּל־kol-all כֵּלָ֑יוke.La/varticles/ its וְכֵ֖ןve./Khen<and>/ thus תַּעֲשֽׂוּ׃ סta.'a.Suyou will make [it]

King James Version

According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.

Cross-references

Exodus 25:40 See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
Hebrews 8:5 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.”
Acts 7:44 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.
Hebrews 9:9 It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.
1 Chronicles 28:11 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.