Put up the surrounding enclosure and hang the curtain at its entrance.

"For the Tent of my presence make an enclosure out of fine linen curtains. On the south side the curtains are to be 50 yards long,

Do the same on the north side of the enclosure.

On the east side, where the entrance is, the enclosure is also to be 25 yards wide.

(SEE 27:14)

Instead, put the Levites in charge of the Tent of my presence and all its equipment. They shall carry it and its equipment, serve in it, and set up their camp around it.

Jesus knew what they were saying, so he asked them, "Why are you discussing among yourselves about not having any bread? What little faith you have!

Christ is like a single body, which has many parts; it is still one body, even though it is made up of different parts.

In the church God has put all in place: in the first place apostles, in the second place prophets, and in the third place teachers; then those who perform miracles, followed by those who are given the power to heal or to help others or to direct them or to speak in strange tongues.

It was he who "gave gifts to people"; he appointed some to be apostles, others to be prophets, others to be evangelists, others to be pastors and teachers.

And so we shall all come together to that oneness in our faith and in our knowledge of the Son of God; we shall become mature people, reaching to the very height of Christ's full stature.

This is how those things have been arranged. The priests go into the outer tent every day to perform their duties,

but only the high priest goes into the inner tent, and he does so only once a year. He takes with him blood which he offers to God on behalf of himself and for the sins which the people have committed without knowing they were sinning.

I am the gate. Those who come in by me will be saved; they will come in and go out and find pasture.

Jesus answered him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one goes to the Father except by me.

It is through Christ that all of us, Jews and Gentiles, are able to come in the one Spirit into the presence of the Father.

Let us, then, hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we have a great High Priest who has gone into the very presence of God---Jesus, the Son of God.

Let us have confidence, then, and approach God's throne, where there is grace. There we will receive mercy and find grace to help us just when we need it.

All the work on the Tent of the LORD's presence was finally completed. The Israelites made everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

So King Solomon finished building the Temple. He put in a ceiling made of beams and boards of cedar.

He said, "Zerubbabel has laid the foundation of the Temple, and he will finish the building. When this happens, my people will know that it is I who sent you to them.

"My food," Jesus said to them, "is to obey the will of the one who sent me and to finish the work he gave me to do.

I have shown your glory on earth; I have finished the work you gave me to do.

I have done my best in the race, I have run the full distance, and I have kept the faith.

He was faithful to God, who chose him to do this work, just as Moses was faithful in his work in God's house.

Every house, of course, is built by someone---and God is the one who has built all things.