Tabernacle

The Tabernacle at Gibeon is still functioning as a separate worship site alongside the tent David pitched — David assigns Zadok and his priests there for morning and evening burnt offerings.

The Tabernacle is referenced here as the sacred structure Bezalel was divinely gifted to build — Israel's portable worship center in the wilderness, representing the point where God's presence dwelled among His people.

The Tabernacle at Gibeon represents the established worship structure David can't access due to his fear of the angel's sword — its inaccessibility here effectively redirects Israel's worship center to the threshing floor.

The Tabernacle is referenced here as the portable worship structure the Levites spent generations carrying through the wilderness — the era now officially ending as a permanent Temple takes its place.

The Tabernacle is mentioned here as the portable worship structure the Levites maintained — the physical infrastructure of Israel's relationship with God before the Temple was built.

The Tabernacle is referenced here because Nob is where its priests are stationed, making David's arrival at this sacred outpost — and his lie within it — spiritually charged territory.

The Tabernacle is notably absent here — the text implies no proper worship infrastructure exists, which makes the Ark sitting in a private home feel even more like a picture of national spiritual disorder.

The Tabernacle is invoked to contrast the old system of limited, place-based access to God's presence with the new reality: God now dwelling inside every individual believer without restriction.

The Tabernacle is mentioned as a completed milestone — by the time God gave the order to march, Israel had already built it, meaning the delay in entering Canaan was about obedience, not unfinished preparation.

The Tabernacle is introduced here as God's surprising solution — not a fixed monument, but a portable tent set at the center of the Israelite camp so God can live among His people.

The Tabernacle is introduced here as the subject of God's entire architectural blueprint — the portable dwelling where his presence would physically live among Israel in the wilderness.

The Tabernacle is the structure whose interior has already been designed; this chapter now turns to everything surrounding it — the altar out front and the courtyard walls enclosing the whole complex.

The Tabernacle is the context for everything in this chapter — God has just finished its architectural blueprints and now turns to the people who will serve inside it, showing that the structure and its ministers are inseparable.

The Tabernacle is the sacred tent whose construction God has just finished specifying — the reason this chapter exists is that a completed structure requires consecrated people prepared to serve in it.