# mishkan (מִשְׁכָּן)

pronounced: mish-KAN


**Dwelling place — the Tabernacle where God dwelt among Israel**

## In Scripture

> According to all that I show you, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all of its furniture, even so you shall make it.
> — Exodus 25:9 (The first instruction for building the mishkan)

> “Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim. The work of the skillful workman you shall make them.
> — Exodus 26:1 (The mishkan is constructed as a skilled, ordered dwelling for God’s presence.)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/mishkan/