(τενάκλησις, tent of assembly.) The Septuagint almost constantly uses the phrase ἐκρυβόμενον τὸν παράγωγον, and in Kings viii., ἐκρυβόμενον τὸν παράγωγον. The Vulgate has tabernaculum federioris, tent of the covenant. With this rendering agrees Luther's Stiftshütte. The Chaldee and Syrian translators have אָרֶץ שְׁבוּתָיו, tent of festival. We may distinguish in the Old Testament three sacred tabernacles:—1, The Ante-Sinaitic, which was probably the dwelling of Moses, and was placed by the camp of the Israelites in the desert, for the transaction of public business. (Exodus xxxiii.) 2, The Ante-Sinaitic tabernacle, which had served for the transaction of public business probably from the beginning of the Exodus, was superseded by the Sinaitic: this was constructed by Beza-leel and Aholiab as a portable mansion-house, guild-hall, and cathedral, and set up on the first day of the first month in the second year after leaving Egypt. Of this alone we have accurate descriptions, and it is called the tabernacle par excellence. A detailed description of it will be found in Exodus xxv. to xxvii., and xxxv. to xxxvii. 3, The Davidic tabernacle was erected by David in Jerusalem for the reception of the ark (2 Sam. vi. 12), while the old tabernacle remained to the days of Solomon at Gibeon, together with the brazen altar, as the place where sacrifices were offered (1 Chron. xvi. 39, and 2 Chron. i. 3.)