Lexicon :: Strong's H168 - 'ōhel

Adah bore Jabal; he was the first[fn] of the nomadic herdsmen.

He drank some of the wine, became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent.

Let God extend Japheth;[fn]

let Japheth dwell in the tents of Shem;

let Canaan be Shem’s slave.

From there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. He built an altar to the LORD there, and he called on the name of the LORD.

He went by stages from the Negev to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been,

Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents.

The LORD appeared to Abraham at the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent during the heat of the day.

So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Knead three measures[fn] of fine flour and make bread.”[fn]

“Where is your wife Sarah? ” they asked him.

“There, in the tent,” he answered.

And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah to be his wife. Isaac loved her, and he was comforted after his mother’s death.

When the boys grew up, Esau became an expert hunter, an outdoorsman,[fn] but Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.[fn]

So he built an altar there, called on the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there. Isaac’s servants also dug a well there.

When Laban overtook Jacob, Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban and his relatives also pitched their tents in the hill country of Gilead.

So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, Leah’s tent, and the tents of the two concubines,[fn] but he found nothing. When he left Leah’s tent, he went into Rachel’s tent.

He purchased a section of the field where he had pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.[fn]

Israel set out again and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.[fn]

“This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Gather as much of it as each person needs to eat. You may take two quarts[fn] per individual, according to the number of people each of you has in his tent.’ ”

So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, bowed down, and then kissed him. They asked each other how they had been[fn] and went into the tent.

“You are to make curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; make eleven of these curtains.

“Join five of the curtains by themselves, and the other six curtains by themselves. Then fold the sixth curtain double at the front of the tent.

“Make fifty bronze clasps; put the clasps through the loops and join the tent together so that it is a single unit.

“For the entrance to the tent you are to make a screen embroidered[fn] with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.

“In the tent of meeting outside the curtain that is in front of the testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamp from evening until morning before the LORD. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites throughout their generations.

“These must be worn by Aaron and his sons whenever they enter the tent of meeting or approach the altar to minister in the sanctuary area, so that they do not incur guilt and die. This is to be a permanent statute for Aaron and for his future descendants.

“Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting and wash them with water.

“You are to bring the bull to the front of the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons must lay their hands on the bull’s head.

“Any priest who is one of his sons and who succeeds him and enters the tent of meeting to minister in the sanctuary must wear them for seven days.

“Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that is in the basket at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

“This will be a regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance to the tent of meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you[fn] to speak with you.

“I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar; I will also consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests.

“Take the atonement price[fn] from the Israelites and use it for the service of the tent of meeting. It will serve as a reminder for the Israelites before the LORD to atone for your lives.”

“Make a bronze basin for washing and a bronze stand for it. Set it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

“Whenever they enter the tent of meeting or approach the altar to minister by burning a food offering to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they will not die.

“With it you are to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony,

“Grind some of it into a fine powder and put some in front of the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. It must be especially holy to you.

“the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony, the mercy seat that is on top of it, and all the other furnishings of the tent ​— ​

Now Moses took a tent and pitched it outside the camp, at a distance from the camp; he called it the tent of meeting. Anyone who wanted to consult the LORD would go to the tent of meeting that was outside the camp.

“the tabernacle ​— ​its tent and covering, its clasps and supports, its crossbars, its pillars and bases;

Everyone whose heart was moved and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the tent of meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments.