Article November 12, 1960 Issue

WORDS OF CURRENT INTEREST

[The words in this issue are related to the Lesson-Sermons in the Christian Science Quarterly designated to be read in Christian Science churches on November 20 and on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1960.]

Tabernacle (Lev. 26:11)

The Hebrew term mishkan means literally "dwelling place," being derived from shakan (to dwell), though it is often used in the Old Testament in the sense of "tabernacle" (tent), a natural metaphor in view of the nomadic wanderings of the Israelites.

Tirshatha (Neh. 8:9)

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