Quotes about Construction
Genesis 1 and 2 are about the construction of a temple, namely, the heaven-and-earth creation in which God wants to dwell, with humans as the 'image' in the temple.
- NT Wright
And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.
- Genesis 6:15
You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.
- Genesis 6:16
And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
- Genesis 11:3
“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
- Genesis 11:4
Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.
- Exodus 20:25
ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;
- Exodus 25:5
You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you.
- Exodus 25:9
And they are to construct an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
- Exodus 25:10
And make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
- Exodus 25:13
And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
- Exodus 25:17
You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
- Exodus 25:23