II Chronicles 1:3 - "...for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness."
I totally missed this the first time through, but finally realized that Moses built the tabernacle during the wilderness wandering, which took place from about 1450-1410 B.C. Here in II Chronicles Solomon is going to build a temple to replace the tabernacle. Solomon began his reign in 971 B.C., making the tabernacle nearly five hundred years old and still in use. Not bad for what was essentially a large tent, designed to be disassembled and transported repeatedly.
They sure don't make them like they used to.
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