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202 were shown actual models of the temples and shrines they were instructed to build. The term Tavnit appears earlier in the Bible, in connection with the building of the portable Residence for Yahweh dur- ing the Exodus. It was when Moses went up Mount Sinai to meet the Lord, staying there forty days and forty nights, that "Yahweh spoke unto Moses" regarding the Mishkan (a term usually translated Tabernacle but that literally means a "Resi- dence"). After listing a variety of materials needed for the construction—to be obtained from the Israelites as voluntary contributions, not as imposed taxation as Gudea had done— Yahweh showed Moses a Tavnit of the Residence and a Tav- nit of the instruments thereof, saying (Exodus 25:8-9): And they shall make me a sanctuary, and I will reside in the midst of them. In accordance with all that I show thee— the Tavnit of the Mishkan and the Tavnit of all the instruments thereof— so shall ye make it. DIVINE ENCOUNTERS Detailed architectural measurements and instructions for Figures 64a, 64b, and 64c