Objects — T

table

Moses puts the table inside the Tent of Meeting, on the north side of the Dwelling, outside the curtain, and arranges the loaves before Yahweh.

tamarisk

Abraham planted a tamarisk at Beersheba after swearing the covenant oath.

tambourine

Tambourines appear in Laban's lament; after the sea crossing Miriam takes up a tambourine and the women follow her dancing.

tent

Moses spreads the tent over the Dwelling and the covering for the tent over that, as Yahweh ordered.

Tent of Meeting

Moses erects the Tent of Meeting, places its furnishings, and brings Aaron to its entrance. The cloud covers the Tent and the glory of Yahweh fills the Dwelling so Moses cannot enter.

tenth

Abram gave a tenth to Melchizedek; Jacob vows to pay a tenth of everything God gives him at Bethel.

Testimony

Moses takes the Testimony and puts it in the ark, then sets the mercy-seat on top.

thigh

The thigh appears in Abraham's and Jacob's oath rituals, and in the hip-socket strike during Jacob's wrestling at Peniel.

thorn-bushes

If a fire breaks out, setting light to thorn bushes and burning stacks, standing corn or the field, the person who started the fire makes full restitution.

Thummim

Placed with the Urim in the breastplate of judgement, on Aaron's heart when he enters Yahweh's presence, so that he bears Israel's judgement always.

thunder

Thunder accompanies the hail plague in Egypt and, after the Ten Words, peals of thunder terrify the people with lightning, trumpet and the smoking mountain.

tomb

Tombs appear in Abraham's burial negotiations and when Jacob asks burial in his ancestral tomb; in Genesis 50 Joseph cites Jacob's oath to be buried in the tomb he dug in Canaan.

topaz

A precious stone in the first row of the breastplate of judgement, with sard and emerald.

torch

A flaming torch appears with a smoking firepot in Abram's covenant vision.

tower

The tower in Genesis 11 was built as part of Babel, with its top intended to reach heaven.

tree-of-knowledge

The tree of the knowledge of good and evil is the forbidden tree in Eden.

tree-of-life

The tree of life stands in Eden and is later guarded after humanity's expulsion.

trees

Trees within the Machpelah field are included in Abraham's purchase; at Elim there are seventy palm trees beside twelve springs where Israel camps.

trough

Troughs are where animals drink; Rebekah empties her pitcher into one, Jacob places peeled shoots in them, and in Exodus 2 Reuel's daughters fill troughs to water their father's flock.

trumpet

A very loud trumpet blast sounds at Sinai as Yahweh descends; after the Ten Words the people see the trumpet blasting with thunder, lightning and smoke, and keep their distance.

tunic

Moses dresses Aaron's sons in tunics and anoints them as he anointed their father, for an everlasting priesthood.

tunic-of-skins

Skin garments appear after the fall and again when Rebekah covers Jacob's smooth skin with kids' skins to deceive Isaac.

turban

They make the turban of fine linen for Aaron. The gold flower engraved 'Consecrated to Yahweh' is fastened high up on it with a violet-purple cord.

turtledove

A turtledove is one of the birds brought by Abram for the covenant ritual.