The Tabernacle included seven items: the Brazen Altar; the Brazen Laver; the Table of Shewbread; the Candle-Stand; the Altar of Incense; The Ark of the Covenant; and the Mercy Seat.
The High Priest wore seven articles to minister within the Tabernacle: undergarments (Ex. 28:42-43); a white tunic (Ex. 28:39; 39:27); a blue robe over that, with bells and pomegranates on the hem (Ex. 28:31-35; 39:22-26); a sleeveless ephod embroidered with gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, held together by a clasp on the shoulder (Ex. 28:6-8; 39:2-7); a decorative girdle for the ephod (Ex. 28:8); the breastplate (Ex. 28:9-30; 39:8-21); and a turban with a golden plate attached to it with the inscription “Holiness to the Lord” (Ex. 28:36; 39:30-31).
Throughout Scripture the number seven refers to completion. Here’s what happened when Israel finished and erected the Tabernacle: “Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle” (Ex. 40:34). God’s glory filled the house once Moses and Israel did all that the Lord told them to do. Complete obedience produces God’s Spirit filling the Tabernacle.
Furthermore, the Tabernacle typified New Testament salvation. The sacrificial death at the Brazen Altar points to repentance and dying out to sin (Rom. 6:2). Washing at the Brazen Laver represents baptism and the washing away of sins (Acts 2:38; 22:16; 1 Cor. 6:11; Eph. 5:26). God’s glory filling the Tabernacle signifies a believer being filled with the Holy Ghost (Acts 2:4,38; Eph. 5:18).
Beloved, you are the temple of the Holy Ghost (1 Cor. 6:19), be like Moses, and accomplish everything according to the plan (Ex. 39:32;42; 40:16).