exodus 26 and 27

Read Exodus 26 and 27 at Bible Gateway.

Hebrew paragraph divisions:

Exo 26:1-14 {p} The pattern for the curtains and coverings of the Tabernacle
Exo 26:15-30 {s} The pattern for the frame of the Tabernacle
Exo 26:31-37 {s} The pattern for the veil + placement of ark, table, lampstand + screen
Exo 27:1-8 {s} The pattern for the altar
Exo 27:9-19 {s} The pattern for the outer court
Exo 27:20-21 {s} Oil for the lampstand + tending of the lampstand’s light

Chiastic structure:

1a) Exo 26:31-33, The veil that separates the Most Holy Place;

1b) Exo 26:34-37 {s} The design of the Most Holy and Holy Place + its screen + its pillars, hooks, and sockets;

central axis) Exo 27:1-8 {s} The pattern for the altar;

2b) Exo 27:9-19 {s} The design of the outer court + its screen + its pillars, hooks, and sockets;

2a) Exo 27:20-21 {s} The veil which is before the Testimony;

1a) Exo 27:20a, And you shall command the children of Israel;
1b) Exo 27:20b, That they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually;
central axis) Exo 27:21a, In the tabernacle of meeting, outside the veil which is before the Testimony;
2b) Exo 27:21b, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening until morning before the Lord;
2a) Exo 27:21c, It shall be a statute forever to their generations on behalf of the children of Israel.

Consider this: the tabernacle is the form. The presence of God is the life that fills the form. In the middle, we have the priesthood – Aaron and his sons – tending the altar (the central axis). They tend the menorah, the altar, and the incense, day and night, so that the fire on the altar does not go out, the light of the menorah does not go out, and bread does not cease from before the Lord, the incense does not cease from going up before the Lord. They tend. Who else tends in Scripture? Adam. God made the earth, land, seas, and space – a lifeless form. Then He filled each of those forms with life. The sun and stars filled the space. The fish filled the seas, the birds filled the air, and the creatures filled the land. And then He put man in the Garden, to tend and keep it.

Now consider that in Messiah Yeshua,

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 1 Pet 2:9

In Messiah Yeshua, the original purpose of man is restored. He are in Him a royal priesthood, and as priests, we are to tend, just as Aaron and his sons were to tend. Tend what? Ah that is what we are learning, and what the related links below hope to answer.

For further reading:
exodus 27, the pattern and copy of heavenly things
The Tabernacle (Introduction) – Brad Scott
To read the entire series on the Tabernacle, which I recommend, please go to this table of contents page, scroll down to Tabernacle, and read each successive teaching.
Full size replica of the wilderness tabernacle constructed at Eliat, Israel