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On The Tabernacle And Temple
Wc do not find that Scripture mentions how these tables were written , but Josephus says they reposed in the Ark , and the ten commandments were written , five on each table , but two and a half of a side .
The size of the Ark is mentioned in Ex . xxv . 10 , and xxxvii . 1 , as follows : —length , 2 £ cubits ; breadth , 1 | cubits ; height , 11 cubits ; which , in English measure , according to our previous calculations , would give a length of about 3 feet 9 inches , by a breadth and height of about 2 feet 3 inches .
Above the Ark was the Mercy Seat , of the same length and breadth , ancl of pure gold ( see Ex . xxv . 17 and 20 ; xxxvii , 0 ; and xl . 20 ); and , as no height or thickness of the Seat is mentioned , no doubt it fitted flat , and did not increase the height of the Ark . Whether these dimensions of the Ark have any relation
to any geometrical figure , we have not been able to discover—we should think they have ; perhaps some of our readers may explain them . In Ex . xxv . 18 , 19 , and 20 , and xxxvii . 7 , 8 , and 9 , are the descriptions of the two Cherubims on the Mercy Seat , one at each endstretching forth their wings on hih
, g , covering the Seat with them , and their faces looking one to another ; and that they were fastened on the Mercy Seat wc think is evident from Ex . xl . 20 , which describes the putting on of the Seat on the Ark , but says nothing of the Cherubs , which it necessarily would not , if they composed part of tho Seatas the one act put on both .
, Josephus corresponds with Scripture in his description of the Ark , except that he gives it in spans , but the result is the same ; and does not mention the Mercy Seat , but says , upon its cover it had two effigies , called Cherubes . We have the double cube again in the Altar of Incense , which stood before the veil that is by the Ark of the
Testimony ( see Ex . xxx . 2 ; and xxxvii . 25 ) , where it is described ; in length , 1 cubit ; in breadth , 1 cubit ; in height , 2 cubits ; and , its length and breadth being equal , is called " four-square . " Josephus also agrees in this description .
Aaron ' s breast-plate is also called " four-square , " being a span in length , and a span in breadth ( see Ex . xxvii . 16 , and xxxix . 9 ) . Tho Tabernacle was reared thc first day of thc first month of the second year : .. c , the New Year ' s day calcu-
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On The Tabernacle And Temple
Wc do not find that Scripture mentions how these tables were written , but Josephus says they reposed in the Ark , and the ten commandments were written , five on each table , but two and a half of a side .
The size of the Ark is mentioned in Ex . xxv . 10 , and xxxvii . 1 , as follows : —length , 2 £ cubits ; breadth , 1 | cubits ; height , 11 cubits ; which , in English measure , according to our previous calculations , would give a length of about 3 feet 9 inches , by a breadth and height of about 2 feet 3 inches .
Above the Ark was the Mercy Seat , of the same length and breadth , ancl of pure gold ( see Ex . xxv . 17 and 20 ; xxxvii , 0 ; and xl . 20 ); and , as no height or thickness of the Seat is mentioned , no doubt it fitted flat , and did not increase the height of the Ark . Whether these dimensions of the Ark have any relation
to any geometrical figure , we have not been able to discover—we should think they have ; perhaps some of our readers may explain them . In Ex . xxv . 18 , 19 , and 20 , and xxxvii . 7 , 8 , and 9 , are the descriptions of the two Cherubims on the Mercy Seat , one at each endstretching forth their wings on hih
, g , covering the Seat with them , and their faces looking one to another ; and that they were fastened on the Mercy Seat wc think is evident from Ex . xl . 20 , which describes the putting on of the Seat on the Ark , but says nothing of the Cherubs , which it necessarily would not , if they composed part of tho Seatas the one act put on both .
, Josephus corresponds with Scripture in his description of the Ark , except that he gives it in spans , but the result is the same ; and does not mention the Mercy Seat , but says , upon its cover it had two effigies , called Cherubes . We have the double cube again in the Altar of Incense , which stood before the veil that is by the Ark of the
Testimony ( see Ex . xxx . 2 ; and xxxvii . 25 ) , where it is described ; in length , 1 cubit ; in breadth , 1 cubit ; in height , 2 cubits ; and , its length and breadth being equal , is called " four-square . " Josephus also agrees in this description .
Aaron ' s breast-plate is also called " four-square , " being a span in length , and a span in breadth ( see Ex . xxvii . 16 , and xxxix . 9 ) . Tho Tabernacle was reared thc first day of thc first month of the second year : .. c , the New Year ' s day calcu-