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On The Tabernacle And Temple
latcd from the time of the Israelites leaving Egypt ( Ex . xl . 17 ); and Josephus says on the new moon . The architects , or builders , or superintendents , of the erection of the Tabernacle , and . making of the things , were Bczaleel , the son of Uri , the son of Hur , of the tribe of Judahand Aholiabthe son of Ahisamachof the tribe of
, , , Dan ( see Ex . xxxv . 30 , 34 ; and xxxvi . 1 , 2 ); and Bezaleel seems to have attended to all the wood and metal work , and Aholiab to the veils , linen , and garments , and ornamental working with needle , & c . ( see Ex . xxxvii . ancl xxxviii ); and Josephus agrees herewith , and calls them craftsmenand says Bezaleel was most approved ofand
, , Moses distinguished them . The silver of those numbered of the congregation are mentioned in Ex . xxxviii . 25 . Josephus says they were only the Free bom , from twenty to fifty years of age ; and he also says , three lamps were constantly burning of a day in the sacred candlesticksin reverence to the Omnipotent Power .
, Having thus gone through the Tabernacle , let us proceed with the Temple in a similar manner . It was erected 478 years after the making of the Tabernacle , and in the reign of King Solomon ; and was evidently formed
on the same principle , viz . ; its breadth being one-third its length ( see 2 Chron . iii . 3 ); although both dimensions are doubled , they were—length , after first measure , 60 cubits ; breadth , after first measure , 20 cubits ; hei ght differed ; being 30 cubits ( see 1 Kings vi . 2 ) , which is half the length , instead of a third , as in the Tabernacle . Josephus differs
as to the height , and says it was 60 cubits ; in other respects he agrees . These proportions of length and breadth agree with the Tabernacle , and are geometrically obtained in the same manner , by merely doubling the size of the circle , ancl , consequently , need no repetition of illustration .
The Temple , like the Tabernacle , was also divided into two parts , —the one , called the Most Holy house , or oracle , containing , in length , 20 cubits ; in breadth , 20 cubits ; in height , 20 cubits ( see 1 Kings vi . 20 ; 2 Chron . iii . 8 ; and Ezek . xii . 4 ); thus , the Holy of Holies also corresponded with that of the Tabernaclein being " four-square" and
, , one-third of the Temple in length , as it was of the Tabernacle ; and the remaining 40 cubits is the double square again , and was called the Temple ( sec 1 Kings vi . 17 ) ; and Josephus corresponds with this , for he says the Temple was VOL . II . V .
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On The Tabernacle And Temple
latcd from the time of the Israelites leaving Egypt ( Ex . xl . 17 ); and Josephus says on the new moon . The architects , or builders , or superintendents , of the erection of the Tabernacle , and . making of the things , were Bczaleel , the son of Uri , the son of Hur , of the tribe of Judahand Aholiabthe son of Ahisamachof the tribe of
, , , Dan ( see Ex . xxxv . 30 , 34 ; and xxxvi . 1 , 2 ); and Bezaleel seems to have attended to all the wood and metal work , and Aholiab to the veils , linen , and garments , and ornamental working with needle , & c . ( see Ex . xxxvii . ancl xxxviii ); and Josephus agrees herewith , and calls them craftsmenand says Bezaleel was most approved ofand
, , Moses distinguished them . The silver of those numbered of the congregation are mentioned in Ex . xxxviii . 25 . Josephus says they were only the Free bom , from twenty to fifty years of age ; and he also says , three lamps were constantly burning of a day in the sacred candlesticksin reverence to the Omnipotent Power .
, Having thus gone through the Tabernacle , let us proceed with the Temple in a similar manner . It was erected 478 years after the making of the Tabernacle , and in the reign of King Solomon ; and was evidently formed
on the same principle , viz . ; its breadth being one-third its length ( see 2 Chron . iii . 3 ); although both dimensions are doubled , they were—length , after first measure , 60 cubits ; breadth , after first measure , 20 cubits ; hei ght differed ; being 30 cubits ( see 1 Kings vi . 2 ) , which is half the length , instead of a third , as in the Tabernacle . Josephus differs
as to the height , and says it was 60 cubits ; in other respects he agrees . These proportions of length and breadth agree with the Tabernacle , and are geometrically obtained in the same manner , by merely doubling the size of the circle , ancl , consequently , need no repetition of illustration .
The Temple , like the Tabernacle , was also divided into two parts , —the one , called the Most Holy house , or oracle , containing , in length , 20 cubits ; in breadth , 20 cubits ; in height , 20 cubits ( see 1 Kings vi . 20 ; 2 Chron . iii . 8 ; and Ezek . xii . 4 ); thus , the Holy of Holies also corresponded with that of the Tabernaclein being " four-square" and
, , one-third of the Temple in length , as it was of the Tabernacle ; and the remaining 40 cubits is the double square again , and was called the Temple ( sec 1 Kings vi . 17 ) ; and Josephus corresponds with this , for he says the Temple was VOL . II . V .