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On The Tabernacle And Temple
divided into two parts ; the inner One , called Adyt , or Holy of Holies , 20 cubits square ; the outer one , called Sanctuary , 40 cubits square . Scripture says , within the Oracle were two cherubims made of olive tree , each 10 cubits high , alike in height ; and 5 cubits were the one wing , and 5 cubits the other wing , to each ( see 1 Kings vi . 23 , 24 ; and 2 Chron . iii . 11—13 ); and they stood on their feet , with their faces inward .
Josephus agrees in this , except he says they were only each 5 cubits hi gh , and that one of the wings of one touched the southern , and one of the wings of the other the northern wall , and their other wings met one another , and covered the Ark . Thus , these cherubims were much larger than those on the Ark , and placed rather differentl
y . The Temple differed from the Tabernacle , in being , exteriorly , more ornamented ; and , in 1 Kings vii . 13—22 , it is said , Hiram , a native of Tyre , but , on his mother ' s side , of the tribe of Napthali , and who was filled with wisdom and understandingand cunning to work in all works
, of brass , cast two pillars of brass , which were set up in the porch of _ the Temple—18 cubits high a-piece ; 12 cubits each in circumference ; and two chapiters , 5 cubits each in hei ght , to put on top , and nets of checker work , and wreaths of chain-work for the chapiters , seven for one chapiter and seven for the other , and two rows of pomegranates on each
net-work , and lily-work of 4 cubits on the chapiters ; and the pomegranates were above , over against the belly of the chapiters , which was b y the net-work , and 200 in rows , and the right pillar was called Jachin , and the left Boaz , and the top of the pillars was lily-work . And in 2 Chron . iii . 15—17 , the pillars are described as
before the house , 35 cubits high , and the chapiter on each 5 cubits high , and chains , as in the Oracle , and put them on the heads of the pillars , and a hundred pomegranates , and put them on the chains , and named as in Kings . Josephus agrees with Scripture except he says the pillars were four fingers in thickness 18 cubits hihand 18 in
, g , circumference ; chapiters 5 cubits hi gh , in the form of lilies on the pillars , surrounded with net-work , adorned with leaves of brass to cover thc lilies ; below hung 200 punic apples , or pomegranates , in two rows ; pillars placed and named as in Scripture .
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On The Tabernacle And Temple
divided into two parts ; the inner One , called Adyt , or Holy of Holies , 20 cubits square ; the outer one , called Sanctuary , 40 cubits square . Scripture says , within the Oracle were two cherubims made of olive tree , each 10 cubits high , alike in height ; and 5 cubits were the one wing , and 5 cubits the other wing , to each ( see 1 Kings vi . 23 , 24 ; and 2 Chron . iii . 11—13 ); and they stood on their feet , with their faces inward .
Josephus agrees in this , except he says they were only each 5 cubits hi gh , and that one of the wings of one touched the southern , and one of the wings of the other the northern wall , and their other wings met one another , and covered the Ark . Thus , these cherubims were much larger than those on the Ark , and placed rather differentl
y . The Temple differed from the Tabernacle , in being , exteriorly , more ornamented ; and , in 1 Kings vii . 13—22 , it is said , Hiram , a native of Tyre , but , on his mother ' s side , of the tribe of Napthali , and who was filled with wisdom and understandingand cunning to work in all works
, of brass , cast two pillars of brass , which were set up in the porch of _ the Temple—18 cubits high a-piece ; 12 cubits each in circumference ; and two chapiters , 5 cubits each in hei ght , to put on top , and nets of checker work , and wreaths of chain-work for the chapiters , seven for one chapiter and seven for the other , and two rows of pomegranates on each
net-work , and lily-work of 4 cubits on the chapiters ; and the pomegranates were above , over against the belly of the chapiters , which was b y the net-work , and 200 in rows , and the right pillar was called Jachin , and the left Boaz , and the top of the pillars was lily-work . And in 2 Chron . iii . 15—17 , the pillars are described as
before the house , 35 cubits high , and the chapiter on each 5 cubits high , and chains , as in the Oracle , and put them on the heads of the pillars , and a hundred pomegranates , and put them on the chains , and named as in Kings . Josephus agrees with Scripture except he says the pillars were four fingers in thickness 18 cubits hihand 18 in
, g , circumference ; chapiters 5 cubits hi gh , in the form of lilies on the pillars , surrounded with net-work , adorned with leaves of brass to cover thc lilies ; below hung 200 punic apples , or pomegranates , in two rows ; pillars placed and named as in Scripture .