and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work. Exod. xxxvi, 1, 2. Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded. And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it. DEDICATION OF THE TABERNACLE. Num. vil, 1-88. And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar, and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them, That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, (who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered,) offered. And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered waggons, and twelve oxen; a waggon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregatlon; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service. And Moses took the waggons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. Two waggons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service: And four waggons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging to them was that they should bear upon their shoulders. And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar, in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar. And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar. And be that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah. And his offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them were full of fine after the shekel of the sanctuary, flour mingled with oil, for a meat both of them full of fine flour offering: Que spoon of ten shekels mingled with oil, for a meat-offerof gold, full of incense: One young ing: One golden spoon of ten bullock, one ram, one lamb of the shekels, full of incense: One young first year, for a burnt-offering: bullock, one ram, one lamb of the One kid of the goats, for a sin- first year, for a burnt-offering: offering. And for a sacrifice of One kid of the goats for a shepeace-offerings, two oxen, five offering: And for a sacrifice of rams, five lie-goats, five lambs of peace-offerings, two oxen, ive the first year. This was the offer- rams, five he-goats, five lambs of ing of Nahshon the son of Am- the first year. This was the minadab. On the second day offering of Shelumiel the son of Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince Zurishaddal. On the sixth day of Issachar, did offer. He offered Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince for his offering one silver charger, of the children of Gad, ofered the weight whereof was an hun- His offering was one silver dred and thirty shekels, one silver charger of the weight of an hunbowl of seventy shekels, after the dred and thirty shekels, a silver shekel of the sanctuary, both of bowl of seventy shekels, after the them full of fine flour mingled shekel of the sanctuary, both of with oil for a meat-offering: One them full of fine flour mingled spoon of gold of ten shekels, full with oil, for a meat-offering: Ons of incense: One young bullock, golden spoon of ten shekels, tull one ram, one lamb of the first of incense: One young bullock, year, for a burnt-offering: One one ram, one lamb of the first kid of the goats for a sin-offering: year, for a burnt-offering: One And for a sacrifice of peace-offer- kid of the goats for a sin-offering ings, two oxen, five rains, five he- And for a sacrifice of peace-offergoats, five lambs of the first year. Ings, two oxen, five rams, five be This was the offering of Nethaneel goats, five lambs of the first year. the son of Zuar. On the third day This was the offering of Elissapa Ellab the son of Helon, prince of the son of Deuel. On the seveath the children of Zebulun, did offer. day Elishama the son of AmHis offering was one silver char- mihud, prince of the children of ger, the weight whereof was an Ephraim, offered. His offering hundred and thirty shekels, one was one silver charger, the weight silver bowl of seventy shekels, whereof was an hundred sed after the shekel of the sanctuary, thirty shekels, one silver bowl of both of them full of fine flour seventy shekels, after the shekel mingled with oil, for a meat offer- of the sanctuary, both of them tuil Ing: One golden spoon of ten of fine flour mingled with oil, for shekels, full of incense: One young a meat offering: One golden bullock, one ram, one lamb of the spoon of ten shekels, full of infirst year, for a burnt-offering: ceuse: One young bullock, oue One kid of the goats for a sin-ram, one lamb of the first year, offering: And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams. five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon. On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer. His offering was one silver charger of the weigh, of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flue flour mingled with oil, for a meat-offering: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering: One kid of the goats for a sin-offering: And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur. On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, did offer. His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereo. was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, for a burnt-offering: One kid of the goats for a sin-offering: And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goals, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Elishams the son of Ammibud. On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son et Pedalizur, prince of the childres of Manasseh. His offering one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shells, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine four mingled with oil, for a mealoffering: One golden spoon ten shekels, full of incense: Ove young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burn-ofing: One kid of the guals lur siu-offering: And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, ve rams, five he-goats, five jambs of the first year. offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedalizar. On the ninth day Abidan the son o. Gideon), priser of the children of Benjam offered. His offering was silver charger, the weight wher This was the AND, FINALLY, AT GIBEON. 1 Chron. xvi, 39. And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD, in the high place that was at Gibeon. 1 Chron. xxi, 29. For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt-offering, were at that season in the high place as an hundred and thirty shekels, | twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons | hallowed bread: for there was no of gold; Each charger of silver bread there but the show bread. weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundredshekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels. All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat-offering; and the kids of the goats for sin-offering twelve. And all the oxen, for the sacrifice of the peace-offerings, were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he-goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed. e silver bowl of seventy shekels, ter the shekel of the sanctuary, th of them full of fine flour ingled with oil, for a meat-offerOne golden spoon of ten ekels, full of incense: One ung bullock, one ram, one lamb the first year, for a burnt-offerOne kid of the goats for a Hffering: And for a sacrifice peace-offerings, two oxen, five ms, five he-goats, five lambs of first year. This was the offerof Abidan the son of Gideoni. the tenth day Ahiezer the son Ammishaddai, prince of the Kren of Dan, offered. His ring was one silver charger, weight whereof was an und and thirty shekels, one silver al of seventy shekels, after the kel of the sanctuary, both of m fall of fine flour mingled Loil, for a meat-offering: One den spoon of ten shekels, full of ense: One young bullock, one 1, one lamb of the first year, a burnt-offering: One kid of goats for a sin-offering: And a sacrifice of peace-offerings, Foxen, five rams, five he-goats, lambs of the first year. This the offering of Ahiezer the of Ammishaddai. On the renth day Pagiel the son of an, prince of the children of er, offered. His offering was silver charger, the weight reof was an hundred and TABERNACLE SET UP AT SINAI. Exod. x1, 17-19. And it came to ty shekels, one silver bowl of AT GILGAL. at Gibeon. IL-TEMPLE 1.-DAVID'S INTENTION TO BUILD THE TEMPLE. 2 Sam. vii, 1-3, 5-7. And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies, That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee, Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar? 1 Kings viii, 16-18. Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Josh. v, 10, 11. And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and Israel. And it was in the heart of David my father to build an kept the passover on the four-house for the name of the LORD teenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the pass cakes and over, unleavened parched corn in the self-same AT SHILOH. And Josh. xviii, 1. And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there: and the land was subdued before them. day. One golden ou of ten shekels, full of inse: One young bullock, one , one lamb of the first year. a burnt-offering: One kid of goats for a siu-offering: And a sacrifice of peace-offerings, oxen ve rams, ave he-goats, lambs of the first year. This s the offering of Alira the son Loan. Tuis was the dedication the altar (in the day when it s anointed) by the princes of el: twelve chargers of silver, AT NOB. 1 Sam. xxi, 1, 6. Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest... So the priest gave him God of Israel. And the LORD said unto Davi i my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart. 1 Chron. xxii, 5, 7. And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death. And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God. 1 Chron. xxviii, 2, 3. Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building: But God said, unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood. 2 Chron. vi, 7, 8. Now, it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel: But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart. PREPARATION MADE BY HIM FOR IT. 1 Chron. xxii, 6. 11, 16-19. Then he called for Solomon his son, and and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel. Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee. Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee. David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants son, Be strong, and of good | the sabbaths, and on the new. courage, and do it: fear not, nor moons, and on the solemn fasts be dismayed; for the LORD God, of the LORD our God. This is an even my God, will be with thee; ordinance for ever to Israel. he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD. BUILT BY SOLOMON. 1 Kings v, 2-5, 17, 18. And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God, for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet. But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent. And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name. And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stone-squarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house. 1 Kings vi, 14. So Solomon built the house, and finished it. 1 Chron. xvii, 11, 12. And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise 2 Chron. vi, 9, 10. Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son, which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name. The LORD therefore hath per formed his word that he hath spoken; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have ball the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 2 Chron. vil, 11. Thus Solomon finished the house of the Le and the king's house: and all tha came into Solomon's heart ta make in the house of the. L and in his own house, he prosper ously effected. Acts vii, 46-48. Who [Da found favour before God, and de sired to find a tabernacle for the But Solom God of Jacob. built him an house. Howbe the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands, saith the prophet. ITS ERECTION. 1 Kings vi, 1, 7, 37, 38. And! came to pass, in the four hundrai and eightieth year after the ch dren of Israel were come out af the land of Egypt, in the fourthyear of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which the second month, that he bega of the land into mine hand; and up thy seed after thee, which to build the house of the L the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people. Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD. Take heed now; for the LORD hath 1 Chron. xxviii, 10-12, 19, 20. chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it. Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy-seat, And the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things. All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern. And David said to Solomon his shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever. And the house, when it was building, was built of stone made ready before it was broach thither: so that there was neit hammer nor ax nor any toci of 1 Chron. xxii, 9, 10. Behold, a iron heard in the house while t son shall be born to thee, who was in building. In the fourth shall be a man of rest; and I will year was the foundation of the give him rest from all his enemies house of the LORD laid, in t round about: for his name shall month Zif: And in the eleventh be Solomon, and I will give peace days. He shall build an house for finished throughout all the pa and quietness unto Israel in his year, in the month Bul, which the eighth month, was the lease my name; and he shall be my son, thereof, and according to all t and I will be his father; and I will fashion of it. So was he BET establish the throne of his king-years in building it. dom over Israel for ever. 1 Chron. xxviii, 6. And he said 2 Chron. ill, 2. And he began t unto me, Solomon thy son, he build in the second day of the shall build my house and my second month, in the fourth year courts: for I have chosen him to be of his reign. my son, and I will be his father. 2 Chron. vili, 16. Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundaties the house of the Lono, and unti was finished: so the house of the LORD was perfected. 2 Chron. ii, 1, 4. And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual 1 Chron. xxi, 28. At that the shew-bread, and for the burnt-of-when David saw that the Lesb ferings morning and evening, on had answered him in the threst ITS SITE 1 Chron. xxii, 1. Then David ald, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt-offering for Israel. open Ing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, | house, that is, the temple before it 2 Chron. iil, 1. Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 2 Chron. xx, 8. And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a nctuary therein for thy name, aying. 2 Chron. iii, 3-7, 9. Now these P. lxviii, 16. Why leap ye, ye gold, and set thereon palm-trees and chains. And he garnished the house with precious stones for P3. lxxvill, 67-69. Moreover, he beauty: and the gold was gold of refused the tabernacle of Joseph, Parvaim. He overlaid also the and chose not the tribe of Eph-house, the beams, the posts, and alm; But chose the tribe of Judah, the walls thereof, and the doors the mount Zion, which he loved. thereof, with gold; and graved And he built his sanctuary like cherubims on the walls. And the bigh palaces, like the earth which weight of the nails was fifty e hath established for ever. shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. Ps. cxxxii, 6. Lo, we heard of it #Ephratali; we found it in the Belds of the wood. and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass. PILLARS. 1 Kings vii, 15-22, 27-37, 41, 42. For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits: And nets of checker-work, and wreaths of chain-work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter. And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one net-work, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter. And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily-work in the porch, And the chapiters four cubits. upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred, in rows round about upon the other chapiter. And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz. And upon the top of the pillars was lily-work: so was the work of the pillars finished. And he made ten bases of brass; four wall. The two doors also were of cubits was the length of one base, olive-tree;and he carved uponthem and four cubits the breadth therecarvings of cherubims, and palm- of, and three cubits the height of trees, and open flowers, and over- it. And the work of the bases was laid them with gold, and spread on this manner: they had borders, gold upon the cherubims, and and the borders were between the made he for the door of the tem- were between the ledges were So also ledges: And on the borders that upon the palm - trees. ple posts of olive-tree, a fourth lions, oxen, and cherubims: and part of the wall. And the two upon the ledges there was a base doors were of fir-tree: the two above: and beneath the lions and leaves of the one door were fold- oxen were certain additions made ing, and the two leaves of the of thin work. And every base other door were folding. had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass; and the four corners DOORS. 1 Kings vi, 31-34. And for the Ezekiel xli, 8. I saw also the entering of the oracle he made beight of the house round about: doors of olive-tree: the lintel and the foundations of the side-cham-side-posts were a fifth part of the bers were a full reed of six great cabits. Rev. xi, 1. And there was given me a reed like unto a rod; and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. 2-ITS DIMENSIONS AND MATERIALS. 1 Kings vi, 2, 3, 15, 17, 18, 22, 30. And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, sad the breadth thereof twenty Cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house. And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling and he covered them on the inside with Wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. And the WINDOWS, STAIRCASE, AND thereof had undersetters: under COURTS. the laver were undersetters molten, at the sides of every addition. 1 Kings vi, 4, 8, 36. And for the And the mouth of it, within the house he made windows of narrow chapiter and above, was a cubit: lights. The door for the middle but the mouth thereof was round, chamber was in the right side of after the work of the base, a cubit the house: and they went up with and an half; and also upon the winding stairs into the middle mouth of it were gravings with chamber, and out of the middle their borders, four-square, not into the third. And he built the round. And under the borders inner court with three rows of were four wheels; and the axlehewed stone, and a row of cedar-trees of the wheels were joined to beams. 2 Chron. iv, 9. Furthermore he made the court of the priests, the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit. And the work of the wheels was like the work of a charlot-wheel: their axle-trees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten. And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself. And in the top of the bise was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base, the ledges there f, and the borders thereof, were of the same. For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders there 2 Chron. iv, 7, 20, 21. And he made ten candlesticks of gold, according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left. Moreover, the candlesticks with their lamps, And there it is unto 2 Chron. Xxxv, 3. And sald unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; # shall not be a burden upon your sunb ders: serve now the Lost your of, he graved cherubims, lions, and that they should burn after the God, and his people Israel. palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about. After this manner he made the ten bases; all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size. The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two net-works, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars: And four hundred pomegranates for the two net-works, even two rows of pomegranates for one net-work, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars. manner before the oracle, of pure Heb. ix, 3. And after the seo veil, the tabernacle which is cal ed the Holiest of all. THE CHERUBIM. THE HOLY OF HOLIES. 1 Kings vi, 16, 19-21. And he 1 Kings vi, 23-29. 35. And wi built twenty cubits on the sides of in the oracle he made two cher the house, both the floor and the bims of olive tree, each ten cub walls with boards of cedar: he high. And five cubits was the even built them for it within, even one wing of the cherub, and five for the oracle,evenfor the most holy cubits the other wing of th place. And the oracle he prepared cherub: from the uttermost par in the house within, to set there of the one wing unto the wa the ark of the covenant of the most part of the other were tem LORD. And the oracle in the fore- cubits. And the other cher part was twenty cubits in length, was ten cubits: both the che and twenty cubits in breadth, and bims were of one measure and 2 Kings xxv, 17. The height of twenty cubits in the height there- size. The height of the the one pillar was eighteen cubits, of: and he overlaid it with pure cherub was ten cubits, and so and the chapiter upon it was gold, and so covered the altarit of the ether cherub. And brass: and the height of the chapi- which was of cedar. So Solomon set the cherubims within ter three cubits; and the wreathen-overlaid the house withinwith pure inner house: and they stret work, and pomegranates upon the gold: and he made a partition by forth the wings of the cherth chapiter round about, all of brass: the chains of goldbefore the oracle; so that the wing of the one tod and like unto these had the second and he overlaid it with gold. ed the one wall, and the wing pillar with wreathen-work. the other cherub touched other wall; and their wit gstar ed one another in the mids the house. And he overlaid d cherubims with gold. And l carved all the walls of the be round about with carved figus of cherubims, and palm-trees and open flowers, within and witho And he carved thereon cherok and palm-trees, and open flo and covered them with gold f upon the carved work. 1 Kings viii, 6, 7, 8, 21. And the Jer. lil, 21, 22. And concerning priests brought in the ark of the the pillars, the height of one pil- covenant of the LORD unto his lar was eighteen cubits; and a fil-place, into the oracle of the house, let of twelve cubits did compass to the most holy place, even under it; and the thickness thereof was the wings of the cherubims. For four fingers: it was hollow. And the cherubims spread forth their a chapiter of brass was upon it; two wings over the place of the and the height of one chapiter was ark,and the cherubims covered the five cubits, with net-work and ark and the staves thereof above. pomegranates upon the chapiters And they drew out the staves, that round about, all of brass: the the ends of the staves were seen second pillar also and the pome-out in the holy place before the granates were like unto these. CHAMBERS. 1 Kings vi, 5, 6, 10. And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the honse round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about. The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits oracle, and they were not seen the most holy house, the length broad, and the third was seven the walls of the house. And then brought in the ark of the cove 2 Chron. ill, 10-13. And in the most holy house he made ( cherubins of image-work, overlaid them with gold. A the wings of the cherubims twenty cubits long, one wi the one cherub was five es reaching to the wall of the bu five cubits, reaching to the s and the other wing was laid of the other cherub. And wing of the other cherub cubits, reaching to the wall of five cubits also, joining to the house; and the other wing 19 wing of the other cherub. The and they stood on their test, and wings of these cherubims pred themselves forth twenty cute their faces were inward. 2 Chron. v. 8. For the chro bims spread forth their way |