the altar to the rings eight cubits. The space
for the rings twenty-four. From the rings to the tables four. From the
tables to the pillars four. From the pillars to the wall of the court
eight cubits. And the remainder lay between the sloping ascent and the
wall and the place of the pillars.

3. In the court were six chambers, three in the north, and three in the
south. In the north, the chamber of salt, the chamber of parva, the
chamber of washers. In the chamber of salt they added salt to the
offerings. In the chamber of parva they salted the skins of the offerings;
and upon its roof was the house of baptism for the High Priest on the day
of atonement. In the chamber of washers they cleansed the inwards of the
offerings; and from thence a gallery extended up to the top of the house
of parva.

4. In the south were the chamber of wood, the chamber of the captivity,
and the chamber of hewn stone. The chamber of wood, said Rabbi Eleazar,
the son of Jacob, "I forget for what it served." Abashaul said, "the
chamber of the High Priest was behind them both, and the roof of the three
chambers was even. In the chamber of the captivity was sunk the well with
the wheel attached to it, and from thence water was supplied to the whole
court. In the chamber of Hewn Stone the great Sanhedrin of Israel sat, and
judged the priesthood, and the priest in whom defilement was discovered,
clothed in black, and vailed in black, went out and departed; and when no
defilement was found in him, clothed in white, and vailed in white, he
went in and served with his brethren the priests. And they made a
feast-day, because no defilement was found in the seed of Aaron the
Priest, and thus they said, 'Blessed be the Place. Blessed be He, since no
defilement is found in the seed of Aaron. And blessed be He who has chosen
Aaron and his sons to stand and minister(591) before the Lord in the House
of the Holy of Holies.' "

OUR BEAUTY BE UPON THEE, WHOLE COURT;
AND COMPLETION TO THEE, TRACT
MEASUREMENTS.

The Tabernacle

Heave-offerings--Dimensions of the Tabernacle--Boards--Bars--Rings of
Gold--Overlaying with Gold--Pipes of
Gold--Curtains--Threads--Coupling--Taches--Sockets--Vail--Holy of
Holies--Holy Place--Sacred Vessels--Cunning
Work--Court--Bars--Pins--Hangings--The Ark--The Tables of the Law both
Whole and Broken--The Staves--The Table of Showbread--The
Candlestick--Indefinite Expressions--The Altar of In