cense--The Altar
of Burnt-offerings--The Line for the Sprinkling of Blood--The
Laver--Guards--Encampment--Standards--Preparations--Blowing the
Trumpet--The March--Signs for Encamping--The Pillar of Cloud--The
Shechinah.

Chapter I

Rabbi Judah the Holy, said, there were ten heave-offerings, the
heave-offering of the Lord, and the heave-offering of the tithes, of the
dough, and of the first-fruits; and the heave-offering of the Nazarite,
and the heave-offering of thanksgiving, and the heave-offering of the
land, and the heave-offering of Israelites dwelling in Midian, and the
heave-offering of the shekels, and the heave-offering of the tabernacle.
The heave-offering of the Lord, and the heave-offering of the tithes, and
of the dough, and of the first-fruits, and the heave-offering of the
Nazarite, and the heave-offering of thanksgiving, were for the priests.
The heave-offering of the land was for the priests, the Levites, and the
Nethinim,(592) and the Sanctuary and Jerusalem. The heave-offering of
Midian was for Eleazar the priest, the heave-offering of shekels was for
the sockets of the tabernacle, the heave-offering of the tabernacle
furnished the material of the tabernacle, and the oil for lighting, and
the sweet incense, and the garments of the priests, and the garments of
the High Priest. The length of the tabernacle was thirty cubits, and its
breadth was ten cubits, and its height was ten cubits. Rabbi Jose said,
"its length was thirty-one cubits." "How was the tabernacle set up?"
"Forty sockets of silver were placed on the north, and forty sockets of
silver on the south, and sixteen on the west, and four on the east. These
are 100 sockets. As is said,(593) 'An hundred sockets of the hundred
talents, a talent for a socket.' " "How were the boards set up?" "Twenty
boards were placed on the north, and twenty boards on the south, and eight
on the west. On the east there was no board, but there were four pillars
of shittim-wood. Upon them the vail was hung. As is said,(594) 'thou shalt
make a vail,' etc., 'and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of
shittim-wood, overlaid with gold,' etc., and 'thou shalt hang up the vail
under the taches.' " And the sockets were made with holes, and these were
cut out in the boards below, a quarter from one side and a quarter from
the other side, and there was cut out half of it in the middle, and it
made two pins like two supports, and they entered into two so