ade unto it a
rim of gold round about. And he made for it two golden rings under the
rim thereof, upon the two ribs thereof, upon the two sides of it, for
places for staves to bear it withal. And he made the staves of acacia
wood, and overlaid them with gold. And he made the holy anointing oil,
and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer.

_The Altar of Burnt Offering_.

And he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood: five cubits was
the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, foursquare; and
three cubits the height thereof.

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[Illustration]
THE TRADITIONAL SPOT ON WHICH MOSES READ THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

Copyright by Underwood & Underwood and used by special permission.

The traditional Sinai is bounded on the north by the great plain
Er-Rahab out of which it rises precipitately. The northernmost peak
is called the "Head of the Willow," probably from a willow tree
growing in one of the gullies, and is commonly taken as the place of
the giving of the Law. The height of the peak is 6,937 feet. "Now
the whole prospect is before us. The vast plain of Er-Rahab, flecked
with a few camels and black Arab tents, and capable of holding
millions of people all in view of the Mount, gradually slopes away
from the eminences where we are."
[End illustration]

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And he made the horns thereof upon the four corners of it; the horns
thereof were of one piece with it: and he overlaid it with brass. And
he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and
the basins, the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof
made he of brass. And he made for the altar a grating of network of
brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up. And he
cast four rings for the four ends of the grating of brass, to be
places for the staves. And he made the staves of acacia wood, and
overlaid them with brass. And he put the staves into the rings on the
sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made it hollow with planks.

And he made the laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, of the
mirrors of the serving women which served at the door of the tent of
meeting.

_The Court_.

And he made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of
the court were of fine linen, an hundred cubits: their pillars were
twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars
and their fillets were of silver. A