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On The Tabernacle And Temple
of the boards which formed it ; but Josephus mentions that its length was 30 cubits ; its breadth 10 cubits ; its height an exact proportion with its breadth . It faced the east ; one of its walls or sides had a south prospect ; the other a north ; and from behind appeared the west . ( And as it had only one door , viz ., at the east , and no windows , the
worshipper on entering had his back to the sun , and could not , therefore , with facility pay his adorations to that luminary , which we believe was worshipped in Egypt . ) The length and breadth of the Tabernacle , instead of being , as in the court , 2 to 1 , is as 3 to 1 ; and these proportions are geometrically obtained by making the great equilateral triangle on the circle , and dividing the court or double cube into half , from thc apex of such triangle to its
base , as the figure annexed , where marked by the figures 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , will show . We thus have the proportions of the Tabernacle which contained the ark raised on , or given by ,
the combination of the great equilateral triangle and the double cube ; the symbolical uses of which must be familiar to all who have attended to their duties . Is this another
example of Egyptian skill and learning ? On ten cubits of the foundation of the Tabernacle were four columns , which was the Adyt , or Holy of Holies ; this being a third of the whole length , and equal to the breadth , formed a square ; and the remaining twenty cubits , which formed the double cube again , were open to the priests ;
and at the front were five columns . We have now the parallelogram , the great equilateral triangle , and the square , the use of which all ought to know how to apply . Within the Adyt , or Holy of Holies , was only thc Ark , ( see Ex . xl . 21 , and Josephus , as above ) . The Ark was used to put the Testimony into ( see Exxxv 16 and 21
, . . , and also Ex . xl . 20 ); which Testimony was the two tables of Testimony , or thc words of the Covenant—the ten commandments engraved by Moses on stone by the direction of the Almighty ( see Ex . xxxiv . 27 , 28 ) , and made after the two tables of Testimony written with thc finger of God , and mentioned in Ex . xxxi , 18 , and xxxiv , 1 .
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On The Tabernacle And Temple
of the boards which formed it ; but Josephus mentions that its length was 30 cubits ; its breadth 10 cubits ; its height an exact proportion with its breadth . It faced the east ; one of its walls or sides had a south prospect ; the other a north ; and from behind appeared the west . ( And as it had only one door , viz ., at the east , and no windows , the
worshipper on entering had his back to the sun , and could not , therefore , with facility pay his adorations to that luminary , which we believe was worshipped in Egypt . ) The length and breadth of the Tabernacle , instead of being , as in the court , 2 to 1 , is as 3 to 1 ; and these proportions are geometrically obtained by making the great equilateral triangle on the circle , and dividing the court or double cube into half , from thc apex of such triangle to its
base , as the figure annexed , where marked by the figures 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , will show . We thus have the proportions of the Tabernacle which contained the ark raised on , or given by ,
the combination of the great equilateral triangle and the double cube ; the symbolical uses of which must be familiar to all who have attended to their duties . Is this another
example of Egyptian skill and learning ? On ten cubits of the foundation of the Tabernacle were four columns , which was the Adyt , or Holy of Holies ; this being a third of the whole length , and equal to the breadth , formed a square ; and the remaining twenty cubits , which formed the double cube again , were open to the priests ;
and at the front were five columns . We have now the parallelogram , the great equilateral triangle , and the square , the use of which all ought to know how to apply . Within the Adyt , or Holy of Holies , was only thc Ark , ( see Ex . xl . 21 , and Josephus , as above ) . The Ark was used to put the Testimony into ( see Exxxv 16 and 21
, . . , and also Ex . xl . 20 ); which Testimony was the two tables of Testimony , or thc words of the Covenant—the ten commandments engraved by Moses on stone by the direction of the Almighty ( see Ex . xxxiv . 27 , 28 ) , and made after the two tables of Testimony written with thc finger of God , and mentioned in Ex . xxxi , 18 , and xxxiv , 1 .