Exodus - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 91
The Five Books of Moses
wood, two cubits in length and a cubit and :1 half in breadth, and a. cubit and a half in height, and plated it over with pure gold, and made a. coronal round about it of gold. He also made zi ridge of zi handbreadth around it, with rays of gold upon the ridge :111 round; and cast four tabs of gold, and iixedthe tabs upon the four sides where its feet were. The tabs were fixed near the ridge for the staves to carry the table with. He made the staves, to carry the table, of acacia wood and plated them with gold; as well as the instruments that were upon the tab1e,—the dishes and the snuffers, and the cups and the plates which covered them,—-of pure gold. He also made the lamp of turned
work·of.pure gold; its shank, upright stalk, its branches, its cups, and blossoms were made of it. And there were six branches going from the sides ;-—-three branches from one side, and three branches from the other side. There were three almond cones and iiowers upon one branch, a cup and a. blossom ;——and three almond cones and flowers on an alternate branch, a cup and a blossom ; thus six branches rose up for the lamps. And upon the lamp four cones like almonds, a cup, and a blossom. But there was a ball beé tween two of the branches mutually; and a ball between two of the branches mutually; and a ball be· tween two of the branches mutually; for the six branches that rose up from them. There were ballsand branches for them mutually; all the appliances were of pure gold. He also made seven reflectors, and holders, and snuffers of pure gold a talent weight of pure gold made these, and all the instruments. Afterwards he made the Altar. of
Incense of acaciar wood. Its length was a cubit, and its breadth a cubit, square, and its height two cubits,
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with its horns; and he covered the 26 top of it with pure gold, and around its sides, and its horns, and made a coronal of gold around it. He also 27 made two tabs of gold for it, between the coronal, upon the two sides, upon its opposite sides, to insert the two staves to carry it by. He made the staves also of acacia wood, and plated them with gold. He also made the Holy Consecration Oil, and the incense of pure spices for ' perfume. Then he made of acacia wood theAltar of Burnt O5erings. Its len th was tive cubits, and its breadth Eve cubits, square; and its height three cubits. He also made horns upon its four faces; its horns were all alike and he plated them with brass. Besides he made all the instruments for the altar; the cau1drons,`and the brushes, and the sprinklers, and the takes, andthe shovels, he made of brass. He also made for the altar a netted sieve- of brass under its {ire- place, with projections at its edges; and he cast four tabs of brass forthe borders of the sieve--·as receptacles for staves, which he made of acacia wood, and covered them with brass, and placed the staves in the tabs at the sides of the altar, to carry it by; -he made themto fit into valves. He alsormade the bath and its
pedestals of brass, withthe mirrors for the use of whoever served before the Hall of Assembly. He also made the court at the side
towards the south. The curtains for the court were a hundred cubits of spun linen. The pillars twenty, and the bases twenty. The spikes of the illars and the. pins were of brass
, but the rods of silver. And on the north face it was a hundred cubits, with twenty pillars and twenty bases. The spikes of the pillars were brass, but the rods of silver; But on the west face, the curtains were fifty cubits, ten pillars and the bases, with spikes for the pillars, but the rods were of silver. And upon the eastern face, the sun rise, fifty cubits: fifteen cnbits of curtains to the gate·posts, six pillars and six bases, but from the other gate-post, on this side and that, to the gate of the court, curtains for- fifteen cubits ;» six pillars and six 28
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