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CHIEF OF THE TABERNACLE. 335
rate as circumstances and the means of the Court will
allow.
First comes the Court of the Tabernacle, which was a
rectangular enclosure, 150 feet long from East to West
(if the cubit be taken to have been IS inches), and 75
feet wide, from North to South. It was funned (except
the gate or entrance) by curtains of white linen, 74- feet
high, supported by pillars of acacia-wood, set in brass
sockets, and with hooks and fillets of silver. There
.were of these pillars, 20 on the North side, 20 in the
South, and 10 in the West. On the East, the white
curtains on each side of the entrance measured 224 feet,
and were supported by three pillars on each side. The
gate itself was :30 feet wide, formed by curtains of
tapestry, of blue, scarlet, purple, and white linen thread,
wrought with admirable skill in needlework.
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Within the Court, the Tabernacle i2£'^S Mishkan,
was set. It was a double tent, the foregoing word par-
ticularly applying to the inner curtains, and ^H^, Ahel,
to the outer curtains of goat's hair. The Tabernacle is
also termed £?!p2, Mikdash, or Sanctuary. It was
constructed of curtains, woven of fine thread, of white
linen, blue, purple, and scarlet, embroidered wdth cheru-