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338 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE.
the vail dividing the Tabernacle into two parts, should
be as above described; as also should the enclosure of
the Court, if not the fence.
The furniture of the Court is as follows
In front of, and perhaps ten feet from the entrance of
the Tabernacle, is the altar of sacrifice, made of white
wood, hollow, and plated on top with brass. It is to
be four and a half feet high, and seven and a half feet
square, with projections in the shape of tongues of flame
(called horns in the Bible) at each corner, standing up-
right. It is made to be carried by staves of light wood,
banded with brass, passing through rings in two of the
sides.
Between this altar and the Tabernacle is a laver or
large basin of bronze, with a foot to it, filled with
water.
In the front part of the tent, in front of the vail, on
the North side, is the Table of the Presence or Shew-
bread. It is made of white wood, and is three and a
half feet long, one and a half feet broad, and two and
one-fourth feet high, the top covered with plates of
brass, gilded, and with a gilded rim or border round its
edge on the top. Below the top is a strip of wood four
inches wide, with a similar rim or border round its
lower edge. A little lower down, at equal distances
fiom the top, is a ring, gold-plated, on each leg, through
which gilded staves pass to carry it.
On this table are twelve small loaves of wheat bread,
in two piles of six each, sprinkled with frankincense and
salt ; and a large bowl of pure wine.
On the south side of the tent, opposite the table, is
the candelabrum, gilded, representing pure gold. It
consists of an ornamented base, of a shaft rising out of
it, and six arms, coming out by threes from two opposite
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