The Origin of Freemasonry and Knights Templar ... - Lodge Prudentia

FREEMASONRY AND KNIGHTS TEMPLARwilderness to establish his new religion, that heshould have given a holy use to the symbols whosemeaning he had learned in his ecclesiastical educationon the banks of the Nile.The tabernacle itself was, according to Josephus,forty-five feet long by fifteen wide, its greater lengthbeing from east to west. The sides were fifteen feetTHE TABERNACLE.high, and there was a sloping roof. There wasno place of entrance except at the eastern end, whichwas covered by curtains. It was divided into twoapartments by a richly decorated curtain. Therewere suspended, so as to cover the sides and top ofthe tabernacle, four curtains ;the first or inner curtainwas composed of fine linen, magnificently embroidered,with figures of cherubim, in shades ofblue, purple and scarlet; this formed the "Beauti-28