The tabernacle and its priests and services : described and considered in relation to Christ and the Church .. . (Exod. xxvi. 28), with which he deals it its death-blow ; that blow, however, will be considered presently. Having now witnessed the wished-for wreck of the•flat roof, we direct particular attention to the slopingone which Mr Fergusson has raised on its ruins. He asserts that the Tabernacle had a sloping roof;that the middle bar (Exod. xxvi. 28, xxxvi. 33) was itsridge-pole; that the linen and goat-hair curtains did 86 THE TABERNACLE. uot hang down the walls, either on the inside or
The tabernacle and its priests and services : described and considered in relation to Christ and the Church .. . (Exod. xxvi. 28), with which he deals it its death-blow ; that blow, however, will be considered presently. Having now witnessed the wished-for wreck of the•flat roof, we direct particular attention to the slopingone which Mr Fergusson has raised on its ruins. He asserts that the Tabernacle had a sloping roof;that the middle bar (Exod. xxvi. 28, xxxvi. 33) was itsridge-pole; that the linen and goat-hair curtains did 86 THE TABERNACLE. uot hang down the walls, either on the inside or theoutside, but, with the skins, formed the roof only, whichextended 5 cubits beyond the walls, not only in frontand rear, but on both sides. 40 cubits long. Length of Mr Fergussous extended roof. 30 cubits. Length of Tabernacle —l-16th of an inch to a cubit. The length of this extended roof is 40 cubits, and thedepth of each of its slopes, 14 cubits (together, 28 cubits),being the exact measurement of the cherub curtains, sothat its two slopes and the dimensions of the curtains,a« Section showing sloping roof; each slope 14 cubits —1-8th of an inch to a cubit. There were eleven of the goat-hair curtains, one more ME fekgussons SLOPING-EOOF tabeenacle. 87 than there were of the fine Imen ones. Mr Fergussonsays the half (although the text says the whole) of thisadditional curtain was doubled up in the forefront ofthe Tabernacle, the other half, about a yard, hangingdown as a fringe behind. These curtains were also twocubits longer than the linen ones, and were placedlengthways down the sloping roof, a cubit on the oneside, and a cubit on the other side, hanging over thecherub curtains (see diagram). The ridge-pole was
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