. The book of the ancient and accepted Scottish rite. ain was twenty-three cubits or forty-two feet, and each was six feet in were ten in number; and five of them werecoupled or sewed together in one piece, and five inanother; and these two were so arranged that theycould be fastened together along their edges, by fiftyloops on one edge of each, and fifty hooks of gold ; sothat it should become one Tabernacle. Over this Tabernacle was a Tent [?n& Ahel] orcover, of cloth of goats hair, composed of eleven cur-tains, each thirty cubits or forty-five feet long, and sixfeet wide. Of thes
. The book of the ancient and accepted Scottish rite. ain was twenty-three cubits or forty-two feet, and each was six feet in were ten in number; and five of them werecoupled or sewed together in one piece, and five inanother; and these two were so arranged that theycould be fastened together along their edges, by fiftyloops on one edge of each, and fifty hooks of gold ; sothat it should become one Tabernacle. Over this Tabernacle was a Tent [?n& Ahel] orcover, of cloth of goats hair, composed of eleven cur-tains, each thirty cubits or forty-five feet long, and sixfeet wide. Of these, five were coupled together in onepiece, and six in another; and the two pieces were soarranged, with fifty loops on one edge of each, and fiftyhooks of brass, that they could be fastened together, that it miofht be one. No description of the shape of the tent is given; butin the East, and especially in Arabia, customs and fash-ions have not changed ; and a tent is now what it wasin the days of Moses. Those now used in Arabia areof this of an oblong shape, and eight or ten feet high in themiddle. They vary in size, and have accordingly a CHIEF OF THE TABERNACLE. 337 greater or less number of poles to support them—fromthree to nine. And it is usual for one large tent to bedivided into two or more apartments by curtains, forthe different portions of the family. The tents of the Bedaweens are not conical, as theyare often represented in pictures, but have a roof edgedwith drop-curtains, or such curtains as might be madefrom the dark tanned skins of goats, hung around theeaves. Below is a drawing of a Bedaween tent.
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