The tabernacle and its priests and services : described and considered in relation to Christ and the Church .. . 146 THE CHAPTEE XIV. THE AEK OF THE COVENANT. ^InlnpHE first apartment of the Tabernacle was a^l>^ double square, 20 cubits long and 10 £ It contained three articles of furniture. Onthe south side (Exod. xl. 24) stood the goldencandlestick; opposite it, on the north side (ver. 22), theshewbread table; and between them, but farther westand close by the vail (ver. 26), the golden altar. Thesehave already been described. Let us now lift the vailand enter the th
The tabernacle and its priests and services : described and considered in relation to Christ and the Church .. . 146 THE CHAPTEE XIV. THE AEK OF THE COVENANT. ^InlnpHE first apartment of the Tabernacle was a^l>^ double square, 20 cubits long and 10 £ It contained three articles of furniture. Onthe south side (Exod. xl. 24) stood the goldencandlestick; opposite it, on the north side (ver. 22), theshewbread table; and between them, but farther westand close by the vail (ver. 26), the golden altar. Thesehave already been described. Let us now lift the vailand enter the throne-room. It is four-square—10 cubitslong, 10 broad, and 10 high. The roof above, and thewalls before, behind, and on the right and left hand, areall resplendent with cherubs. Wherever the eye restsit is on these symbolic figures; they encompass us. Inthis innermost chamber of the Great King stood theArk, the chief and most sacred of all the objectsconnected with this earthly sanctuary, that for whichthe Tabernacle itself and all its furniture were made,and to wliich they were subordinated. Its pre-eminenceis pointed out in
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