REMARKABLE NAMES IN SCRIPTURB. 311 Skew-bread, Twelve cakes set on a golden table in the ta- bernacle, fresh every week. Altar of burnt-offering, Was made of wood covered with brass, where the sacrifice was burned, and the fire which came, down from heaven was kept always burning there for holy uses. Sacrifices, Some were offerings of corn, or wine, or oil ; others were of living creatures, birds or beasts : Some were de- signed to be thank-offerings for mercies received, others were to atone or answer for the sins of men. Laver, A large vessel of brass, containing a vast quantity of water for the priests to wash and purify themselves. The Ephod, A short vest or waistcoat without sleeves, for the high-priest ; on which was the breast-plate, with the names of the children of Israel. Urim and Thumrnim, Something on the breast-plate by which God gave answers to the high-priest when he enquired in doubtful cases. Mitre, A peculiar cap for the high-priest. Tabernacle, A moveable building made of boards and cur- tains, in ,which the holy things were kept, and where God was worshipped. The holy place, The outer part of the tabernacle, where the common priests went to burn incense daily. There stood the golden candlestick, the table of shew-bread, and the altar of incense. Most holy place, The inner part of the tabernacle where the ark stood, and into which only the high pFiest entered, and that but once a year. The veil, A curtain which divided the holy place from the most holy. Court of the tabernacle, A large court round about the tabernacle, inclosed with a row of pillars and curtains on the four sides; There stood the altar of burnt-offering and the laver. Sabbath-day, Every seventh clay, appointed as a day of rest from worldly business. Sabbatical year, Every seventh year, when the land 'was neither plowed nor sowed. Passover, A feast upon the sacrificeof a lamb, appointed yearly in remembrançe of God's passing over the families of Is- rael, when he destroyed all the first-born of Egypt. Pentecost, A feast kept in remembrance of the giving of the law at mount Sinai, and also in thanksgiving at the beginningof wheat -harvest every year. Feast of tabernacles, A feast kept towards the end of the year, wherein theJews dwelt in booths made of boughs of trees, to keep in remembrance their dwelling in booths or tents in the wilderness.
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