466 A SHORT VIEW OF SCSI?TURF HISTORY: 43. Q. What was put on this table ? A. Twelve cakes of bread were set there fresh every sabbath, and it was called shew- bread ; Lev. xxiv. 5. 44. Q. What was the candlestick? A. It was made of pure gold like a pillar or shaft, with three branches on each side, and thus it would hold one lamp on the top, and six lamps on the branches ; Ex. xxv. 31. 45. Q. When were these lamps dressed ? A. Every morning and every evening they were dressed and supplied with pure oil, to burn always before the Lord; Ex. xxvii. 20, and xxx. 7, 8. 40. Q. Where were thealtar of incense, the table of show- bread, and the candlestick placed ? A. In the holy place: 47. Q. What was the altar of burnt offering? A. It was made of wood, and overlaid with brass, with shovels, and fire-pans, and basons, and other vessels belonging to it; Ex, xxvii. 1 -5. 48. Q. What was the use of it ? A. All the burnt-offer ings and sacrifices were offered upon it; Ex. xxxviii. L 49. Q. What was one of the chief glories of it ? A. That the first sacrifice that was offered upon it was burned by fire from heaven, and that fire was always kept burning there for holy uses ; Lev. ix. 24. and vi, 13. 50. Q. What was the laver ? A. A vast vessel of brass containing a large quantity of water ; Ex. xxx. 18 -21, 51. Q. What was the design of it ? A. For the priests to wash their hands and their feet when they went to do service in the tabertracfie ; Ex. xxx. 18-. --21. 52, Q. Where did the altar of burnt-offering and the laver stand ? A. In the court of the tabernacle under the open sky ; Ex. xl. 29, 30. 53. Q. Having seen the holy things that belonged to the tabernacle, let us now enqúire what were the priests' holy gar- ments ?' A. The common priests had a vest called an ephod, and some peculiar garments of fine linen appointed them when , they ministered-in the tabernacle; but the garments of the high- priest were very peculiar, and exceeding rich and glorious ; 1 San. xxii. 18. Ex. xxxix. 1, 27, 41. 54. Q. What were the high- priest's chief garments? A. These six or seven, viz. The ephod with the breast-plate and girdle of curious work, the robe of the ephod, the em- broidered linen coat, and the mitre with a golden,plate; Ex. xxviii. 4. Note here, The common priests had such a linen coat and girdle, but not embroidered, and such a mitre of linen, but without a golden plate ; Ex. xxviii. 40. 55. Q. What was the ephcd ? A. It was a sort of short vest without sleeves, to be worn above all the other garments it
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