Exodus — Chapter 25

Oayxftones , and pretious ftones to adorne the ephed, and rationale, 8, And theyrfhal make mea fanctuarie,and { wil dwel in the middes of thé: g. according to al the fimilitude ot the tabernacle which 1 wil thew thee, & of althe veffel to the feruice thercf: and thus you fhal make ic: 10. Frame an arke of the wood fetim , the length wherof fhal haue two-cubiees 8& an halfe : the bredth, a cubire & an halfe: the highr, likewife a cubite & an halfe, 11. And thou fhale plate it with moft pure gold within aad without: and ouer it thou {halt make avolden crowne round about:1 2, & foure goldenrings,which thou thalt put at the foure cornersot the arke:let two ririgs be onthe one fide, & twoon the other,

If Images were unlawful, God would not have commanded to make Cherubims. (Nic. 2.)

And thou fhale putthem ia through the rings that are in the fides of the arke , that it may be caried onthem: 15. the which {hal be alwayes inthe tings, neither shal they at anie time be drawen out of thé.16.And thou shaft put in,the arke the teft:fieation which I wil giue thee, r7. Thou shalt make a Propitiatorie of molt pure goid:the length therof shal hold two.cubites and an halfe , andthe bred:ha cubite & an halfe, 18, Two () Cherubims alfo thou shalt make of beaten goid, on both fides of the oracie, 19, Let one Cherub be onthe one fide , andthe other on the other. 20. Let thzm couer both fides of the Propitiatcrie {preading theit Wings , and couering the oracle , and letthem looke one towards the other , their faces turned .vnto the Propittatorie wherwith the arke is to be couered , 21. wherin thou shale put the teffimony thae I wil giue thee. 22, Thence wil I command , and wil {peaketo thee ouer the propitiatovie & fromthe middes of the two Cherubims which shal be vpon thearke of teftimonie, al things which I wil comand the children of Ifrael by thee, 23. Thou shalt makea table alfo of the Wood fetim , hauing two cubites in length, and in bredth a cubite » & inhight a cubite and an halfe, 24. And thou shalt plate it with moft pure gold: and thou shait make to it a golden ledge round about , 25. and ro the ledge it-felf a crowne enterpolished , toure fingers high : and vpon the fame , an other golden crowne.26. Thou shalt prepare alfo foure gol. denrings, and shale put them in the foure corners of the fame table at eueri¢ foot, 27, Vader the crowne shal the golden rings be , that the barres may be put through them , and the table may be carried, 28, The barres alfo themfelues thou shalt make of the wood fetim,& shalt com- paflethem with gold to beare vpthe table. 29, Thou shalt prepare alfo fawcers , and phials., cenfers, & goblets, whercin the libaments are to: be offercd , of moit puregold, 3¢. And thou shalt fet vponthe table (¢) loaues of propofition in my fight alwaies. jt. Thou shalt make alfo a candleftick beaten of moft pure gold, the shaft thereot , & brarches, cups , and boules , and lilies proceeding from the fame, 32. Six bran— 208 Ceremonies, the cee em ep a Ceremonies. EXODVsS. 209 the other. 33, Three cups as it were in manner of a nut on euerie brareh, and a boule withal , anda lilie : and three-cups likewife of the fafhion of a nut in an other branch, and a boule withal,and alilie. This. thal we the worke of the fix branches , chat areto be drawen forth from the thatt: 3.4. and inthe candleiticke it-felte thal be toure cups in man- ner ofa nut, and at cuerie one boulcs and lilies, 35. Boules vnder two braches in three places, which together make fix comming forth out of one thatt. 36, Both the boules therfore and the branches ihal be out of it,al the whole beaten af molt pure gold.;7.Thou shale make alfo feuen lamps, and ihalt {ct them vpon the candlefticke, for to giue light quer- againft: 38. The fnuffers allo and where the {nuffings ihal be put out, letthem be made of moft pure gold. 39. The whole weight ofthe can-- dlefticke with al the furniture therof {hal haue a talent of moft pure gold.40. Looke , and make it according to the paterne , that was ihe- wed thee in the mount. . CHAP, XxVI. The forme of the Taberttacle , with the appertinances , and of what matter, number, and qualiti. s al things shal be. N D therabernacle thoufhalt make thus : Ten eurti- WE nesthaltthou make of twifted fiike, and hyacinth, Je and purple,and fcarlet twice died vatied with imbro- \@ dered worke, 2, The length of one curtine thal haue twentic eight cubites.; the bredth shal be of toure cu- bites. Al the eurtines thal be of one meafure, 3. Fiue curtines thal be(ajioyned one to an other, & the other fue fhal hang to- }, ) Chrifts cether with the connexion. 4.Loupes of hyacinth thou fhaltmake inthe linémbers by fides & tops of the curtines , that they may be compled one to another. [their vnion & 5.Fiftie loupes fhal euerie curtine haue on both tides , fo fer on, that one jcommunitie loupe may be againft another loupe , and one may be fitted to the at each other, 6. Thou shalt make alfo fttie circles of gold wherwith the dock and veiles of the curtines are to be ioyned , that it may be made one Sernacle. the. tabernacle. 7. Thou shalt make alfo eleuen curtines of haire, to couer [Church, the top of the tabernacle. 8. The length of one haire curtine fhal- haue thirtie cubires : and the bredth , toure : the meafure of al-the curtines fhal. be equal. 9, Of the which , fue thou fhalz toyne apart, ard the fix thou fhaltcouple one to an other, fo that the fixt curtine in the front ofthe roofe thou fhalt double.re. Thou {halt make alfo fittie loupes in the edze of one curtine , that tt may be ioyned with the other ; and fiftie loupes in the edge of the other curtine , that iv may be copied with his fellow. 11. Thou fhalt make alfo titie buck- les of brafle , wherwith the loups may be ioyned , that of althere Fra2 may ee Cb) The chief. , 210 EXODVS, Ceremonies? may bemade one couering,1 2, And that which fhal remaine in the cur- tines, that are. prepared forthe roofe,to wit,one curtine that is ouer- plus, with the halfe therofthou fhalt couer the backetide of the taberna- cle, 13, And there thal hang downe acubite on the one fide, and an other on.the.other fide , which is the ouerplus in the length of the eurti- nes, fenfing both fides of the tabernacle, 1.4. Thou thait make alfo an other couer to the roofe of rammes skinnes died red:& ouerthat againe an other couer of ianthine skins, 1;, Thou shalt make alfo the ber- des of the tabernacle ftanding vpright of the wood fetim., 16, af the which let euerie one haue ten cubites in length , and in bredth one and ahalfe a-picee, 17.1n the fides of the borde, fhal be made two morte- fes, wherby one borde may be ioyned to an other borde : and atter this mannet fhal al the bordes be prepared.18. Of the which twentie thal be in the fouth fide that tendeth Southward. 19. For the which thou fhalt caft fourtie feet of filuer , tharthere may two feet be put vnder euerie borde at the twocorners, 20, Inthe fecond {ide aifo of the tabernacle ~ that looketh to the North, there fhal be twentie bordes, 21 .hauing four- _ uc feete of filuer,two feete fhal be put vnder euerie borde,2 » But on the welt quarter of the tabernacle thou fhalt make tix bordes » 23. and againe other two whiclr {hal be erected in the corners at the backe of the tabernacle, 24, And they fhal be loyned rogeer from beneath ynto the top, & one ioynture fhal held them al. The like loynture thal be kepe ‘for the two bordes alfo that are to be put in the corners, 25, And they fhal be in al eight bordes, their filuer feet fixteen,two feet accounted for euerie borde, 26. Thou ihalt make alfo ftue barres of the wood fetim, to hold together the bordes on the one {ide of the tabernacte, 27. and fue others on the other fide,& as manic at the weft fide: 28.which thal be put along by the middes of the bordes trom one cnd to the other,

For the perpetual use and sanctitie of these loaves, which none might eat but such as were pure (1. Reg. 21.) they prefigured the holy Eucharist. S. Hier. in Tit. 1. S. Damascen de ortho. li. 4. c. 14. S. Cyril. catech. 4. And consequently Christ is really present in the B. Sacrament. For if there were bread in substance, it should not excel the figure.