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was placed in the second tabernacle. And many other such things are contained in the Epistles of the Apostle and in all the divine Scripture. The text 5.30 This is the diagram of the bare tabernacle. But its first coverings were variegated weavings of hyacinth and purple and fine-spun linen and scarlet, just like the veil, which the Scripture also calls curtains. And they were like oblong hangings; twenty-eight cubits was the length of one and four cubits the width. And it says that five curtains were joined together and again likewise five; then a joining of the five and five in the middle, on the edge of one were loops, and on the edge of the other, clasps. And they brought the clasps to the loops and fastened the ten together, as with the so-called saddle-bags or bed-roll straps or as with double-sacks. But when they disassembled the tabernacle for departure, there were five and five, and they were divided and carried. 5.31 And they did this very thing for the second coverings, which were of spun goats' hair, which they also called skins. There were eleven of them; thirty cubits was the length of one, and again four cubits the width. And there were five together and another six together; and they were joined again by the clasps and the loops, and again the whole became one. The length, then, of the tabernacle was thirty cubits. For there were twenty pillars, that is to say boards, of one and a half cubits width, making thirty cubits; then also the width, six pillars of one and a half cubits make nine cubits; and for the corners two pillars of half a cubit, making the eight pillars ten cubits, secured on all sides by the bars. 5.32 The ten curtains, therefore, being joined together, made a width of forty cubits and covered the entire length of the tabernacle and the rear wall, which had a height of ten cubits; altogether forty cubits. And the twenty-eight cubits of the length of the curtains covered the width of the tabernacle, that is ten cubits, and the height of the two walls on each side of ten cubits, making another twenty cubits; altogether thirty cubits. But they were of twenty-eight; it is clear that it covered the one wall to within one cubit and the other to within one cubit. But the skins, those of spun hair, also covered the other two cubits; for they were of thirty cubits each in length; and the one extra skin was let down over the door of the tabernacle. We therefore diagram their form as well. It is thus, along with the third coverings of skins. Seven lamps, tongs, snuff-dishes 5.33 This lampstand, having seven lamps, placed to the south of the tabernacle, was a type of the luminaries, since, according to the wise Solomon, the luminaries, rising and running to the south, shine upon the earth towards the north. And again they are seven because of the week of days, since all time beginning from weeks, both months and a year are completed. And it commands to light them from one side, since the table was placed toward the north, so that they might shine from the south toward the north. For so also does Solomon say concerning the luminaries: "Rising, it goes forth toward the south and circles toward the north; it circles on its circuit, and on its circuits the wind returns." Therefore from the more general principles both Solomon and Moses spoke about the luminaries. We will also diagram the lampstand and the table. And they are thus. A note in the margin 5.34 And this table is a type of the earth. And the loaves are its fruits; and twelve is a symbol of the twelve months of the yearly cycle. The four corners, then, are the four seasons of the year, of three months each. And the wave-molding, the part twisted in a circle, signifies the whole sea, that which is called Ocean by those outside. And the border around it signifies the land beyond the Ocean, where paradise is. The text 5.35 Again it commands the veil to be made of hyacinth and purple and fine linen and scarlet, variegated according to the four elements, or also for seemliness. For they were made manifestly both as a type, and manifestly both for seemliness and for ministry. And

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τὴν δευτέραν σκηνὴν ἔκειτο. Καὶ ἄλλα δὲ πολλὰ τοιαῦτα ἔγκεινται ταῖς Ἐπιστολαῖς τοῦ Ἀποστόλου καὶ πάσῃ τῇ θείᾳ Γραφῇ. Τὸ κείμενον 5.30 Αὕτη ἡ διαγραφὴ τῆς σκηνῆς γυμνῆς. Τὰ δὲ πρῶτα αὐτῆς σκεπάσματα ἦν ὑφαντὰ ποικίλα ἐξ ὑακίνθου καὶ πορφύρας καὶ κεκλωσμένης βύσσου καὶ κοκκίνου ὥσπερ καὶ τὸ καταπέτασμα, ἃ καὶ αὐλαίας καλεῖ ἡ Γραφή. Ἦσαν δὲ ὡς κορτίναι ἐπιμήκεις· εἴκοσι ὀκτὼ πήχεων ἦν τὸ μῆκος τῆς μιᾶς καὶ τέσσαρες πήχεις τὸ πλάτος. Πέντε δὲ αὐλαίας ὁμοῦ κεκολλῆσθαι λέγει καὶ πάλιν ὁμοίως πέντε· λοιπὸν συμβολὴ τῶν πέντε καὶ πέντε καταμέσοθεν, εἰς τὸ χεῖλος τῆς μιᾶς κρίκοι, καὶ εἰς τὸ χεῖλος τῆς ἑτέρας ἀγκύλαι. Καὶ ᾖρον τὰς ἀγκύλας ἐπὶ τοὺς κρίκους καὶ συνεδέσμευον τὰς δέκα ὁμοῦ, ὡς ἐπὶ τῶν λεγομένων σιγιστροπυλῶν ἢ στρωματοδέσμων ἢ ὡς καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν δισσακίων. Ὅτε δὲ διῄρουν τὴν σκηνὴν ἐν τῇ ἀπαρτίᾳ, πέντε ἦσαν καὶ πέντε, καὶ αὐταὶ διαιρούμεναι καὶ βασταζόμεναι. 5.31 Τοῦτο δὲ αὐτὸ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν δευτέρων σκεπασμάτων ἐποίουν, τῶν ἀπὸ τῶν αἰγείων ὄντων δὲ στυπτῶν, ἃς καὶ δέρρεις ἐκάλουν. Ἕνδεκα μὲν ἦσαν· τριάκοντα δὲ πηχῶν ἦν ἡ μία, τεσσάρων δὲ πηχῶν πάλιν τὸ πλάτος. Ἦσαν δὲ ὁμοῦ πέντε καὶ ἄλλαι ἓξ ὁμοῦ· καὶ συνήπτοντο πάλιν διὰ τῶν ἀγκύλων καὶ τῶν κρίκων, καὶ ἐγίνετο πάλιν ἡ πᾶσα μία. Τὸ μῆκος οὖν τῆς σκηνῆς πηχῶν ἦν τριάκοντα. Εἴκοσι γὰρ στῦλοι ἦσαν, ἵνα εἴπῃ σανίδες, ἀπὸ πήχεως μιᾶς ἥμισυ τὸ πλάτος, γίνονται πήχεις τριάκοντα· εἶτα καὶ τὸ πλάτος, στῦλοι ἓξ ἀπὸ πήχεως μιᾶς ἥμισυ γίνονται πήχεις ἐννέα· καὶ εἰς τὰς γωνίας στῦλοι δύο ἀπὸ πήχεως τὸ ἥμισυ γίνονται τῶν ὀκτὼ στύλων πήχεις δέκα, πάντοθεν ἠσφαλισμένοι ἀπὸ τῶν μοχλῶν. 5.32 Αἱ αὐλαῖαι οὖν συναπτόμεναι αἱ δέκα ἐποίουν εἰς πλάτος πήχεις τεσσαράκοντα καὶ ἐκάλυπτον ὅλον τὸ μῆκος τῆς σκηνῆς καὶ τὸν ὄπισθεν τοῖχον ἔχοντα ὕψος πήχεις δέκα· ὁμοῦ πήχεις τεσσαράκοντα. Οἱ δὲ εἴκοσι ὀκτὼ πήχεις τὸ μῆκος τῶν αὐλαίων ἐκάλυπτον τὸ πλάτος τῆς σκηνῆς, τουτέστι πήχεις δέκα, καὶ δύο τοίχων τῶν παρ' ἑκάτερα τὸ ὕψος ἀπὸ πηχῶν δέκα, γίνονται ἄλλοι πήχεις εἴκοσι· ὁμοῦ πήχεις τριάκοντα. Ἦσαν δὲ ἀπὸ εἴκοσι ὀκτώ· εὔδηλον παρὰ ἕνα πῆχυν ἔσκεπε τὸν ἕνα τοῖχον καὶ τὸν ἕτερον παρὰ πῆχυν ἕνα. Αἱ δὲ δέρρεις, αἱ ἀπὸ στυπτῶν, καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους δύο πήχεις ἔσκεπον· ἦσαν γὰρ ἀπὸ πήχεων τριάκοντα τὸ μῆκος ἑκάστης· ἡ δὲ περισσὴ μία δέρρις εἰς τὴν θύραν τῆς σκηνῆς κατεκεχάλαστο. ∆ιαγράφομεν οὖν καὶ αὐτῶν τὸ εἶδος. Ἔστιν οὖν οὕτως, ἅμα καὶ τὰ τρίτα σκεπάσματα τὰ ἀπὸ δερμάτων. Ἑπτὰ λύχνοι, λαβίδες, ἐπαρυστρίδεσ 5.33 Αὕτη ἡ λυχνία ἑπτὰ λύχνους ἔχουσα, εἰς νότον κειμένη τῆς σκηνῆς, τύπος ἦν τῶν φωστήρων, ἐπειδήπερ, κατὰ τὸν σοφὸν Σολομῶντα, ἀνατέλλοντες οἱ φωστῆρες καὶ εἰς νότον διατρέχοντες ἐπὶ τὸν βορρᾶν τῇ γῇ φαίνουσι. Καὶ πάλιν ἑπτά εἰσι διὰ τὴν ἑβδομάδα τῶν ἡμερῶν, ἐπειδὴ πᾶς ὁ χρόνος ἀπὸ ἑβδομάδων ἀρχόμενος καὶ μῆνες ἀποτελοῦνται καὶ ἐνιαυτός. Ἐκ τοῦ δὲ ἑνὸς μέρους κελεύει ἀνάπτειν αὐτούς, ἐπειδήπερ ἔκειτο κατὰ τὸν βορρᾶν ἡ τράπεζα, ἵνα ἀπὸ τοῦ νότου ἐπὶ τὸν βορρᾶν φαίνωσιν. Οὕτως γὰρ καὶ περὶ τῶν φωστήρων ὁ Σολομῶν λέγει· "Ἀνατέλλων αὐτὸς ἐκπορεύεται πρὸς νότον καὶ κυκλοῖ πρὸς βορρᾶν· κυκλοῖ κυκλῶν, καὶ ἐπὶ κύκλους αὐτοῦ ἐπιστρέφει τὸ πνεῦμα." Ἀπὸ τῶν οὖν καθολικωτέρων καὶ ὁ Σολομῶν καὶ ὁ Μωϋσῆς ἐξεῖπον περὶ τῶν φωστήρων. ∆ιαγράψομεν καὶ τὴν λυχνίαν καὶ τὴν τράπεζαν. Ἔστιν οὗν καὶ αὐτὰ οὕτως. Παραγραφή 5.34 Αὕτη δὲ ἡ τράπεζα τύπος ἐστὶ τῆς γῆς. Οἱ δὲ ἄρτοι οἱ καρποὶ αὐτῆς εἰσι· δώδεκα δὲ σύμβολον τῶν δώδεκα μηνῶν τοῦ ἐνιαυσιαίου κύκλου. Αἱ τέσσαρες οὖν γωνίαι τέσσαρές εἰσι τροπαὶ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ἀπὸ μηνῶν τριῶν. Τὸ δὲ κυμάτιον, τὸ στρεπτὸν τῷ κύκλῳ, τὴν θάλασσαν πᾶσαν σημαίνει, τὸν λεγόμενον παρὰ τοῖς ἔξω Ὠκεανόν. Τὴν δὲ στεφάνην τὴν πέριξ τὴν πέραν γῆν τοῦ Ὠκεανοῦ σημαίνει, ἔνθα καὶ ὁ παράδεισός ἐστιν. Τὸ κείμενον 5.35 Πάλιν τὸ καταπέτασμα ἐξ ὑακίνθου καὶ πορφύρας καὶ βύσσου καὶ κοκκίνου κελεύει γίνεσθαι, ποικίλον κατὰ τὰ τέσσαρα στοιχεῖα, ἤτοι καὶ πρὸς εὐπρέπειαν. Φανερὰ γὰρ καὶ εἰς τύπον ἐγένοντο, φανερὰ γὰρ καὶ εἰς εὐπρέπειαν καὶ εἰς λειτουργίαν. Καὶ