Religious - Old Testament Study Notes

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Religious - Old Testament Study Notes

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Church History Library of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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    Page 1stx The Post Master's or fourth Degree in Masonry ^From Page 13 in Book^ As this order is merly a ceremony before you can obtain the superexcellent order of the R. Arch, little is to be said on the subject No 4! The representation of the Ark of the covenant, that was borne by the High Priest at the time that they surrounded the walls of Jericho seven times, making long blasts with their Ram's horns, &c. [Joshua 6] The Seven Lights on the plate is to represent the ...
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    2nd which were cast off, & his hand over his eyes, as a sympathetic sign of reverence & humilety. 5 "The representation of the High Priest's Mitre whereon is a plate of gold, Engraved Holiness to the Lord." [Exodus 39:30] 5. Twelve Lights placed in a triangular form, is to represent the Twelve stones that ws laid on the banks of the river Jordan, also to the Twelve tribes of Israel, &c. and was placed at Gilgal, or the east border of Jerico. [
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    3rd and Eleazar and Phineas was to be their G. Wardens so Joshua & Caleb brought Moses down by night & buried him privately, in the easternmost part of the Valley of Pisgaths Mount as it was Moses's last desire, & to be kept secret from all the congregation of Israel, for fear they might revolt in schel &c &c (see Page 17). [Deuteronomy 34:1-6] 5 Moses & Aaron were installed in power & invested ...
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    4th [sideways text] Tribes of Israel Names of Tribes Names of Leaders Colurs of Banners Devices Number of Souls Situation in the Camp Judah Nashan Crimson A lion 74,600 Issachar Nathaniel Blue An Ass 54,400 East Zebulon Eliab Purple A ship 57,400 Reuben Elizor Red A Man 46,500 Simeon Shelomiel Yellow A Sword 59,300 South Gad Elishama White ...
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    21 Page 1st from page 38 Second Part A further Account of King Solomons Temple The prodigiousness of the work may be understood by the number of the men employed in this structure there being 10,000 men per month in Lebanon to hew down timber; 70,000 to carry burdens, 80,000 to hew the stones, & 3,300 overseers who were all employed for seven seven years. There was another edifice built over the Temple of the same dimensions with itself & makes the whole height 120 cubits ...
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    2nd (22) they were of stone so thick as three men could scarcely fathom them, none less than fifteen cubits & of the corinthian order, beautiful to a wonder; the windows [tunels] those in the pavement to let light into appartments under ground were 2,246 & the length of the wall which inclosed the Temple was 5,081 cubits, and six cubits & a hand breadth thick, and betwixt this wall & the porch of the gentiles was 374 cubits broad, & 768 cubits long. In the middle of the Temple there stood the house of God ...
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    2nd 23 joined by golden nails the heads of which were of curious workmanship, each of those nails were 25 ounces of gold, with most precious jewles jewels, of various coulours, set in & stone like the stars in the firmament. Those belonged to the Temple 440,000 vessels of gold and 1,340,000 of silver, which took up 108,000 talents and 2,000 shekels of gold, in the whole amounting to 1,817,654,024 Roman gold crowns, & of silver a million of talents, which is 1,465,480,000 more such crowns; all this was ...
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    4th 24 of oil, of 75 wine gallons, & alone five pints each, which was the contents of the ear for liquids; he gave them likewise 20,000 measures of wine, of the same contents. He gave the King of Egypt as much; and the Tyrian workman all yearly, 120,000 measures of wheat, and as many of Barley; so that all the workmen had evry year, 602,850 measures of wheat & as many of Barley; so that all the workmen had evry year besides 602,850 measures of wine & the ...
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    10th ^27^ page they were supposed therefore to be forbid; and in Exod Chapt. 28, saying there are the garments which they shall make this stay say excludes all that are not there named & Moses being commanded at the burning bush to put off his shoes, for the ground on which he stood was Holy for the same reason because of the extraordinary presence of God there in that place, they made a further argument for it. [Exodus 3:5] For say they, the Temple ...
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    11th page (28) T. B. C. ^see if this is recorded in the Book^ was exhalted to the dignity of a God under the appallation of Volean this was the first instance of mortal man being Deified, & it took place in the seventh generation from Adam The Father of Hiram King of Tyre was Abibalos & was the first artificer upon earth in those days. [1 Kings 5:1] There followed Masonic Songs from the following leaf heads in the same Book from which ...