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betwcen the axes of thefe two pillars in the front was filled up t TEMPlE 0F

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with a marble column cubits fquare, the two pillars ftandinghalf out on either fide of the fquare column.thefe buildings, a in the four corners of the People’s Court,' Kzek. xiviwere little courts fifty cubits fquare on the outfide of their walls,and forty on the infide thereof, for ftair-cafes to the buildings,and kitchins to bake and boil the facrifices for the people ; thekitchin being thirty cubits broad, and the ftair-cafe ten. Thebuildings on either fide of the gates of the Priefts Court werealfo 37-i cubits long, and contained each of them one greatchamber in a ftory, fubdivided into fmaller rooms, for the greatofficers of the temple, and princes of the priefts. And in thefouth-eaft and north-eaft corners of this court, at the ends ofthe buildings, were kitchins and ftair-cafes for the great ofhcers ;and perhaps rooms for laying up wood for the Altar.

IV. In the eaftern gate of the People’s Court fat a court of ju-dicature, compofedof 23 elders. The eaftern gate of the PrieftsCourt, with the buildings-on either fide, was for the high-prieft',and his deputy the Sagan ; and for the Sanhedrim, or SupremeCourt of Judicature, compofed of 7 0 elders.

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exhedra on the eaftern fide of the fouthern gate, was for the prieftswho had the overfight of the charge of the Sandtuary with itstreafuries: and thefe were, firft, two Catholikim ; who werehigh-treafurers and fecretaries to the high-prieft; and examined,.ftated,. and prepared ali adfs and accounts to be figned and fealedby him : then feven Amarcholim ; who kept the keys of the fe-v.en locks of every gate of the Samftuary, and thofe alfo of the.treafuries; and had the overfight,. diredtion, andappointment ofall thing.s in the Sanctuary : then three or more Gifbarim, orunder-treafurers,. or recei.vers; who kept the holy veftels,. andthe publick money, and received or difpofed of iuch furns aswere bronght in for the feryice of the temple, and accountecbfor the fame. All thefe, with the high-prieft, compofed tlie.fupreme council for. managing the aifairs of the temple.

V.The facrifices c were killed on the northern fide of the Altar, L Ezek. *i.and flea’d, cutin.piec.es and falted in the northern gate. of the, 3 { 6.’ 4I 'temple;. and therefore the building or exhedra on the eaftern

fide,