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Fiftk.
Piate II.
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b F zek. xlvl.i , 20.
‘ E/.ek. xlii.S,6.
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fide of this gate, was for the priefts who had the overfight oftlie charge of the Altar, and daily fervice : and thefe officerswere, Ile that received money of the people for purchafingthings for the facrifices, and gave out thickets for the fame;He that, upon fight of the tickets, delivered the wine, flower,and oil purchafed; Ile that was over the lots, whereby everyprieft attending on the Altar had his duty affigned; He that, up-on fight of the tickets, delivered out the doves and pigeons pur-chafed; He that adminiftered phyfic to the priefts attending; Hethat was over the waters; He that was over the times, and didthe duty of a crier, calling the priefts or Levites to attend intheir minifteries ; He that opened the gates in the morning tobegin the fervice, and fhut them in the evening when the fer-vice was done, and for that end received the keys of the Araar-cholim, and returned them when he had done his duty; He thatvilited the night-watches; He that by a cymbal called the Levitesto their ftations for finging; He that appointed the hymns andfet the tune ; and he that took care of the fhew-bread. Therewere alfo officers who took care of the perfume, the veil, andthe wardrobe of the prieils.
VI. The exhedra on the weftern fide of the fouth gate, and thaton the weftern fide of the north gate, were for the princes ofthe four and twenty courfes of the priefts, one exhedra for twelveof the princes, and the other exhedra for the other twelve. Andupon the pavement on either fide of the Separate Place a wereother buildings without cloyfters, for the four and twenty courfesof the priefts to eat the facrifices, and lay up their garments andthe moft holy things: each pavement being ioo cubits Iong,and 50 broad, had buildings on either fide of it twenty cubitsbroad, with a walk or alley ten cubits broad between them. Thebuilding which bordered upon the Separate Place was an h un-ci red cubits long, and that next the People’s Court but fifty; theother fifty cubits weftward b being for a ftair-cafe and kitchin.Thefe buildings c were three ftories high; and the middle ftorywas narrower in the front than the lower ftory, and the upperftory ftill narrower, to make room for galleries; for they hadgalleries before them, and under the galleries were clofets for
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