4. As  for  the  inside,  Moses  parted  its  length
into  three  partitions. At  the  distance  of  ten
cubits  from  the  most  secret  end,  Moses  placed
four  pLUars,  the  workmanship  of  which  was  the
very  same  with  that  of  the  rest;  and  they  stood
upon  the  like  bases  with  tliem,  each  a  small
matter  distant  from  his  fellow. Now  the  room
within  those  pillars  was  the  most  holy  place ;  but
the  rest  of  the  room  was  the  tabernacle,  which
was  open  for  the  priests. However,  this  propor-
tion of  the  measures  of  the  tabernacle  proved  to
be  an  imitation  of  the  sj'stem  of  the  world :  for
that  thu'd  part  thereof  which  was  within  the  four
pillars,  to  which  the  priests  were  not  admitted,
is,  as  it  were,  a  Heaven  peculiar  to  God;  but  the
space  of  the  twenty  cubits,  is,  as  it  were,  sea  and
land,  on  which  men  live,  and  so  this  part  is  pecu-
liar to  the  priests  only:  but  at  the  front,  where
the  entrance  was  made,  they  placed  pillars  of
gold,  that  stood  on  bases  of  brass,  in  number
seven ;  but  then  they  spread  over  the  tabernacle
veils  of  fine  linen  and  purple,  and  blue,  and
scarlet  colours,  embi'oidei'ed. The  fij-st  veil  was
ten  cubits  every  waj%  and  this  they  spread  over
the  pillars  which  parted  the  temple,  and  kept
the  most  holy  place  concealed  within ;  and  this
veU. was  that  which  made  this  part  not  visible  to
any. Now  the  whole  temple  was  called  The  Holy
Place  ;  but  that  part  which  was  within  the  four
pillars,  and  to  which  none  were  admitted,  was
called  The  Holy  of  Holies. This  veQ  was  very
ornamental,  and  embroidered  with  all  sorts  of
flowers  which  the  earth  produces ;  and  there
were  interwoven  into  it  all  sorts  of  variety  that
might  be  an  ornament,  excepting  the  forms  of
animals. Another  veil  there  was  which  covered
the  five  pillars  that  were  at  the  entrance. It
was  like  the  former  in  its  magnitude,  and  tex-
ture, and  colour;  and  at  the  corner  of  every
pillar  a  ring  retained  it  from  the  top  downwards
half  the  depth  of  the  pillars,  the  other  half
affording  an  entrance  for  the  priests,  who  crept
under  it. 