FURNITURE OF THE TABERNACLE.
No. 5. GOLDEN CANDLE STICK. South side, represents the state of the seven churches. Rev. 1:20; 2:1.

Oil denotes faith. Matt. 25:8.

Lamp denotes Word of God. Ps. 110:105.

Light denotes "Present Truth," 1 Peter 1:12.

No. 6. GOLDEN TABLE. - North side, twelve loaves of bread, replenished every Sabbath morning. Exo. 25:23-30. Lev. 24:5-8.

No. 7. GOLDEN ALTAR. - Before the Vail, continual fire thereon, to offer a perpetual incense and the national atonement for sin. - Exo. 30:7-10.

No. 8. ARK OF THE TESTIMONY - covered every where with gold. Exo. 25:10,11.

No. 9. MERCY SEAT - covering of the Ark. Exo. 25:17.

No. 10. CHERUBIMS, - of beaten gold on each end of the Mercy Seat. Exo. 25:18-21.

No. 11. HIGH PRIEST - Aaron. Exo. 28:1-42, 43.

GOLDEN CENSER - in the hand of the High Priest. - Lev. 16:12.

TABLES OF THE COVENANT. In No. 8, the Ark. Exo. 40:20; 34:28,29.


OUTSIDE OF THE COURT.
A & B. Moses and Aaron on the East with their households.


MEN ARMED FOR WAR.
C. On the East towards the Sun's rising, Judah, Issachar and Zebulon: numbering 186,400 under the standard of the Lion.

D. On the South, Reuben, Simeon, and Gad, with 151,450 under the standard of Cherub.

E. On the West side, Ephraim, Manasseh and Benjamin, with 108,100, under the standard of the Man.

F. On the North, Dan, Asher and Naphtali, with 157,600 under the standard of the Flying Eagle.

All the armed men number 603,550. Num. 2:32.

Levi and Joseph are not with the men of war.

The tribe of Levi are separated for the Priesthood and burden bearers of all the holy and most holy things.

The three sons of Levi with their tribes are stationed as near the Ark of the Testimony as possible, that no wrath come upon the congregation of Israel while they keep the charge of the Covenant (ten Commandments.) Num. 1:53.

G. Merari on the North with 3,200 burden bearers.

H. Gershom on the West with 2,630 burden bearers.

I. Kohath on the South with 2,750 burden bearers.

All of these 8,580 keep in charge the Court, Tabernacle, and all its furniture, and bear it which ever way the cloud moves.

The cloud by day and fire by night, rests on the Tabernacle.

The 603,550 armed men, 8,580 burden bearers of the tribe of Levi, with their families, probably numbering two and a half millions.

Manasses and Ephraim are substituted for Joseph and Levi, to complete the twelve tribes. Gen. 48:6.

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An Explanation of the Typical and Anti-typical Sanctuary by the Scriptures
"Furniture of the Sanctuary"
Joseph Bates