How was the unity of the Is'ra-el-ite people maintained? What was the conception or thought in the Tabernacle? Why was it constructed of such material? What was the court of the Tabernacle? What were the dimensions of the court? What stood in the court? What were the materials of the Altar of Burnt Offerings? What was the size of this altar? What was the laver, and where did it stand? What was the Tabernacle itself? Into what rooms was it divided? How was it covered? What were the dimensions of the Holy Place? What did the Holy Place contain? What was the form of the candlestick? Where did the candlestick stand? Of what was the Altar of Incense made? What were its dimensions? For what was this altar used? What were the dimensions of the Holy of Holies? What did the Holy of Holies contain? Who alone entered this room, and how often? What was the Ark of the Covenant? What was the "mercy seat"? PART THREE The Sacred Year I. Among the Is'ra-el-ites certain institutions of worship were observed at regular intervals of time which have been called the =Periodical Institutions=. These were: 1. =The Sabbath=, observed one day in seven; of which the root idea is the giving to God a portion of our time. (See references in the Old Testament: Gen. 2. 3; Exod. 20. 8-11; Isa. 56. 2; 58. 13.) In the New Testament we find the first day of the week gradually taking its place among the early Christians (Acts 20. 7; 1 Cor. 26. 2; Rev. 1. 10). 2. =The New Moon=, which was the opening day of each month; regarded as a sacred day, and celebrated with religious services (Num. 10. 10; 2 Kings 4. 23). 3. =The Seven Annual Solemnities=, the important occasions of the year, six feasts and one fast day. 4. =The Sabbatical Year.= One year in every seven was to be observed as a year of rest, and the ground was not to be tilled (Lev. 25. 2-7). 5. =The Year of Jubilee.= Once in fifty years the Is'ra-el-ites were commanded to give liberty to slaves, freedom to debtors, and general restitution of alienated inheritances (Lev. 25. 9, 10). How far the "Sabbatical Year" and "the Year of Jubilee" were actually kept among the Is'ra-el-ites we have no means of knowing; but the commands concerning them were given in the law. II. We take for special notice among these periodical institutions the =Seven Annual Solemnities= of the =Sacred Year=. Most of these were instituted in the time of Mo'ses, but two of them arose later. We consider them all, however, in this place, rather than at the closing of the history, where two of the feasts properly belong. These may be classified as: 1. =The Three Great Feasts=: Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles; all observed at the capital, and requiring the people to make annual pilgrimages to Je-ru'sa-lem. 2. =The Annual Fast=: the Day of Atonement.