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The Tabernacle of Moses (also
known as the Portable Tent in the
Wilderness) was the Hebrews' "movable temple" as they wandered the
Levant.
First, the large outer court of the Tabernacle was a perfect double
square, measuring 100 x 50 Hebrew cubits; put differently, it consisted
of two squares of 50 x 50 Hebrew cubits (compare the 500 x 500 pyramid
base and court of Ezekiel's Temple).
Also, the hall area of the tabernacle
was a double-square on plan, 20 x 10 Hebrew cubits. Architectural
precedent for this reaches back to the earliest appearances of stone
architecture, long before the Tabernacle. With
half the weight of the largest structure ever built bearing down
on it, the central King's
Chamber in the Great Pyramid measures exactly 20 x 10 Royal cubits,
the same as the Tabernacle hall.
Yet, so far as is known, no one knew that the King's Chamber even
existed until 820 A.D. when the Arab caliph Al Mamun dislodged a stone
from the tunnel ceiling as he forced his way into the pyramid. Ancient
historical sources on the pyramid are silent about any such a passage. Since
no one knew about it, the
King’s Chamber represents a “pure” example
of sacred measure in Egyptian studies that survived untouched (not
to mention unknown) for over than 3000 years.
Obviously,
the Hebrews had no way to know that this chamber was inside the pyramid. So
why do the King's Chamber and the Tabernacle hall have exactly
the same measures?
Most significantly, the Tabernacle shrine area, the holiest part,
measures (L x W x H) 10 x 10 x 10 Hebrew cubits, i.e. unity. Evidently,
the idea that there is "one" god lent mystical support to
this chamber (drop the zeroes). |
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