Table of Contents

The Temple: Its Ministry and Services
Alfred Edersheim

Chapter 2
Within the Holy Place

• 'The Royal Bridge' --The principal entrances from the west into the Temple--The 'Royal Bridge' over the Tyropoeon Valley--Its proportions and architecture
• The Temple Porches --'The porches' of the Temple--The 'Royal Porch'--Its name and dimensions--View from the top of the colonnade--Christ among the doctors of the law--Solomon's Porch
• Court of the Gentiles --Marble screen with tablets warning off Gentiles--The Chel or terrace of the Temple--Gates into the inner courts
• The 'Beautiful Gate'
• Court of the Women --The thirteen Treasury-chests or 'trumpets'
• The Chambers --Chambers and side courts--The Gate of Nicanor--The fifteen steps of 'Ascent,' or of the Levites
• Court of Israel --The Court of the Priests
• The Chambers --Chambers connected with it--The 'Beth Moked'--The hall of hewn stones--Description of the Temple in the Mishnah
• The Altar --The altar of burnt-offering--Red line around the middle of it--Arrangements for sacrificing
• The Laver --The water supply of the Temple--Its drainage
• The Great Stones --Proportions of the Holy House itself
• The Veil --The Porch--The Holy Place--The Most Holy Place--Silence of the Rabbis about Herod
• Our Lord's Prediction --The disciples pointing out the Temple-buildings to the Master--May any of the Temple spoils be still existent?