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prayers of Israel, was daily ascending before

God.

In the most holy place stood the ark, a chest

of precious wood overlaid with gold, the

depository of the two tables of stone upon

which God had inscribed the law of Ten

Commandments. Above the ark, and forming

the cover to the sacred chest, was the mercy

seat, a magnificent piece of workmanship,

surmounted by two cherubim, one at each

end, and all wrought of solid gold. In this

apartment the divine presence was

manifested in the cloud of glory between the

cherubim.

After the settlement of the Hebrews in

Canaan, the tabernacle was replaced by the

temple of Solomon, which, though a

permanent structure and upon a larger scale,

observed the same proportions, and was