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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jan 29, 1908

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 34, No. 5.

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Some Word-Thoughts

Some Word-Thoughts.—"Cherubims"—"cherub" is the singular; "cherubim" is the proper plural. "Shittim wood" is better "acacia" wood. "Cubit," for convenience' sake reckoned at eighteen inches, or one and one-half feet. The gold talent was worth $32,805; and the gold shekel, $10.93. The silver talent was worth $1,883.25; the silver shekel, 62 cents. "Taches," better "clasps," as in the American Revised Version. "Badger" is better "sealskins," or "porpoise skins," as in the A.R.V. According to the A.R.V. the curtains of ramskins and sealskins were used to cover a tent which was over the sanctuary.