Sacred Furniture of the Biblical Sanctuary and Court

The furniture of the sanctuary was designed by God Himself and served as a miniature representation of the heavenly temple where Christ ministers in our behalf Hebrews 9:23-24PP 343.2. In the court of the sanctuary, you will find the brazen altar of burnt offering and the laver Exodus 40:6-7CIS 174.1+1. The first apartment, known as the holy place, contains the golden candlestick with its seven lamps, the table of showbread, and the golden altar of incense Hebrews 9:2DAR1909 396.2+1. Inside the second apartment, the most holy place, resides the ark of the testament, which is covered by the mercy-seat and overshadowed by two golden cherubim Exodus 25:17-22DAR1909 396.2+1. This sacred ark contains the two tables of stone upon which the ten commandments were written by the finger of God Deuteronomy 10:1-5LIFIN 208.2+1.

...he earthly building had two apartments, - the holy place and the most holy place. Exodus 26:33, 34. In the first apartment were the candlestick, the table of showbread, and the altar of incense. In the second were the ark, which contained the tables of the covenant, or ten commandments, and th...— DAR1909 396.2

...which are described in this and the following chapters of Exodus,-the principal parts of which are, the Ark with its Mercy-Seat and Cherubims, the two Altars, one of Incense, the other of Burnt-Offerings, the Table of Shew-bread, the Candlestick and the Laver. These were all enclosed in a Court 100 cubits long and 50 broad, made of curtains hung upon brazen ...— ARSH May 5, 1851, page 79.5

...niture. Then they lead you into the most holy where stands Jesus, clad in priestly garments, before the mercy-seat which is upon, and but the the cover of, the ark containing the law of God. They lift the cover and bid you look into the sacred ark, and there you behold the ten commandments...— LIFIN 208.2 (1868)

There were two principal articles of furniture in the court, the laver and the altar of burnt-offering. The altar was overlaid with brass; the laver and all the vessels of the court that were used in the...— CIS 174.1 (1914)