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Above the debir and the hekal was a story forty cubits high, so the entire building was the same height as the porch.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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The hekal (4) and the debir retained their ancient dimensions in length and breadth, but their height was increased to sixty cubits.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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According to the Mishna (Yoma, V, I) no partition wall separated the hekal from the debir, the latter being formed by two veils hung the distance of a cubit from each other; but
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Furthermore, he speaks only of one veil "at the entrance" of the debir, which must signify a doorway.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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The richly-decorated chamber contained the altar of perfumes before the entrance to the debir, north of the table of proposition and south of the seven-branch candlestick.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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The Ark of the covenant made by Moses in the Desert, with its staves, stood in the debir (III Kings, viii, 6).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Now as the interior of the debir was only twenty cubits high there must have been above it a space of ten cubits.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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The entrance to the debir had no doors, but, as formerly, was shielded by a costly curtain.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Ark of the Covenant had not been recovered and the debir was empty, but as it was the dwelling-place of God on earth the entrance was once more screened with a costly veil.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Within the debir even the fir-wood floor was covered with chains of the same metal (III Kings, vi, 15).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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