Anf-01 viii.vi.xxix Pg 2
Ex. xxv.
And again: “And thou shalt erect the tabernacle according to the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shalt thou make it.”2575 2575
Anf-01 ix.iii.xxv Pg 18
Ex. xxvi. 1.
as being ten, declaring these a type of the ten Æons; but they have forgotten to count the coverings of skin, which were eleven3166 3166
Anf-01 ix.ii.xix Pg 7
Or, rather, perhaps “curtains.” Ex. xxvi. 1.
of the tabernacle constructed by Moses, being composed of fine linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, pointed to the same image. Moreover, they maintain that the long robe of the priest falling over his feet, as being adorned with four rows of precious stones,2884 2884
Anf-01 ix.ii.xix Pg 17
Ex. xxvi. 1, Ex. xxxvi. 8.
of the tabernacle, and the columns of ten cubits2893 2893 Ex. xxxvi. 21.
[high], and the ten sons of Jacob who were at first sent into Egypt to buy corn,2894 2894
Anf-02 vi.iv.ii.xii Pg 2.1
Anf-03 v.v.xxv Pg 8
Gen. i. 31.
while the former, according to Hermogenes, is regarded as the origin and cause of all evils. Lastly, if the one is Earth because the other is, why also is the one not Matter as the other is? Indeed, by this rule both the heaven and all creatures ought to have had the names of Earth and Matter, since they all consist of Matter. I have said enough touching the designation Earth, by which he will have it that Matter is understood. This, as everybody knows, is the name of one of the elements; for so we are taught by nature first, and afterwards by Scripture, except it be that credence must be given to that Silenus who talked so confidently in the presence of king Midas of another world, according to the account of Theopompus. But the same author informs us that there are also several gods.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 31
VERSE (10) - Ex 28:1-43; 39:1-43 Le 8:7,8,13 Nu 4:5-14
