PREFACE TO SIXTH EDITION

PREFACE TO SIXTH EDITION The Fifth Edition of this work having been out of print for a considerable time, this New Edition is issued in the hope that the circulation may be still further increased. It has been carefully revised, and for the most part re- written. In order to adapt it better than the previous editions for general readers, critical, technical, and controversial matter have been left out of the book, and formed into an Appendix. Much fresh information is given, amounting to sixty pages, including a chapter on the much disputed subject of the length of the Hebrew Cubit, and another on the wonderful peregrinations of the golden candlestick. The new illustrations include one of a priest and one of a high priest attired in their robes of office, in conformity to the Hebrew text, taken from my life-size model of the high priest. A glance at the Table of Contents and the List of Illustrations will show the plan of the work.

W.B.