after the second vail Rather, "behind the second veil." There were two veils in the Tabernacle one called Mâsâk(Exodus 26:36-37, LXX. kalummaor epispastron) which hung before the entrance; and "the second," called Parocheth(LXX. katapetasma) which hung between the Holy Place and the Holiest (Exodus 26:31-35). The Rabbis invent twocurtains between the Holy Place and the Holiest with a space of a cubit between them, to which they give the name Tarkesin, which is of uncertain origin. They had many fables about the size and weight of this curtain that it was a hand-breadth thick, and took 300 priests to draw it, &c. &c.

the holiest of all Lit. "the Holy of Holies," a name which, like the Latin Sancta Sanctorumis the exact translation of the Hebrew Kodesh Hakkodashim. In Solomon's Temple it was called "the Oracle."

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