Antiquities of the Jews Author:William Brown Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: with pleasure those sacred precincts which his Saviour visited; and examine those scenes which increase his acquaintance with the oracles of truth. We shall, the... more »refore, proceed to conduct our readers within the wall of the temple, and explain, in their order, the several objects which present themselves. SECT. II. textit{The Court of the Gentiles. The chambers at the gates, and their uses; sheepfolds at the east gate ; chests for the half shekel at the east gate; manner of collecting and disposing of it. The size of the Court; the beautiful pavement; the cloisters or piazza? round about; their grandeur. The royal porch. Solomon's Porch. In entering the Court of the Gentiles, the most natural approach is by the textit{east gate, which, as we formerly remarked, was the principal gate of the temple; and, as we enter, we shall find, on each side of it, a building of two stories, the ground floors of which were for the porter's lodge, and shops (riVJP? textit{Heniuth) where those who intended to offer sacrifices, bought wine, oil, salt, flour,« less