Kebra Nagast

Orthodox Fathers and Bishops Agreed cannot eat, whereon Zion shall rest, two cubits and half a cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and half a cubit the breadth thereof, and thou shalt cover it with pure gold, both the outside thereof and the inside And thou shalt make the fittings and the thereof. cover thereof of fine gold, and there shall be rings round and thou shalt make in the four sides four about it And thou shalt make it of holes for the carrying-poles. wood that the v orms cannot eat, and thou shalt cover it with pure gold, and in this ye shall carry the Tabernacle of the Law. In this wise did God command Moses on Mount Sinai, and He showed him the work thereof, and the construction and the pattern of the Tent, according to which he was to make it. And it (i.e. 9 Zion) was revered and had exceedingly great majesty in Israel, and it was acknowledged by God to be the habitation of His glory. And He Himself came down on the mountain of His holiness, and He held converse with His chosen ones, ; r and He opened to them [a way of] salvation, and He delivered them from the hand of their enemies. And he spake with them from the pillar of cloud, and commanded them to keep His Law and His commandments, and to walk in the precepts of God. How THE ORTHODOX FATHERS AND BISHOPS 1 8. AGREED d again the Council of the Three Hundred and " Amen. This is the salvation of the children of Adam. For since the Tabernacle of the Law of God hath come down, they shall be called, Men of the house of God/ even as David saith, And His habitation is in Zion.' 1 And again he saith Eighteen answered and said, ' ' by the mouth of the Holy Ghost, And My habitation ' have chosen it. And I will bless her priests, and I will make her poor to be glad. And unto David is here, for I 1 i Psalm ii, ii.