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[144]
Over against this table, near the southern wall, was set a candlestick
of cast gold, hollow within, being of the weight of one hundred pounds,
which the Hebrews call Chinchares ,. if it be turned into the Greek
language, it denotes a talent. It was' made with its knops, and
lilies, and pomegranates, and bowls (which ornaments amounted to seventy
in all); by which means the shaft elevated itself on high from a single
base, and spread itself into as many branches as there are planets, including
the sun among them. It terminated in seven heads, in one row, all standing
parallel to one another; and these branches carried seven lamps, one by
one, in imitation of the number of the planets. These lamps looked to the
east and to the south, the candlestick being situate obliquely.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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- LSJ, ἀπαρτίζω
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