^5^th^ [from page 18 of "An explanation of the Masonic Plate; showing the emblems of each degree from the entered apprentice to the Royal Arch or Five Orders of Masonry" by John Harris published in Bristol, England in 1839.] Erected in the wilderness near Mount Sinai was to
worship the true & living God in, after Delivering the Israelites
from Egypt according to the commandments of God
this was the first place erected to form a Mason's Lodge &
Moses as Grand Master Joshua as his deputy & Eholiab &
Bezaleel his grand wardens; [Exodus 31:1-7] it was erected due east & west, and was
one hundred & fifty feet in length, & one hundred & five in
breadth consisting of th[r]ee divisions, or rooms, to represent
the th[r]ee churches of God on Earth, under the Mosaic dispensation
it was here Moses was visited by Jethro the priest, to whom
he had been indebted under the dispensation of Heaven
for the clear & perfect knowledge of our sScience which
appears to have been preserved in a most extraordinary
manner by some distinguished individual, even
in nations degraded by indolatrous practices, [Exodus 18] and the ark
was borne along with the Tabernacle, [Exodus 25:10-16] with two rods of gGold
with two Cherubs on the top, & extends from end to end &
it contained a square box called the Tabernacle of
the Law, the Ten Commandments the ^gold^ cup, that held the
manna, the figure fire of Incense, the Tweleve Twelve Rods
that was to scourge all that erred from the true, & Aaron's
Rod that buddeth; & this small Tabernacle was made
of Shittim Wood & cased with pure gold &c

Erected in the wilderness near Mount Sinai worship the true & living God in, after Delivering was to the Israelites from Egypt according to the commandments of God this was the first place erected to form a Mason's Lodge & Moses as Grand Master Joshua as his deputy & Eholiab & Bezaleel his grand wardens Exodus 32; it was erected due east & west, and was one hundred & fifty feet in length & one hundred & five in breadth consisting of three divisions, or, rooms, to represent the three churchs of God on Earth, under the Mosaic dimention it was here Moses was visited by Jethro the priest to whom he had been indebted under the dispensation of Heaven for the clear & perfect knowledge of any science which appears to have been preserved in a most extraivetonary manner by some distinguished individual ever in nations degraded by indolutions practices, and the ark was borne along with the Tabernacle, with two rods of gold with two cherubs on the top, & extends from end to end & it contained a square box called the Tabernacle of the same, the Ten Commandments the gold cup, that held the manna, the fire of incense, the Twelve rods that was to scourge all that erred from the true, & Aaron rod that buddeth; & this small Tabernacle was made of Shittum Wood & cased with pine got & e