Hezekiah’s Tunnel

‎The tunnel was excavated approximately 40 meters beneath Ophel, the City of David, in Old Jerusalem during the reign of Hezekiah, King of Judea, around 710 BC. The tunnel was cut into over half a kilometer of bedrock with a 6 percent gradient designed to allow water to flow from the Gihon Spring into the Pool of Siloam.

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Furnishings of the Tabernacle

Furnishings of the Tabernacle . ‎The book of Exodus details the construction of the tabernacle and its furnishings. As Yahweh’s sanctuary, the tabernacle served as God’s dwelling place among the Israelites—the expression of the covenant between Yahweh and His people ( Exod 25:8–9 ).

A Threshing Floor

A Threshing Floor In the ancient world, farmers used threshing floors to separate grain from its inedible husk (chaff) by beating it with a flail or walking animals on it—sometimes while towing a threshing sledge. Sledges were fitted with flint teeth to dehusk the grain more quickly. Other workers would turn the grain over so that it would be evenly threshed by the sledge.

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