• 'The Royal Bridge'—The principal entrances from the west into the Temple—The 'Royal Bridge' over the Tyropoeon Valley—Its proportions and architecture
• The Temple Porches—'The porches' of the Temple—The 'Royal Porch'—Its name and dimensions—View from the top of the colonnade—Christ among the doctors of the law—Solomon's Porch
• Court of the Gentiles—Marble screen with tablets warning off Gentiles—The Chel or terrace of the Temple—Gates into the inner courts
• The 'Beautiful Gate'
• Court of the Women—The thirteen Treasury-chests or 'trumpets'
• The Chambers—Chambers and side courts—The Gate of Nicanor—The fifteen steps of 'Ascent,' or of the Levites
• Court of Israel—The Court of the Priests
• The Chambers—Chambers connected with it—The 'Beth Moked'—The hall of hewn stones—Description of the Temple in the Mishnah
• The Altar—The altar of burnt-offering—Red line around the middle of it—Arrangements for sacrificing
• The Laver—The water supply of the Temple—Its drainage
• The Great Stones—Proportions of the Holy House itself
• The Veil—The Porch—The Holy Place—The Most Holy Place—Silence of the Rabbis about Herod
• Our Lord's Prediction—The disciples pointing out the Temple-buildings to the Master—May any of the Temple spoils be still existent?

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