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13So that the bread become not mouldy. But in this short time<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When the cakes stood without the intervening rods, i.e., between the removal of the rods on the eve of the Sabbath and the removal of the bread on the Sabbath at midday, or between the setting down of the fresh bread on the Sabbath and the insertion of the rods at the conclusion of the Sabbath.');"><sup>16</sup></span> it would not become mouldy. And so it has been taught: What was the procedure? He used to enter on the eve of the Sabbath, draw out the rods, and place them [on the ground] parallel with the length of the table. At the outgoing of the Sabbath he used to enter again, lift up the ends of one cake and insert the rods underneath it, and then lift up the ends of another cake and insert the rods underneath it. The four [middle] cakes each required three rods underneath them, the topmost cake required but two rods underneath it for there was no burden upon it, while the bottom cake required no rods at all for it stood upon the surface of the table. We have learnt elsewhere:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Kel. XVII, 10; 'Er. 4b; Suk. 5b.');"><sup>17</sup></span> R'Meir says, All cubit measurements in the Temple were [according to a cubit of] medium size,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., of six handbreadths. ccux');"><sup>18</sup></span> excepting those of the golden altar, the horns, the sobeb,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Heb. : the second terrace or ledge which ran round the altar upon which the officiating priests walked.');"><sup>19</sup></span> and the base [of the outer altar]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For these the standard of the cubit was five handbreadths.');"><sup>20</sup></span> R'Judah says, The cubit used for the [Temple] building was of six handbreadths and that for the vessels was of five handbreadths. R'Johanan said, Both derived their views from the same text: And these are the measures of the altar<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the outer altar, i.e., the altar of the burnt-offering.');"><sup>21</sup></span> by cubits - the cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the ordinary cubit, which measured six handbreadths, was one cubit and one handbreadth by the standard of the cubit spoken of in this verse, for the latter cubit measured only five handbreadths. And all the parts of the altar mentioned in this verse were measured by a cubit of five handbreadths.');"><sup>22</sup></span>