"And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished; also the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold." — The *total golden encasement*: *et-kol ha-bayit...zahav* (the whole house was overlaid with gold). Even the *altar* (*miz-beach*) in the *inner sanctuary* (the *altar of incense*, distinguished from the *bronze altar* in the outer courtyard) was *gold-overlaid*. The *golden sanctuary* becomes a *luminous void*, filled with *divine presence* and *cosmic significance*.

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