There were four props of gold there, branched at their tops, which supported them, two for each arrangement. [There were] twenty-eight rods, [each] like half a hollow reed; fourteen for one arrangement and fourteen for the other arrangement. Neither the arrangement of the rods nor their removal overrides the Sabbath. Rather, he would enter on the eve of the Sabbath and remove them, and place them along the length of the Table. All the utensils which were in the Temple [were placed with] their length [parallel] to the length of the Temple.