sentences:  Historical criticism attributes this description to the Elohist source (E), which is believed to have been written about 850 BCE or later.The more detailed description of a tabernacle, located in and , refers to an inner shrine (the most holy place) housing the ark and an outer chamber (holy place), with a six-branch seven-lamp menorah (lampstand), table for showbread, and altar of incense.An enclosure containing the sacrificial altar and bronze laver for the priests to wash surrounded these chambers.