Tabernacle. The only tabernacle symbolism ap­propriated by Freemasonry appears in the ritual of the American Royal Arch Degree and that refers to the tabernacle erected by Zerubbabel preparatory to the building of the Second Temple. In the English ritual, the Chapter room represents the ancient San­hedrin. The tabernacle of Zerubbabel differed from that erected by Moses in the Wilderness and the tabernacle erected by David. Also, the Royal Arch ritualists altered the positions of the veils, placing them crosswise of the room, whereas in the original they covered the walls, though the colors may have been the same in both.