1 Kings 7 Cross References - NSB

¹ Solomon took thirteen years to build a palace for himself. ² The Hall of the Forest of Lebanon was one hundred and fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high. ³ It had three rows of cedar pillars, fifteen in each row, with cedar beams resting on them. The ceiling was of cedar, extending over storerooms, which were supported by the pillars. ⁴ On each of the two sidewalls there were three rows of windows. ⁵ All the doors and doorframes were rectangular. There were three doors facing each other on opposite sides of the palace. ⁶ Solomon made the Hall of Pillars seventy-five feet long and forty-five feet wide. In front of the hall was an entrance hall with pillars. ⁷ He made the hall for the throne. It was a place where he could sit on his throne and judge. The hall was covered with cedar from floor to ceiling. ⁸ His own private quarters were in a different location than the hall containing the throne. They were similar in design. Solomon also built private quarters like this for his wife, Pharaoh's daughter. ⁹ From the foundation to the roof, all these buildings, including the large courtyard, were built with high-grade stone blocks. The stone blocks were cut to size and trimmed with saws on their inner and outer faces. ¹⁰ The foundation was made with large, high-grade expensive stones. Some were twelve feet and others fifteen feet long. ¹¹ Above the foundation were cedar beams and high-grade expensive stone blocks, which were cut to size. ¹² The large courtyard had three layers of cut stone blocks and a layer of cedar beams, like the inner courtyard of Jehovah’s Temple and the entrance hall. ¹³ King Solomon sent for a man named Huram, a craftsman living in the city of Tyre. ¹⁴ Huram was knowledgeable and skilled in making things out of copper. He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali. His father had been from Tyre. He went to do all of King Solomon’s work. ¹⁵ Huram cast two copper columns. Each one was twenty-seven feet tall and eighteen feet in circumference. They were placed at the entrance of the Temple. ¹⁶ He also made two copper crowns. Each one was seven and one half feet tall. They were to be placed on top of the columns. ¹⁷ The top of each column was decorated with a design of interwoven chains. ¹⁸ They had two rows of copper pomegranates. ¹⁹ The crowns on the top of the columns were shaped like lilies, six feet tall, ²⁰ and were placed on a rounded section which was above the chain design. There were two hundred pomegranates in two rows around each crown. ²¹ Huram placed these two copper columns in front of the entrance of the Temple. The column on the south side was named Jachin and the one on the north was named Boaz. ²² The lily-shaped copper crowns were on top of the columns. The work on the columns was completed. ²³ Hiram made a round tank of copper, seven and one half feet deep, fifteen feet in diameter, and forty-five feet in circumference. ²⁴ All around the outer edge of the rim of the tank were two rows of copper gourds. They were all cast in one piece with the rest of the tank. ²⁵ The tank rested on the backs of twelve copper bulls that faced outward. Three faced in each direction. ²⁶ The sides of the tank were three inches thick. Its rim was like the rim of a cup. It curved outward like the petals of a lily. The tank held about ten thousand gallons. ²⁷ Huram also made ten copper carts. Each cart was six feet long, six feet wide, and four and one half feet high. ²⁸ They were made of square panels set in frames. ²⁹ There were figures of lions, bulls, and cherubim on the panels. And there were spiral relief figures on the frames above and underneath the lions and bulls. ³⁰ Each cart had four copper wheels with copper axles. At the four corners were copper supports for a basin. The supports were decorated with spiral relief figures. ³¹ There was a circular frame on top for the basin. It projected eighteen inches upward from the top of the cart and seven inches down into it. It had carvings around it. ³² The wheels were under the panels. They were twenty-five inches high. The axles were of one piece with the carts. ³³ The wheels were like chariot wheels. Their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of copper. ³⁴ There were four supports at the bottom corners of each cart. They were of one piece with the cart. ³⁵ There was a nine-inch band around the top of each cart. Its supports and the panels were of one piece with the cart. ³⁶ The supports and panels were decorated with figures of cherubim, lions, and palm trees, wherever there was space for them, with spiral figures all around. ³⁷ This is how the carts were made. They were all alike, having the same size and shape. ³⁸ Huram made ten basins, one for each cart. Each basin was six feet in diameter and held two hundred gallons. ³⁹ He placed five of the carts on the south side of the Temple. The other five were placed on the north side. The tank was placed at the southeast corner. ⁴⁰ Huram made the pots and spades and the basins. Huram finished all the work he did for King Solomon in the house of Jehovah. ⁴¹ The two pillars and the two cups of the crowns which were on the tops of the two pillars; and the network covering the two cups of the crowns on the tops of the pillars, ⁴² The four hundred apples for the network, two lines of apples for every network, covering the two cups of the crowns on the pillars; ⁴³ The ten bases, with the ten washing-vessels on them; ⁴⁴ The great water-vessel (molten sea) (copper sea), with the twelve oxen under it; ⁴⁵ And the pots and the spades and the basins; all the vessels which Huram made for King Solomon, for the house of Jehovah, were of polished brass. ⁴⁶ He made them of liquid metal in the lowland district of the Jordan River. This was at the river crossing at Adama, between Succoth and Zarethan. ⁴⁷ Solomon did not weigh all the utensils because so much copper was used. No one tried to determine how much the copper weighed. ⁴⁸ Solomon made all the furnishings for Jehovah’s Temple: the gold altar, the gold table on which the bread of the presence was placed, ⁴⁹ lamps stands of pure gold, five on the south side and five on the north in front of the inner room, flowers, lamps, gold tongs, ⁵⁰ dishes, snuffers, bowls, saucers, incense burners of pure gold, the gold sockets for the doors of the inner room (the Most Holy Place), and the doors of the temple. ⁵¹ All the work King Solomon did on Jehovah’s Temple was finished. He brought the holy things that belonged to his father David: the silver, gold, and utensils and put them in the storerooms of Jehovah’s Temple.

²⁴ After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.

¹⁷ Jacob moved on to Succoth. He built a house there for himself and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place is named Succoth.

⁶ Moses took half of the blood of the animals and put it in bowls. The other half he threw against the altar.

¹⁸ »Hammer out two winged cherubs of pure gold and fasten them to the lid at the ends of the chest.

²³ »Make a table of acacia wood thirty-six inches long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high. ²⁴ »Cover it with pure gold. Put a gold molding around it. ²⁵ »Make a rim three inches wide around it. Put a gold molding around the rim. ²⁶ »Make four gold rings for it. Fasten them to the four corners where the four legs are. ²⁷ »The rings are to be close to the rim. They are to hold the poles for carrying the table. ²⁸ »Make the poles out of acacia wood. Cover them with gold and use them to carry the table. ²⁹ »The plates and dishes for the table should be out of pure gold. Also make pitchers and bowls to be used for pouring wine offerings.

²⁹ »The plates and dishes for the table should be out of pure gold. Also make pitchers and bowls to be used for pouring wine offerings. ³⁰ »The table should be placed in front of the Covenant Box. There is always to be the sacred bread offered to me for the table. ³¹ »Make lamp stand of pure gold. Make its base and its shaft of hammered gold. Its decorative flowers, including buds and petals, are to form one piece with it.

³¹ »Make lamp stand of pure gold. Make its base and its shaft of hammered gold. Its decorative flowers, including buds and petals, are to form one piece with it. ³² »Six branches shall extend from its sides, three from each side.

³² »Six branches shall extend from its sides, three from each side. ³³ »Three cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms in the one branch, a bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms in the other branch. This should go on for six branches going out from the lamp stand.

³³ »Three cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms in the one branch, a bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms in the other branch. This should go on for six branches going out from the lamp stand. ³⁴ »Four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its bulbs and its flowers should be in the lamp stand.

³⁴ »Four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its bulbs and its flowers should be in the lamp stand. ³⁵ »A bulb shall be under each of the six pair of branches coming out of the lamp stand.

³⁵ »A bulb shall be under each of the six pair of branches coming out of the lamp stand. ³⁶ »Their bulbs and their branches shall be of one piece. All of it must be one piece of hammered work of pure gold.

³⁶ »Their bulbs and their branches shall be of one piece. All of it must be one piece of hammered work of pure gold. ³⁷ »Then make a total of seven lamps. Mount the lamps so that they shed light on the space in front of it. ³⁸ »Its snuffers and fire holders (trays) must be of pure gold. ³⁹ »It shall be made from seventy-five pounds of pure gold, with all these utensils. ⁴⁰ »See that you make them like the pattern for them that were shown to you on the mountain.

³ »Make all the utensils for it out of copper: pots for taking away the altar’s ashes, also shovels, bowls, forks, and incense burners.

¹⁴ »Also make two chains of pure gold. These gold chains should be twisted like ropes. Fasten these chains to the settings.

²² »Make chains out of pure gold, twisted like ropes for the breastplate.

²⁴ »Fasten the two gold ropes to the rings at the top corners of the breastplate. ²⁵ »Fasten the other ends of the ropes to the two settings on the shoulder straps of the ephod so that the breastplate hangs in front of it.

¹ »Build an altar out of acacia wood for burning incense. ² »Make it eighteen inches square and thirty-six inches high. The horns that extend out of it and the altar should be made out of one piece of wood. ³ »Cover it all with pure gold, the top, the sides, and the horns. Put a gold molding around it. ⁴ »Make two gold rings. Place them below the molding on opposite sides to hold the poles for carrying it. ⁵ »Make the poles out of acacia wood. Cover them with gold.

¹⁷ Jehovah said to Moses: ¹⁸ »Make a copper basin with a bronze stand for washing. Put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and fill it with water. ¹⁹ »Aaron and his sons will use it for washing their hands and feet. ²⁰ »Before they go into the tent of meeting, they must wash so that they will not die. Before they come near the altar to serve as priests and burn an offering by fire to Jehovah. ²¹ »They must wash their hands and feet, so that they will not die. This is a long lasting rule that they and their descendants are to observe.«

²⁸ the altar for sacrifices, and the large bowl with its stand.

² »I have called Bezalel, son of Uri and grandson of Hur, from the tribe of Judah. ³ »I filled him with the Spirit of God (my power). I gave him understanding, skill, and ability for every kind of artistic work. ⁴ »This is for planning skillful designs and working them in gold, silver, and copper. ⁵ »It is also for cutting jewels to be set and for carving wood and for every other kind of artistic work. ⁶ »I also appointed Oholiab, son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, to help him. I have given every craftsman the skill necessary to make what I have commanded you:

⁹ »They will use a violet cloth to cover the lamp stand, as well as the lamps, snuffers, trays, and all the containers for the olive oil used in the lamps.

³⁰ Then Moses said to the sons of Israel: »Jehovah has called by name Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur of the tribe of Judah.

⁸ The most skilled men among those doing the work made the Tent of Jehovah’s presence. They made it out of ten pieces of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool and embroidered with figures of winged creatures.

³⁸ They also made five posts with hooks for hanging the screen. They covered the tops of the posts and the bands with gold. The five bases for the posts were made of copper.

⁷ He made two cherubim of hammered gold,

¹⁰ He made the table of acacia wood. It was thirty-six inches long and eighteen inches wide and twenty-seven inches high. ¹¹ He covered it with pure gold, and made a gold molding that went all around it. ¹² The rim he made for it was a handbreadth all around. He also made gold molding all around it. ¹³ He cast four gold rings for it and put the rings on the four corners that were on its four feet. ¹⁴ The rings were put close to the rim to hold the poles for carrying the table. ¹⁵ These poles were made out of acacia wood and were covered with gold. ¹⁶ He made plates, dishes, bowls, and pitchers to be used for pouring wine offerings on the table. All of them were made out of pure gold. ¹⁷ He made the lamp stand out of pure gold. The lamp stand, its base, and its shaft, as well as the flower cups, buds, and petals were hammered out of one piece of gold.

¹⁷ He made the lamp stand out of pure gold. The lamp stand, its base, and its shaft, as well as the flower cups, buds, and petals were hammered out of one piece of gold. ¹⁸ There were three branches on each of its two sides, for a total of six branches.

¹⁸ There were three branches on each of its two sides, for a total of six branches. ¹⁹ There were three decorative almond blossoms on each branch.

¹⁹ There were three decorative almond blossoms on each branch. ²⁰ And there were four on the lamp stand.

²⁰ And there were four on the lamp stand. ²¹ A blossom was placed where each pair of branches came out from the lamp stand.

²¹ A blossom was placed where each pair of branches came out from the lamp stand. ²² The lamp stand, including its branches and decorative flowers, was made from a single piece of hammered pure gold.

²² The lamp stand, including its branches and decorative flowers, was made from a single piece of hammered pure gold. ²³ He made seven its seven lamps including the snuffers and fire trays out of pure gold. ²⁴ The lamp stand and all the utensils were made out of seventy-five pounds of pure gold. ²⁵ He made an altar out of acacia wood for burning incense. It was eighteen inches square and thirty-six inches high. The horns and altar were made out of one piece of wood. ²⁶ All of it was covered with pure gold, the top, the sides, and the horns. He put a gold molding around it. ²⁷ He made two gold rings and put them below the molding on opposite sides to hold the poles for carrying it. ²⁸ Then the poles were made out of acacia wood and covered with gold. ²⁹ A perfumer made the holy oil to be used for anointing and for the pure, sweet incense.

³ He also made all the equipment for the altar: the pans, the shovels, the bowls, the hooks, and the fire pans. All this equipment was made of copper.

⁸ He made the laver (basin) of copper with its base of copper, from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

¹⁷ The bases for the posts were made of copper. The hooks and bands on the posts were made of silver. The tops of the posts were covered with silver. And the bands on all the posts of the courtyard were made of silver.

¹⁹ The screen hung on four posts set in four copper bases. The hooks and bands on the posts were made of silver. The tops of the posts were covered with silver.

²⁸ Bezalel used forty-four pounds of silver to make the hooks and bands for the posts and the coverings for the tops of the posts.

¹⁵ They made chains out of pure gold, twisted like ropes. These were for the breastplate. ¹⁶ Two gold settings and two gold rings were prepared and attached, the two rings to the top two corners of the breast piece. ¹⁷ They fastened the two gold ropes to the rings at the top corners of the breastplate. ¹⁸ They fastened the other ends of the ropes to the two settings on the shoulder straps of the ephod. The breastplate hung in front of it.

³² So all the work on the inner tent of the tent of meeting was now done. The Israelites obeyed all Jehovah’s instructions to Moses. ³³ They brought everything to Moses: the inner tent, the outer tent and all its furnishings, the fasteners, frames, crossbars, posts, sockets, ³⁴ the cover made of rams’ skins dyed red, the cover made of fine leather, the canopy over the Ark, ³⁵ the Ark containing the words of God’s covenant with its poles and the throne of mercy, ³⁶ the table with all the dishes, the bread of the presence,

³⁶ the table with all the dishes, the bread of the presence, ³⁷ the pure gold lamp stand with its lamps in a row and all its utensils, the olive oil for the lamps,

³⁷ the pure gold lamp stand with its lamps in a row and all its utensils, the olive oil for the lamps, ³⁸ the gold altar, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the entrance to the tent,

³⁸ the gold altar, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the entrance to the tent, ³⁹ the copper altar with its copper grate, its poles, and all its accessories, the basin with its stand, ⁴⁰ the curtains for the courtyard, the posts, bases, and screen for the entrance to the courtyard, the ropes and pegs, all the equipment needed for the service of the inner tent for tent of meeting; ⁴¹ the special clothes worn when serving as priests in the holy place, both the holy clothes for the priest Aaron and the clothes for his sons when serving as priests. ⁴² The Israelites did all the work according to Jehovah’s instructions to Moses. ⁴³ Moses inspected all the work. He saw that they had followed Jehovah’s instructions. So Moses blessed them.

¹¹ »Also dedicate the washbasin and its base in the same way. ¹² »Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tabernacle, and have them take a ritual bath.

²² Moses put the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the tent outside the canopy. ²³ He arranged the bread on the table in Jehovah’s presence, following Jehovah’s instructions. ²⁴ He placed the lamp stand in the tent of meeting opposite the table, on the south side of the tent. ²⁵ He set the lighted lamps in Jehovah’s presence, following Jehovah’s instructions. ²⁶ Moses put the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the canopy.

³³ He set up the courtyard around the tent and the altar and put up the screen at the entrance to the courtyard. At last Moses finished the work.

³¹ Moses told Aaron and his sons: »Cook the meat at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Take the meat and the bread in the basket of the ordination offering. Eat them there as I commanded when I said: ‘Aaron and his sons will eat it.’

¹² »He will take an incense burner full of burning coals from the altar in Jehovah’s presence, and two handfuls of finely ground, sweet-smelling incense. He will bring them up to the canopy.

⁵ »Take flour and bake twelve rings of bread. Each ring will contain four quarts of flour. ⁶ »Put them in two stacks of six each on the gold table in Jehovah’s presence. ⁷ »Place pure incense on top of each stack. The incense on the bread will be a reminder, an offering by fire to Jehovah. ⁸ »Every day of worship (sabbath day) a priest must arrange the bread in Jehovah’s presence. It is a long lasting reminder of my promise to the Israelites. ⁹ »The bread will belong to Aaron and his sons. They will eat it in a holy place. It is very holy, set apart from Jehovah’s offering by fire. This is a long lasting law.«

⁸⁶ The twelve gold dishes filled with incense weighed four ounces each using the standard weight of the holy place. Together all the gold dishes weighed about three pounds.

¹⁶ The waters stood and rose up upon a heap very far from the city Adam that is beside Zaretan. The waters that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off. The people passed over the Jericho.

²⁷ In the valley, Beth-aram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, to the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.

²¹ Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed.

¹³ The priests had a custom with the people. If any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came while the flesh was boiling, with a fork of three teeth in his hand. ¹⁴ He stuck it into the pan, kettle, caldron or pot. All that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites that came there.

¹² »‘I will choose one of your sons to be king when you reach the end of your life and are buried in the tomb of your ancestors. I will make him a strong ruler.

⁷ David captured the gold shields carried by Hadadezer’s officials and took them to Jerusalem. ⁸ King David also took a large quantity of copper from Betah and Berothai, Hadadezer’s cities. ⁹ Soon King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated Hadadezer’s entire army. ¹⁰ He sent his son Joram to greet King David and congratulate him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer. There had often been war between Hadadezer and Toi. Joram brought articles of gold, silver, and copper with him. ¹¹ King David dedicated these articles to Jehovah, along with the silver and gold he dedicated from all the nations he conquered.

¹ Solomon made an alliance with the king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. He brought her to live in David's City until he finished building his palace, the Temple, and the wall around Jerusalem.

⁹ ‘Give me the wisdom I need to rule your people with justice. Help me know the difference between good and evil. Otherwise, how would I ever be able to rule this great people of yours?«

¹⁵ The inside walls were covered with cedar panels from the floor to the ceiling. The floor was made of pine. ¹⁶ An inner room, called the Most Holy Place, was built in the rear of the Temple. It was thirty feet long and was partitioned off by cedar boards reaching from the floor to the ceiling.

¹⁸ The cedar panels were decorated with carvings of gourds and flowers. The entire interior was covered with cedar. The stones of the walls could not be seen.

²⁷ They were placed side by side in the Most Holy Place. Their outstretched wings touched each other in the middle of the room, and the other two wings touched the walls.

²⁹ The walls of the main room and of the inner room were all decorated with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and flowers.

³² The doors were decorated with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and flowers. The doors, the cherubim, and the palm trees were covered with gold.

³² The doors were decorated with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and flowers. The doors, the cherubim, and the palm trees were covered with gold. ³³ A rectangular doorframe of olive wood was made for the entrance to the main room. ³⁴ There were two folding doors made of pine ³⁵ and decorated with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and flowers, which were evenly covered with gold.

³⁵ and decorated with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and flowers, which were evenly covered with gold. ³⁶ An inner court was built in front of the Temple. They enclosed it with walls that had one layer of cedar beams for every three layers of stone.

⁵ All the doors and doorframes were rectangular. There were three doors facing each other on opposite sides of the palace. ⁶ Solomon made the Hall of Pillars seventy-five feet long and forty-five feet wide. In front of the hall was an entrance hall with pillars.

¹⁰ The foundation was made with large, high-grade expensive stones. Some were twelve feet and others fifteen feet long. ¹¹ Above the foundation were cedar beams and high-grade expensive stone blocks, which were cut to size. ¹² The large courtyard had three layers of cut stone blocks and a layer of cedar beams, like the inner courtyard of Jehovah’s Temple and the entrance hall.

¹⁵ Huram cast two copper columns. Each one was twenty-seven feet tall and eighteen feet in circumference. They were placed at the entrance of the Temple. ¹⁶ He also made two copper crowns. Each one was seven and one half feet tall. They were to be placed on top of the columns. ¹⁷ The top of each column was decorated with a design of interwoven chains. ¹⁸ They had two rows of copper pomegranates. ¹⁹ The crowns on the top of the columns were shaped like lilies, six feet tall,

¹⁹ The crowns on the top of the columns were shaped like lilies, six feet tall, ²⁰ and were placed on a rounded section which was above the chain design. There were two hundred pomegranates in two rows around each crown.

²⁰ and were placed on a rounded section which was above the chain design. There were two hundred pomegranates in two rows around each crown. ²¹ Huram placed these two copper columns in front of the entrance of the Temple. The column on the south side was named Jachin and the one on the north was named Boaz.

²¹ Huram placed these two copper columns in front of the entrance of the Temple. The column on the south side was named Jachin and the one on the north was named Boaz. ²² The lily-shaped copper crowns were on top of the columns. The work on the columns was completed.

²² The lily-shaped copper crowns were on top of the columns. The work on the columns was completed. ²³ Hiram made a round tank of copper, seven and one half feet deep, fifteen feet in diameter, and forty-five feet in circumference.

²⁵ The tank rested on the backs of twelve copper bulls that faced outward. Three faced in each direction.

²⁸ They were made of square panels set in frames. ²⁹ There were figures of lions, bulls, and cherubim on the panels. And there were spiral relief figures on the frames above and underneath the lions and bulls.

³⁸ Huram made ten basins, one for each cart. Each basin was six feet in diameter and held two hundred gallons.

⁴⁰ Huram made the pots and spades and the basins. Huram finished all the work he did for King Solomon in the house of Jehovah. ⁴¹ The two pillars and the two cups of the crowns which were on the tops of the two pillars; and the network covering the two cups of the crowns on the tops of the pillars, ⁴² The four hundred apples for the network, two lines of apples for every network, covering the two cups of the crowns on the pillars;

²⁸ The people of Israel heard of Solomon's decision and were all filled with deep respect for him. They knew then that God had given him the wisdom to settle disputes fairly.

¹² Baana son of Ahilud: the cities of Taanach, Megiddo, and all the region near Beth Shan, near the town of Zarethan, south of the town of Jezreel, as far as the city of Abel Meholah and the city of Jokmeam.

¹⁷ King Solomon command that they cut fine large stones for the foundation of the Temple.

³ The entrance room was fifteen feet deep and thirty feet wide. It was as wide as the sanctuary. ⁴ He made windows for the Temple. Their openings were narrower on the outside than on the inside. ⁵ A third-story annex, seven and one half feet high, was built against the outside walls. It was on the sides and the back of the Temple.

¹⁰ It took twenty years for Solomon to build two houses, the Temple of Jehovah and the king's house.

¹⁹ the cities where his supplies were kept, the cities for his horses and chariots, and everything else he wanted to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and elsewhere in his kingdom.

²⁴ Solomon filled in the land on the east side of the city, after his wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt, had moved from David's City to the palace Solomon built for her.

¹⁷ He made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold. Three pounds of gold was in every cover. The king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon. ¹⁸ The king made a great ivory throne plated with the best gold. ¹⁹ There were six steps going up to it. The top of it was round at the back. There were arms on the two sides of the throne and two lions by the side of the arms. ²⁰ Twelve lions were placed on one side and on the other side on the six steps: there was nothing like it in any kingdom. ²¹ All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold. All the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold. Not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon.

¹⁷ King Ahaz took off the sides of the wheeled bases, and took down the great water-vessel from off the copper bulls which were under it and put it on a floor of stone.

⁴ Isaiah had not gone as far as the middle courtyard when Jehovah spoke to him:

¹³ The copper pillars in the Temple of Jehovah, and the wheeled bases, and the great copper water-vessel in the Temple of Jehovah were broken up by the Chaldaeans. They took the copper to Babylon. ¹⁴ The pots and the spades and the scissors for the lights and the spoons, and all the copper vessels used in Jehovah’s Temple were taken away. ¹⁵ The captain of the guard took all of the incense burners and bowls that were made of gold or silver. ¹⁶ The bronze from the two pillars, the pool, and the stands that Solomon made for Jehovah’s Temple could not be weighed.

¹⁶ The bronze from the two pillars, the pool, and the stands that Solomon made for Jehovah’s Temple could not be weighed. ¹⁷ One pillar was twenty-seven feet high and had a copper crown on it that was four and one half feet high. The filigree and the pomegranates around the crown were all made of copper. The second pillar and its filigree were the same.

¹⁷ One pillar was twenty-seven feet high and had a copper crown on it that was four and one half feet high. The filigree and the pomegranates around the crown were all made of copper. The second pillar and its filigree were the same.

³ He provided a large amount of iron to make nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, and more copper than could be weighed.

¹⁴ »I have taken great pains to provide for the temple of Jehovah three thousand seven hundred and fifty tons of gold, about thirty-seven thousand five hundred tons of silver, quantities of copper and iron too great to be weighed, and wood and stone. And you may add to them.

¹⁶ in gold and silver, copper and iron, craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and Jehovah will be with you.«

²⁶ Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of all the treasuries for the things dedicated by King David, by the heads of families who were the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and by the other army commanders. ²⁷ Some of the plunder taken in battle they dedicated for the repair of the Temple of Jehovah. ²⁸ And everything dedicated by Samuel the seer and by Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner and Joab son of Zeruiah, and all the other dedicated things were in the care of Shelomith and his relatives.

¹³ »I am sending you a wise and skillful master metalworker named Huram (Hiram-abi). ¹⁴ »He was the son of a woman from the tribe of Dan. His father is a native of Tyre. Huram knows how to work with gold, silver, copper, iron, stone, wood, purple, violet, and dark red cloth, and linen. He also knows how to make all kinds of engravings and follow any set of plans that will be given to him. He can work with your skilled workmen and the skilled workmen of His Majesty David, your father.

¹⁴ »He was the son of a woman from the tribe of Dan. His father is a native of Tyre. Huram knows how to work with gold, silver, copper, iron, stone, wood, purple, violet, and dark red cloth, and linen. He also knows how to make all kinds of engravings and follow any set of plans that will be given to him. He can work with your skilled workmen and the skilled workmen of His Majesty David, your father.

¹⁵ He made two pillars for the front of the Temple. They were fifty-three feet long, and the crown on each pillar was seven and one half feet high. ¹⁶ He made chains for the inner room and also put them on the crowns. He made one hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains.

¹⁶ He made chains for the inner room and also put them on the crowns. He made one hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains. ¹⁷ He set up the pillars in front of the Temple, one on the right and the other on the left. He named the one on the right Jachin (He Establishes) and the one on the left Boaz (In Him Is Strength).

¹⁷ He set up the pillars in front of the Temple, one on the right and the other on the left. He named the one on the right Jachin (He Establishes) and the one on the left Boaz (In Him Is Strength).

² He also made a round tank (molten sea) of copper. It was seven and one half feet deep, fifteen feet in diameter, and forty-five feet in circumference. ³ All around the outer edge of the rim of the tank were two rows of decorations, one above the other. The decorations were in the shape of bulls. They had been cast all in one piece with the rest of the tank. ⁴ The tank rested on the backs of twelve copper bulls that faced outward. Three faced in each direction, north, west, south and east. ⁵ The sides of the tank were three inches thick. Its rim was like the rim of a cup, curving outward like the petals of a flower. The tank held about fifteen thousand gallons.

⁵ The sides of the tank were three inches thick. Its rim was like the rim of a cup, curving outward like the petals of a flower. The tank held about fifteen thousand gallons. ⁶ They also made ten basins, five to be placed on the south side of the Temple and five on the north side. They were to be used to rinse the parts of the animals that were burned as sacrifices. The water in the large tank was for the priests to use for washing.

⁶ They also made ten basins, five to be placed on the south side of the Temple and five on the north side. They were to be used to rinse the parts of the animals that were burned as sacrifices. The water in the large tank was for the priests to use for washing. ⁷ They made ten gold lamp stands according to the usual pattern, and ten tables, and placed them in the main room of the Temple.

⁷ They made ten gold lamp stands according to the usual pattern, and ten tables, and placed them in the main room of the Temple. ⁸ He made ten tables and put them in the temple. Five were on the south side and five on the north side. And he made one hundred gold bowls.

⁸ He made ten tables and put them in the temple. Five were on the south side and five on the north side. And he made one hundred gold bowls. ⁹ He also made the priests’ courtyard and the large courtyard and its doors. He covered the doors with copper.

¹ It took Solomon twenty years to build Jehovah’s house and his own house.

¹¹ Then Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter up from the city of David to the house he had built for her. He said: »My wife must not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy where the Ark of Jehovah’s Covenant has entered.«

¹⁶ He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, using seven and one half pounds of gold on each shield. The king put them in the hall named the Forest of Lebanon.

⁷ David took the gold shields that Hadadezer’s servants carried. He brought them to Jerusalem. ⁸ David also took a large quantity of bronze from Tibhath and Cun, Hadadezer’s cities. Later Solomon used it to make the pool, pillars, and utensils for the temple.

⁸ David also took a large quantity of bronze from Tibhath and Cun, Hadadezer’s cities. Later Solomon used it to make the pool, pillars, and utensils for the temple.

¹⁰ he sent his son Hadoram to greet King David and congratulate him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer. There had often been war between Hadadezer and Tou. ¹¹ King David dedicated all the articles of gold, silver, and bronze to Jehovah, along with the silver and gold he had taken from other nations-from Edom, Moab, Ammon, the Philistines, and Amalek.

¹¹ Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the entrance hall and the Temple, the storerooms, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the throne of mercy. ¹² He gave him plans for the courtyards of Jehovah’s Temple and for all the rooms around it. These rooms served as treasuries for God’s Temple and the gifts dedicated to God. ¹³ He determined the divisions of the priests and Levites. He planned all the work done for worship in Jehovah’s Temple. He designed all the utensils for worship in Jehovah’s Temple. ¹⁴ David specified the weight of gold to be used for each of the utensils for worship, ¹⁵ the weight of the gold lamp stands and their gold lamps that is, the weight of gold for each lamp stand and its lamps, the weight of silver for each silver lamp stand and its lamps according to the use of each lamp stand for worship, ¹⁶ the weight of gold for each table with the rows of bread, and the silver for the silver tables, ¹⁷ the pure gold for the forks, bowls, and pitchers, the weight of each gold bowl, the weight of each silver bowl, ¹⁸ and the refined gold for the altar of incense. He also gave Solomon the plans for the chariot, that is, the gold angels with their wings spread to cover the Ark of Jehovah’s Covenant.

² »I have made every effort to prepare materials for the Temple: gold, silver, bronze, iron, timber, precious stones and gems, stones for mosaics, and quantities of marble. ³ »Over and above all this that I have provided, I have given silver and gold from my personal property because of my love for God’s Temple. ⁴ »I have given one hundred and fifteen tons of the finest gold and two hundred and sixty five tons of pure silver for decorating the walls of the Temple ⁵ and for all the objects which the skilled workers are to make. Now who else is willing to give a generous offering to Jehovah?« ⁶ Then the heads of the clans, the officials of the tribes, the commanders of the army, and the administrators of the royal property volunteered to give. ⁷ They gave the following for the work on the Temple: one hundred and ninety tons of gold, three hundred and eighty tons of silver, six hundred and seventy five tons of bronze, and three thousand seven hundred and fifty tons of iron. ⁸ Those who had precious stones gave them to the Temple treasury, which was administered by Jehiel of the Levite clan of Gershon.

¹⁰ He set the pool on the south side in the southeast corner.

¹⁰ He set the pool on the south side in the southeast corner. ¹¹ Huram also made the pots, shovels, and bowls. So Huram finished the work for King Solomon in God’s Temple:

¹¹ Huram also made the pots, shovels, and bowls. So Huram finished the work for King Solomon in God’s Temple:

¹¹ Huram also made the pots, shovels, and bowls. So Huram finished the work for King Solomon in God’s Temple: ¹² Two pillars, bowl-shaped crowns on top of the two pillars, and two sets of filigree to cover the two bowl-shaped crowns on top of the pillars,

¹² Two pillars, bowl-shaped crowns on top of the two pillars, and two sets of filigree to cover the two bowl-shaped crowns on top of the pillars,

¹² Two pillars, bowl-shaped crowns on top of the two pillars, and two sets of filigree to cover the two bowl-shaped crowns on top of the pillars,

¹² Two pillars, bowl-shaped crowns on top of the two pillars, and two sets of filigree to cover the two bowl-shaped crowns on top of the pillars, ¹³ four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of filigree (two rows of pomegranates for each filigree to cover the two bowl-shaped crowns on the pillars),

¹³ four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of filigree (two rows of pomegranates for each filigree to cover the two bowl-shaped crowns on the pillars),

¹³ four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of filigree (two rows of pomegranates for each filigree to cover the two bowl-shaped crowns on the pillars),

¹³ four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of filigree (two rows of pomegranates for each filigree to cover the two bowl-shaped crowns on the pillars), ¹⁴ ten stands and ten basins on the stands,

¹⁴ ten stands and ten basins on the stands,

¹⁴ ten stands and ten basins on the stands, ¹⁵ one pool and the twelve bulls under it,

¹⁵ one pool and the twelve bulls under it, ¹⁶ pots, shovels, and three-pronged forks. Huram (Hiram-abiv) made all of them out of polished copper for Jehovah’s Temple at King Solomon’s request.

¹⁶ pots, shovels, and three-pronged forks. Huram (Hiram-abiv) made all of them out of polished copper for Jehovah’s Temple at King Solomon’s request.

¹⁶ pots, shovels, and three-pronged forks. Huram (Hiram-abiv) made all of them out of polished copper for Jehovah’s Temple at King Solomon’s request. ¹⁷ The king cast them in foundries in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zeredah.

¹⁷ The king cast them in foundries in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zeredah. ¹⁸ Solomon made so many of these products that no one tried to determine how much the copper weighed.

¹⁸ Solomon made so many of these products that no one tried to determine how much the copper weighed. ¹⁹ Solomon made all the furnishings for God’s Temple: the gold altar, the gold tables on which the bread of the presence was placed,

¹⁹ Solomon made all the furnishings for God’s Temple: the gold altar, the gold tables on which the bread of the presence was placed, ²⁰ lamp stands and lamps of pure gold (to burn as directed in front of the inner room),

²⁰ lamp stands and lamps of pure gold (to burn as directed in front of the inner room), ²¹ flowers, lamps, pure gold tongs, ²² snuffers, basins, dishes, incense burners of pure gold, the gold entrance to the temple, the gold doors of the most holy place, and the gold doors of the Temple.

¹ The work Solomon did on Jehovah’s Temple was finished. He brought the holy things that had belonged to his father David, the silver, gold, and all the utensils. He put them in the storerooms of God’s Temple.

¹⁵ The construction of this house was complete on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the rule of Darius the king.

⁵ The court of justice sits there. It consists of princes who are David's descendants.

⁸ When a king sits on the throne of judgment he scatters away evil with his eyes.

⁴ I made great works. I built houses for myself. I planted vineyards for myself. ⁵ I made myself parks and fruit gardens, planting in them fruit-trees of all kinds.

¹⁶ Therefore this is what The Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: »Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation. It is a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; whoever believes will not act hastily.

²⁶ He instructs him in right judgment and his God teaches him.

⁴ »Your neck is as a tower of ivory. Your eyes like the fish pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim. Your nose is as the tower of Lebanon that looks toward Damascus.

⁷ Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts will accomplish this.

¹¹ »O afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted, I will build you with stones of turquoise, your foundations with sapphires. ¹² »I will make your battlements of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.

²⁴ »It will be said of me: ‘Certainly, righteousness and strength are found in Jehovah alone. All who are angry with him will come to him and be ashamed.

¹³ He burned down Jehovah’s Temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. Every important building was burned down.

¹⁷ The Babylonians broke apart the copper pillars of Jehovah’s Temple, the stands, and the copper pool in Jehovah’s Temple. They shipped all the copper to Babylon. ¹⁸ they took the pots, shovels, snuffers, bowls, dishes, and all the copper utensils used in the Temple service. ¹⁹ The captain of the guard also took pans, incense burners, bowls, pots, lamp stands, dishes, and the bowls used for wine offerings. The captain of the guard took all of the trays and bowls that were made of gold or silver. ²⁰ The copper from the two pillars, the pool, and the twelve copper bulls under the stands that King Solomon had made for Jehovah’s Temple could not be weighed. ²¹ One pillar was twenty-seven feet high and eighteen feet in circumference. It was three inches thick and hollow. ²² The crown that was on it was seven and one half feet high with filigree and pomegranates around it. They were all made of copper. The second pillar was the same. It also had pomegranates. ²³ There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides. The total number of pomegranates on the surrounding filigree was one hundred.

¹⁰ Their faces looked like this: From the front, each creature had the face of a human. From the right side, each one had the face of a lion. From the left, each one had the face of a bull. And from the back, each one had the face of an eagle.

¹⁵ As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each of them, with its four faces. ¹⁶ This is how the wheels looked and how they were made: They looked like beryl (chrysolite) (precious stones). All four wheels looked the same. They looked like a wheel within a wheel.

¹⁶ This is how the wheels looked and how they were made: They looked like beryl (chrysolite) (precious stones). All four wheels looked the same. They looked like a wheel within a wheel. ¹⁷ When they moved, they moved in any of the four directions without turning as they moved. ¹⁸ The rims of the wheels were large and frightening. They were covered with eyes.

¹⁸ The rims of the wheels were large and frightening. They were covered with eyes. ¹⁹ When the living creatures moved the wheels moved with them. When the living creatures rose from the earth, the wheels also rose. ²⁰ Wherever the spirit wanted to go the creatures went. The wheels rose with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. ²¹ When the creatures moved, the wheels moved. When the creatures stood still, the wheels stood still. And when the creatures rose from the earth, the wheels rose with them. This is because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

¹³ I also heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures touching one another and the noise of the wheels beside them as well as a loud rumbling.

¹⁰ All four of them had the same likeness in appearance, as if one wheel was within another wheel. ¹¹ When they moved, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went. They followed in the direction that they faced, without turning as they went. ¹² Their whole body, their backs, their hands, their wings and the wheels were full of eyes all around. The wheels belonged to all four of them. ¹³ The wheels were called in my hearing, the whirling wheels. ¹⁴ Each one had four faces. The first face was the face of a cherub angel, the second face was the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

¹⁶ The guardrooms and recessed walls inside the gateway had small windows all around. The entrance hall also had windows all around on the inside. Pictures of palm trees were carved on the recessed walls.

²² Its windows, recessed walls, and palm tree pictures were the same size as those in the east gateway. Seven steps went up to it and led to its entrance hall.

²⁵ The gateway and its entrance hall had windows on all sides like the windows in the other gateways. It was eighty-seven and one half feet long and forty-four feet wide.

²⁹ Its guardrooms, recessed walls, and entrance hall were the same size as the other gateways. The guardrooms and the entrance hall had windows all around. The gateway was eighty-seven and one half feet long and forty-four feet wide.

³¹ The entrance halls faced the outer courtyard. Pictures of palm trees were carved on the recessed walls, and eight steps led up to each gateway.

³³ Its guardrooms, recessed walls, and entrance halls were the same size as those of the other gateways. Its guardrooms and entrance hall had windows all around. The gateway was eighty-seven and one half feet long and forty-four feet wide.

³⁶ Its guardrooms, recessed walls, and entrance hall had windows all around. The gateway was eighty-seven and one half feet long and forty-four feet wide. ³⁷ Its recessed walls faced the outer courtyard. Pictures of palm trees were carved on the recessed walls, and eight steps led up to the gateway.

³⁹ There were two tables on each side of the entrance hall of the gateway. On these tables the animals were slaughtered for burnt offerings, offerings for sin, and guilt offerings.

⁴² There were four tables made of cut stone for burnt offerings. They were three feet long, three feet wide, and twenty-one inches high. On these tables the priests laid the utensils that were used to slaughter animals for burnt offerings and sacrifices.

⁴⁸ The man brought me to the entrance hall of the Temple and measured its recessed walls. They were nine feet on each side. The gateway was twenty-four and one half feet wide, and the walls on each side were five feet wide. ⁴⁹ The entrance hall was thirty-five feet long and twenty-one feet wide. Steps led up to it. Pillars stood by the recessed walls, one on each side of the entrance hall.

¹⁸ there were pictures of cherubim angels and palm trees. Palm trees were positioned between each of the angels, and each angel had two faces:

¹⁸ there were pictures of cherubim angels and palm trees. Palm trees were positioned between each of the angels, and each angel had two faces: ¹⁹ the face of a man, which was turned toward a palm tree on one side, and the face of a lion, which was turned toward a palm tree on the other side. These pictures were carved all around the Temple.

¹⁹ the face of a man, which was turned toward a palm tree on one side, and the face of a lion, which was turned toward a palm tree on the other side. These pictures were carved all around the Temple. ²⁰ Pictures of cherubim angels and palm trees were carved on the walls from the floor to the space above the door.

²² There was a wooden altar. It was five feet high and three and one half feet wide. Its corners, its base, and its sides were made of wood. Then the man told me: This is the table that is in the presence of Jehovah.

²⁵ Pictures of cherubim angels and palm trees were carved on the doors of the Holy Place as on the walls. There was a wooden roof hanging over the outer entrance hall. ²⁶ There were small windows and palm trees on both sides of the entrance hall, on the side rooms of the Temple, and on the roofs.

²⁶ There were small windows and palm trees on both sides of the entrance hall, on the side rooms of the Temple, and on the roofs.

¹⁶ »‘They will enter my sanctuary and come near my table to minister to me and keep my charge.

¹⁴ »‘You must give one percent of your olive oil using the standard measure.

²⁰ He said to me: »This is the place where the priests must boil the meat for the guilt offering and the offering for sin. This is the place where they must bake grain offerings so that they do not have to bring the offerings into the outer courtyard. This way they will not transfer holiness to the people.« ²¹ The man led me to the outer courtyard and took me past the four corners of the courtyard. I saw that in each corner of the courtyard there was a smaller courtyard. ²² The smaller courtyards that were in each of the four corners of the courtyard were sixty feet long and forty-five feet wide. All four of the smaller courtyards in the corners of the courtyard were the same size. ²³ Around each of the four courtyards were stonewalls, and these walls were equipped with fireplaces. ²⁴ The man said to me: »These are the kitchens where the Temple servants must boil the people's sacrifices.«

¹⁴ »For I will be to Ephraim as a lion. And I will be like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear and go away. I will carry off and there will be none to deliver.

¹ The angel who spoke with me returned and woke me from sleep. ² He asked: »What do you see?« I answered: »I see a gold lamp stand, with a bowl on top and seven lamps. There are seven pipes to each of the lamps, which are on the top. ³ »There are two olive trees beside it. One is on the right side of the bowl and the other is on the left side of the bowl.«

⁹ »The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house. His hands will also finish it! You should know that Jehovah of Hosts has sent me to you.

¹¹ I said to him: »What are these two olive-trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side of it?« ¹² I spoke a second time: »What are these two olive branches, that are beside the two golden spouts, that empty the golden oil from themselves?« ¹³ He answered: »You do not know what these are?« I said, »No, my lord.« ¹⁴ Then he said: »These are the two anointed ones who stand by Jehovah the God of the whole earth!«

¹ »A fountain for sin and for uncleanness will be opened for the house of David.«

²¹ »Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to Jehovah of Hosts! Every thing they sacrifice will be boiled in them. In that day there will be no more Canaanites in the House of Jehovah of Hosts.«

¹² »You profane it by saying: ‘The table of Jehovah is polluted and the fruit and food on it is contemptible.’

¹⁵ »A light is not placed under a cover. To the contrary, it is placed on a table so all may see. ¹⁶ »Likewise, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

³³ »Seek (desire) (require) (serve) first the kingdom of God and his righteousness [continuously] and all these things will be added to you.

¹⁴ »You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill may be seen by all.

¹⁸ »You are Peter (Greek: petros: piece of rock), and on this rock-mass (Greek: petra: mass of rock) (referring to Jesus) I will build my congregation. The entrance to the grave (Greek: Hades) will not have power to stop it.

¹⁹ »Go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁵ He said to them, »Go into the entire world, and preach the good news to the whole creation. ¹⁶ »He who believes and is baptized will be saved. He who does not believe will be condemned.

⁴⁷ »Repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

²³ It was wintertime. Jesus was walking in the temple on Solomon’s porch (the Colonnade of Solomon).

¹¹ The beggar held on to Peter and John while all the people came to them at the place called Solomon’s Colonnade.

¹² The apostles performed many wonders among the people. They were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.

¹⁰ According to the grace of God that is given to me, as a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let every man take heed how he builds. ¹¹ No other foundation can be laid than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

⁹ It is written in the Law of Moses: You should not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treads (threshes) out the grain. Does God care only about oxen?

²¹ You cannot drink the cup of Jehovah and the cup of demons. You cannot be partakers of the Jehovah's Table and of the table of demons. (Malachi 1:12)

⁹ When they saw the grace that was given to me, James, Cephas (Peter) and John, they who were known to be pillars, gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship. We were to go to the nations and they were to go to the people who are circumcised.

²⁰ You are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets. Christ Jesus is the chief corner stone. ²¹ In him each building fits together and grows into a »holy Temple for Jehovah.« (Zechariah 6:12) ²² In Christ you are assembled together as a place for God’s Spirit to dwell.

⁵ The cherubim of glory shadowing the mercy seat were above the Ark. Now is not the time to speak in detail.

¹⁰ since they have to do only with food, drink, and various purification ceremonies. These are all outward rules, which apply only until the time comes to change them for something better.

²² let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

⁵ You also as living stones are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

⁷ If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

²⁰ »This is the secret of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lamp stands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven congregations. The seven lamp stands that you saw are the seven congregations.«

¹² »'I will make the one who overcomes, a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will not go out from it anymore. I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is the New Jerusalem. This city comes down out of heaven from my God. I will write my new name on him.

⁶ A sea of crystal like glass was in front of the throne. In the center around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind. ⁷ The first living creature was like a lion. The second living creature was like a young bull. The third living creature had a face like a man. And the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.

⁵ One of the elders said to me: »Do not weep; the Lion of the tribe of Judah of the Root of David has succeeded in opening the book and removing the seven seals.«

¹⁹ The foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; ²⁰ the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, hyacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.

¹⁴ I said to him: »Sir, you know.« He said to me: »These are the ones who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.