1 Kings 6 Cross References - Thomson

¹ Now in the four hundred and fortieth year of the departure of the Israelites out of Egypt, in the fourth year and second month of king Solomon's reign over Israel, the king having given orders for bringing great costly stones for the foundation of the house, even hewn stones; and the men or Solomon and those of Chiram having hewn them, they began laying them. In the fourth year he laid the foundation of the house of the Lord, in the month of Ziu, which is the second month, and in the eleventh year, in the month Baal, which is the eighth month, the house with all its appendages was completely finished. ² Now the house which the king built for the Lord, was forty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty five cubits in height. ³ And the Ailam in front of the temple was twenty cubits in length commensurate with the breadth of the house. And when he had built the house, and finished it ⁴ he made windows for the house, wide within and narrow without ⁵ and placed against the wall of the house, galleries all around the temple and the dabir. ⁶ The lower gallery was five cubits broad, and the middle six, and the third seven cubits broad; for he made ledges to the house, all around on the outside of the house that the beams might not be fastened into the walls of the house. ⁷ Now the house when building was built with white hewn stones, so that not a mallet nor a hammer nor any instrument of iron was heard in the house while it was building. ⁸ The entrance into the lower gallery was under the right shoulder of the house; and there were winding stairs up to the middle and from the middle to the third gallery. ⁹ And when he had compleated the building of the house he wainscotted it with cedar. ¹⁰ And having built the binding walls through the whole house to the height of five cubits, he connected the binding walls with cedar beams. ¹¹ [Omitted] ¹² [Omitted] ¹³ [Omitted] ¹⁴ [Omitted] ¹⁵ And having lined the walls of the house on the inside with planks of cedar, from the ground floor of the house up the walls and to the beams, and vaulted the ceiling on the inside with beams, he covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. ¹⁶ And he built up the twenty cubits from the end wall as one compartment from the floor to the beams, and made of that the dabir; the holy of holies; ¹⁷ [the temple being forty cubits, ¹⁸ [Omitted] ¹⁹ the front of the dabir was in the middle of the house on the inside to put there the ark of the covenant of the Lord. ²⁰ The length of this compartment was twenty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits, and the height twenty cubits, and he covered it with plated gold. When he had made the altar in front of the dabir and overlaid it with gold, ²¹ he covered all this compartment with gold at the complete finishing of the whole house. ²² [Omitted] ²³ And in the dabir, he made two cherubim; ten cubits the exact magnitude, ²⁴ and five cubits the wing of one cherubim, and five cubits its other wing, making ten cubits from the tip of one wing, to the tip of the other wing. ²⁵ And so in respect to the other cherubim. In measure and workmanship, they were both alike. ²⁶ The height of the one cherubim was ten cubits, and that of the other cherubim was the same. ²⁷ And both the cherubim were in the middle of the innermost house, and they spread their wings so that a wing of one cherubim touched one wall, and a wings; of the other cherubim touched the other wall, and their wings touched one another in the middle of the house. ²⁸ And he overlaid the cherubim with gold, ²⁹ and engraved all the walls of the house round about with engravings of cherubim and palm trees, both in the inner and outer apartment. ³⁰ And he overlaid the floor both of the inner and outer apartment with gold. ³¹ [Omitted] ³² [Omitted] ³³ And for the entrance into the dabir he made doors of juniper wood. ³⁴ The four cheeks for both the doors were of fir, and each door consisted of two leaves which turned each on its own hinges. ³⁵ And the doors were carved with cherubim and palm trees and open leaves, and covered with gold fitted to the carving. ³⁶ He built also the inner court with three rows of hewn stone, and one row of cedar beams; and he made the curtain for the court of the porch of the house which was in the front of the temple. ³⁷ [Omitted] ³⁸ [Omitted]

²⁴ And when he put Adam out he caused him to dwell over against the garden of pleasure and stationed the Cherubim and the whirling flame of fire to keep the way to the tree of life.

²⁵ And I will come to thee and bless thee. And if thou makest for me an altar of stones; thou shalt not build it of hewn stones: for thou hast put thy workmanship on them and they are polluted.

⁸ And thou shalt make a sanctuary for me and I will appear among you.

¹⁸ And thou shalt make two cherubs of turned gold, and place them at the two sides of the propitiatory. ¹⁹ They shall be made, one cherub at one side, and the other cherub at the other side of the propitiatory. Thou shalt make the two cherubs at the two sides; ²⁰ and the cherubs shall have their wings stretched forth above and shall overshadow the propitiatory with their wings; and their faces shall be towards each other. The faces of the cherubs shall be towards the propitiatory.

²⁰ and the cherubs shall have their wings stretched forth above and shall overshadow the propitiatory with their wings; and their faces shall be towards each other. The faces of the cherubs shall be towards the propitiatory. ²¹ And thou shalt put the propitiatory upon the ark; and into the ark thou shalt put the testimonies which I give thee. ²² And there I will make myself known to thee and speak to thee from above the propitiatory, from between the two cherubs which are on the ark of the testimony, touching all that I give thee in charge to the children of Israel.

²² And there I will make myself known to thee and speak to thee from above the propitiatory, from between the two cherubs which are on the ark of the testimony, touching all that I give thee in charge to the children of Israel.

²³ and at the corners of the tabernacle out of the hinder ends thou shalt make two pilasters and the side on the end shall be of the same piece and as wide as the other side;

²⁹ And thou shalt overlay the pilasters with gold. And thou shalt make rings of gold into which thou shalt put the bars; and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.

³² This thou shalt make a work inwoven with cherubs: and thou shalt hang it on four pillars of incorruptible wood overlaid with gold, the capitals of which are to be of gold and their four bases of silver. ³³ And having hung up the veil upon the pillars, thou shalt bring in there within the veil the ark of the testimony. And the veil shall make a division for you, between the Holy and the Holy of Holies.

³³ And having hung up the veil upon the pillars, thou shalt bring in there within the veil the ark of the testimony. And the veil shall make a division for you, between the Holy and the Holy of Holies. ³⁴ And with the veil thou shalt cover from view the ark of the testimony in the Holy of Holies.

⁹ Thou shalt also make a court for the tabernacle. For the south side, the hangings of the court shall be of cotton thread; the length for that side one hundred cubits ¹⁰ and their pillars twenty. And the twenty bases of these pillars shall be of brass and their links and their fillets of silver. ¹¹ So for the north side there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long with their twenty pillars; and the twenty bases of them shall be of brass, and the links and the fillets of these pillars and their bases shall be overlaid with silver. ¹² And for the breadth of the court westward there shall be hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten and their bases ten. ¹³ And for the breadth of the court eastward there shall be hangings of fifty cubits, ¹⁴ their pillars ten and their bases ten. But on one side of the gateway, the length of the hangings shall be fifteen cubits, their pillars three and their bases three; ¹⁵ and for the other side of the gateway, the length of the hangings shall be fifteen cubits; their pillars three and their bases three: ¹⁶ and for the gate of the court there shall be a curtain of twenty cubits long, made of blue and purple and scarlet yarn and cotton thread woven with a variety of embroidery; the pillars four and their bases four. ¹⁷ All the pillars of the court round about shall be filletted with silver and the capitals shall be silvered and their bases of brass. ¹⁸ The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits on each side, and the breadth fifty cubits at each end, and the height of the cotton hangings five cubits. And the bases shall be of brass, ¹⁹ and all the implements and all the utensils and all the pins of the court shall be of brass.

¹ Thou shalt also make an Altar to burn incense thereon. Of incorruptible wood thou shalt make it

¹ Thou shalt also make an Altar to burn incense thereon. Of incorruptible wood thou shalt make it ² a cubit long and a cubit broad. It shall be square and the height shall be two cubits. The horns shall be a component part of it. ³ And thou shalt overlay with pure gold its grate and its sides round about and the horns thereof. And thou shall make for it a wreathed border of gold round about.

³ And thou shalt overlay with pure gold its grate and its sides round about and the horns thereof. And thou shall make for it a wreathed border of gold round about.

⁵ And thou shalt make staves of incorruptible wood and overlay them with gold. ⁶ And thou shalt place this before the veil, which is over the ark of the testimonies, from which I will make myself known to thee.

⁸ Now the most skilful among the Workmen made the holy garments, which are appropriate to Aaron the priest as the Lord commanded Moses.

³⁴ a golden bell and a cluster on the border of the robe round about, to minister in as the Lord commanded Moses.

⁷ And they made the court; on the south side the hangings of the court were of cotton, a hundred cubits long ⁸ with their twenty pillars, and the twenty bases thereof; ⁹ and on the north they were the same as on the south side, a hundred cubits with their twenty pillars and the twenty bases thereof;

⁹ and on the north they were the same as on the south side, a hundred cubits with their twenty pillars and the twenty bases thereof;

⁹ And he made the table to be set before it of pure gold; ¹⁰ and cast for it four rings, two on one side and two on the other, wide enough to receive the staves. ¹¹ And he made the staves of the ark and of the table, and overlaid them with gold. ¹² And he made the vessels for the table, the platters and the censers and the large goblets and the cups for making libations, all of gold. ¹³ And he made the candlestick to give light also of gold, ¹⁴ the shaft solid, and the six branches on both its sides. ¹⁵ Out of its branches were knobs, three on one side and three on the other answering each other; ¹⁶ and their lamp dishes on the tops were made in the form of almonds out of the same piece, with sockets in them for the lamps to rest on, ¹⁷ and the seventh socket on the top of the shaft was solid, entirely of gold; and he made the seven lamps upon it of gold; and its snuffers of gold, and its oil vessels of gold. ¹⁸ He also overlaid the pilasters with gold and cast gold rings for each pilaster and overlaid the bars with gold. He also gilded the pillars of the veil with gold and made the golden hooks, ¹⁹ and he made the links of the tabernacle of gold, and the hooks of the court and the hooks for stretching the upper covering, of brass. ²⁰ He cast the silver capitals of the tabernacle and the brass capitals of the door of the tabernacle and for the gate of the court: and he made the silver hooks for the pillars; those on the top of the pillars he overlaid with silver.

²⁰ Then taking the testimonies he put them in the ark, and put the staves under the ark, ²¹ and carried the ark into the tabernacle and hung up the covering of the veil and covered from view the ark of the testimony in the manner the Lord commanded Moses.

² the Lord said to Moses, Speak to Aaron thy brother, and let him not come at all times into the sanctuary, within the veil, into the presence of the propitiatory, which is on the ark of the testimony; that he may not die. For in a cloud I will appear on the propitiatory.

¹¹ And I will fix my tabernacle among you, and my soul will not abhor you.

¹ Again the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sina, in the tabernacle of the testimony, on the first day of the second month, in the second year of their coming out of the land of Egypt, and said,

⁸⁹ when Moses went into the tabernacle of the testimony to speak to the Lord, he heard the voice of the Lord speaking to him, from above the propitiatory, which is over the ark of the testimony, between the two cherubims, and he answered him,

⁵ and build there an altar to the Lord thy God; an altar of stones. Thou shalt not lift up a tool upon it. ⁶ Of unwrought stones thou shalt build the altar to the Lord thy God, and offer upon it whole burnt offerings to the Lord thy God.

⁶ Act manfully, and be strong; fear not, nor be faint hearted, nor terrified at them; for the Lord thy God, who goeth before you, is with you; is among you. May he never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

⁸ and the Lord, who marcheth with thee, will not leave thee nor forsake thee. Fear not, nor be dismayed.

⁵ Not a man shall withstand you all the clays of thy life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with thee. I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

²⁶ all the while they lived in Esebon, and the borders thereof, and in the land of Aroer, and the borders thereof, and in all the cities along the Jordan, for three hundred years? Why didst thou not in all this time recover them.

¹⁴ provided you fear the Lord, and serve him, and hearken to his voice, and dispute not the command of the Lord, and both you, and the king who reigneth over you, continue walking after the Lord. ¹⁵ But if you will not hearken to the voice of the Lord; or if you dispute the command of the Lord, the hand of the Lord will be against you and your king.

²² for the Lord will not cast off his people for his great name's sake: for the Lord hath in mercy taken you for his people.

¹² And it shall come to pass when thy days are fulfilled and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, that I will raise up after thee the seed of thee who shall spring from thy loins, and I will establish his kingdom. ¹³ He shall build a house for my name, and I will raise up again his throne for ever. ¹⁴ I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. And when his iniquity shall come, I will correct him with a rod of men, and with scourges of the children of men, ¹⁵ but I will not withdraw my mercy from him as I withdrew it from them whom I removed from my presence. ¹⁶ His house and his kingdom shall be established for ever before me and his throne shall be raised up again for ever.

³ and keep the watch of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which are written in the law of Moses; that thou mayest know what thou art to do, according to all that I command thee; ⁴ that the Lord may establish his word which he hath spoken, saying, If thy children take heed to their ways, to walk before me in truth, with their whole heart, thou shalt not, said he, have a man cut off from the throne of Israel.

¹⁴ And if thou wilt walk in my ways to keep my commandments and my statutes, as thy father David did, I will also multiply thy days.

⁸ Then he sent to Solomon saying, I have considered all that thou hast proposed to me, and I will execute all thy pleasure. With respect to the cedar, and fir timber,

¹⁷ [Omitted] ¹⁸ And these workmen were three years preparing the stone and the timber.

¹ Now in the four hundred and fortieth year of the departure of the Israelites out of Egypt, in the fourth year and second month of king Solomon's reign over Israel, the king having given orders for bringing great costly stones for the foundation of the house, even hewn stones; and the men or Solomon and those of Chiram having hewn them, they began laying them. In the fourth year he laid the foundation of the house of the Lord, in the month of Ziu, which is the second month, and in the eleventh year, in the month Baal, which is the eighth month, the house with all its appendages was completely finished. ² Now the house which the king built for the Lord, was forty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty five cubits in height. ³ And the Ailam in front of the temple was twenty cubits in length commensurate with the breadth of the house. And when he had built the house, and finished it

⁵ and placed against the wall of the house, galleries all around the temple and the dabir.

⁹ And when he had compleated the building of the house he wainscotted it with cedar.

¹⁴ [Omitted]

¹⁶ And he built up the twenty cubits from the end wall as one compartment from the floor to the beams, and made of that the dabir; the holy of holies;

¹⁸ [Omitted] ¹⁹ the front of the dabir was in the middle of the house on the inside to put there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

¹⁹ the front of the dabir was in the middle of the house on the inside to put there the ark of the covenant of the Lord. ²⁰ The length of this compartment was twenty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits, and the height twenty cubits, and he covered it with plated gold. When he had made the altar in front of the dabir and overlaid it with gold,

²⁰ The length of this compartment was twenty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits, and the height twenty cubits, and he covered it with plated gold. When he had made the altar in front of the dabir and overlaid it with gold,

²⁰ The length of this compartment was twenty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits, and the height twenty cubits, and he covered it with plated gold. When he had made the altar in front of the dabir and overlaid it with gold, ²¹ he covered all this compartment with gold at the complete finishing of the whole house. ²² [Omitted]

²⁹ and engraved all the walls of the house round about with engravings of cherubim and palm trees, both in the inner and outer apartment.

³¹ [Omitted] ³² [Omitted]

³⁷ [Omitted] ³⁸ [Omitted]

¹ Then was Solomon thirteen years building a house for himself.

⁷ And the ailam of thrones, where he was to administer justice, was the ailam of judgment.

¹² for the great court round about was enclosed with three rows of unpolished stones, and one row of cedar. Thus Solomon finished the whole house.

²⁴ Under its brim, embossments surrounded it, ten to a cubit all around. And the brim of it was like the workmanship of the brim of a cup, with lilly buds. And its thickness was a hand breadth.

⁴⁸ And Solomon the king took the utensils which he made for the house of the Lord, the golden altar, and the table of gold on which was to be laid the shew bread

⁶ while the priests were carrying the ark into its place; into the dabir of the house; into the Holy of Holies; under the wings of the cherubim;

⁶ while the priests were carrying the ark into its place; into the dabir of the house; into the Holy of Holies; under the wings of the cherubim; ⁷ for the cherubim had their wings spread out over the place of the ark, and from above covered the ark and the hallowed things thereof, and were above these hallowed things.

⁷ for the cherubim had their wings spread out over the place of the ark, and from above covered the ark and the hallowed things thereof, and were above these hallowed things. ⁸ Now the heads of these hallowed things were seen from the Holies in front of the dabir, but were not seen from without. ⁹ There was nothing in the ark but the two tables of stone; the tables of the covenant which Moses made at Choreb; which the Lord established with the children of Israel on their coming out of the land of Egypt. ¹⁰ And it came to pass that when the priests came out of the holy place, the cloud filled the house,

²⁵ Now therefore, Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David, my father, what thou hast spoken to him, saying, There shall not be taken from thee out of my presence a chief man sitting upon the throne of Israel, provided thy children take heed to their ways, to walk before me as thou hast walked before me.

²⁷ Will God indeed dwell with men on the earth! If the heaven and the heaven of heaven will not suffice thee, far less indeed this house which I have built for thy name.

³ and said to him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication which thou hast made before me, and have done for thee according to all thy prayer. I have hallowed this house which thou hast built to put my name there for ever, and my eyes and my heart shall be there continually. ⁴ And if thou wilt walk before me, as thy father David did, with integrity of heart and with uprightness, and do according to all that I commanded him, and keep my statutes and my commandments, ⁵ I will establish the throne of thy kingdom in Israel for this age, as I promised thy father David, saying, There shall not fail thee a man ruling in Israel. ⁶ But if you and your children turn aside from me, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes, which Moses hath laid before you, but go and serve strange gods and worship them;

²⁶ Because the four chiefs had the charge of the gates, and the Levites who were over the store houses, and over the treasures of the house of God

¹⁰ He shall build a house for my name. And he shall be to me a son; and I will be to him a father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom in Israel forever.

²⁸ for he set them under the superintendance of Aaron to serve in the house of the Lord, over the courts and over the store houses and over the purification of all the holy things, and over the work of the service of the house of God,

⁹ And now, Solomon, my son, know thou the God of thy fathers, and serve him with a perfect heart and a willing mind; for the Lord searcheth all hearts and knoweth every thought. If thou seek him, he will be found by thee; but if thou forsake him, he will at last forsake thee.

¹¹ Then David gave his son Solomon the model of the temple, and its houses and its treasuries, and of the upper chambers and the inner depositories, and of the house for the propitiation;

²⁰ Then David said to his son Solomon, Be strong and of good courage and do the work. Fear not nor be dismayed; for the Lord my God is with thee. He will not leave thee nor forsake thee, till thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord. And behold this is the model of the temple, and of his house and his treasury, and the upper rooms and the inner depositories, and the house of the propitiation; even the model of the house of the Lord.

¹⁹ and give to my son Solomon a good heart to execute all thy commandments, and thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and that he may finish completely the structure of thy house.

¹ At length Solomon began building the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, on mount Amoria, where the Lord appeared to his father David; in the place which David had prepared at the threshing floor of Orna, the Jebusite. ² He began building in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

² He began building in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. ³ And these were the mensurations, with which Solomon began to build the house of God. ⁴ The first measurement was in length sixty cubits, and in breadth twenty cubits, including an ailam in front of the house of the same breadth, as that of the house, twenty cubits, and the height of which was a hundred and twenty cubits. And he overlaid the house on the inside, with pure gold.

⁷ and having gilded the house, both the walls and the gates, and the vaulted ceilings, and the doors, with gold, he engraved cherubims on the walls.

⁷ and having gilded the house, both the walls and the gates, and the vaulted ceilings, and the doors, with gold, he engraved cherubims on the walls. ⁸ And he made the house of the Holy of Holies. Its breadth was in front, the same as that of the house, twenty cubits and its length twenty cubits; and he overlaid it for cherubims, with pure gold, to the amount of six hundred talents;

⁸ And he made the house of the Holy of Holies. Its breadth was in front, the same as that of the house, twenty cubits and its length twenty cubits; and he overlaid it for cherubims, with pure gold, to the amount of six hundred talents;

⁸ And he made the house of the Holy of Holies. Its breadth was in front, the same as that of the house, twenty cubits and its length twenty cubits; and he overlaid it for cherubims, with pure gold, to the amount of six hundred talents; ⁹ and with regard to the weight of the nails, each nail weighed fifty shekels of gold. The upper chamber he overlaid with gold.

⁹ and with regard to the weight of the nails, each nail weighed fifty shekels of gold. The upper chamber he overlaid with gold. ¹⁰ And in this house, namely in the Holy of Holies, he made two cherubims, a workmanship of wood, and overlaid them with gold.

¹⁰ And in this house, namely in the Holy of Holies, he made two cherubims, a workmanship of wood, and overlaid them with gold. ¹¹ The extent of the wings of the cherubims was twenty cubits,

¹¹ The extent of the wings of the cherubims was twenty cubits,

¹¹ The extent of the wings of the cherubims was twenty cubits, ¹² one wing of five cubits touching the wall of the house, and the other wing of five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherubim reciprocally;

¹² one wing of five cubits touching the wall of the house, and the other wing of five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherubim reciprocally; ¹³ so that the wings of the cherubims, were expanded twenty cubits, and they stood upon their feet and their faces were towards the house.

¹³ so that the wings of the cherubims, were expanded twenty cubits, and they stood upon their feet and their faces were towards the house. ¹⁴ And he made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet and cotton yarn, and wove cherubims therein.

¹⁴ And he made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet and cotton yarn, and wove cherubims therein.

¹⁴ And he made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet and cotton yarn, and wove cherubims therein. ¹⁵ And he made before the house two pillars thirty five cubits high, including the chapiters of five cubits. ¹⁶ And he made net works and put them on the chapiters of the pillars, and he made a hundred pomegranates, and fixed them to the net works.

² And he made the molten sea, ten cubits the diameter, with a border round about, and five cubits the height and thirty cubits the circumference. ³ And under the border was the similitude of oxen which encompass it round about. Ten to a cubit encompass the laver all around. ⁴ It stood upon twelve beeves. In casting the beeves they were made of two kinds. Three faced the north and three faced the west and three faced the south and three faced the east. Upon these the sea stood. And their hinder parts were inwards. ⁵ And the thickness of the sea was a hand breadth, and its brim like the brim of a cup was engraved with flowers of a lilly. And it contained three thousand measures.

⁹ He made also the court of the priests, and the great court, and the gates for the court. And their doors were overlaid with brass.

²⁰ and the candlesticks and the lamps to give light according to the rule prescribed, namely those in front of the dabir, all these Solomon made of pure gold,

⁷ the priests carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord into its place; into the dabir of the house; into the Holy of Holies under the wings of the cherubims: ⁸ for the cherubims had their wings expanded over the place of the ark, and made a covering above, over the ark and over its staves. ⁹ Now the staves projected, and their heads were seen from the Holies towards the front of the dabir, but were not seen from without, and there they have continued to this day.

⁷ Solomon consecrated the middle of the court which belonged to the house of the Lord, that he might offer there the whole burnt offerings with the suet of the thank offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not capable of receiving the whole burnt offerings with the sacrifices of the suet.

¹⁷ And if thou wilt walk before me as thy father David did, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and keep my statutes and my judgments, ¹⁸ I will establish the throne of thy kingdom as I covenanted with thy father David, saying, The ruler over Israel shall not be taken from thee.

¹¹ Thereupon Ezekias ordered them to prepare store houses for the house of the Lord. And when they had prepared them,

⁸ And in the second year of their corning to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedek with the rest of their brethren, the priests, and the Levites, and all who came from the captivity to Jerusalem, made a beginning. Now they had appointed the Levites from twenty years old and upwards over them, who did the works in the house of the Lord, so there were over the Workmen employed at the house of the Lord, ⁹ Jesus with his sons and brethren, Kadmiel with his sons, the sons of Juda, the sons Enadad, their sons and their brethren the Levites. ¹⁰ And while they were laying the foundations of the house of the Lord, the priests attended in their robes, with trumpets, and the Levites, the Asaphites, with cymbals, to praise the Lord in the manner prescribed by David king of Israel, ¹¹ and they raised their responsive strains, in the song of praise and thanksgiving to the Lord For it is good; for to everlasting his mercy endureth for Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, to praise the Lord, at laying the foundation of the house of the Lord. ¹² But many of the priests and Levites, and the old chiefs of families, who with their eyes had seen the former house on its foundations, and now saw this, wept aloud, while the people were shouting for joy to swell the song; ¹³ so that the people could not distinguish the shouts of joy from the sound of the people's wailing. Because the people shouted with a loud shout, therefore the noise was heard at a great distance;

³ In the first year of king Cyrus, Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the holy house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be built, and the place where they offer sacrifices. Moreover he hath fixed the dimensions, the length sixty cubits and the breadth sixty cubits. ⁴ And there are to be three strong stories of stone and one of wood; and the expence is to be defrayed out of the king's house:

¹⁴ And the elders of the Jews and the Levites went on with the building by the prophesying of Aggaius the prophet, and Zacharias the son of Addo, and they rebuilt and fitted it up again by the decree of the God of Israel, and by the decree of Cyrus and Darius, and Arthasastha, kings of Persia; ¹⁵ and having finished the house on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of king Darius,

³⁷ and that we will bring the dedications of our corn including the fruit of trees, and of wine and oil to the stores of the house of God for the priests; and the tythe of our land for the Levites. But the Levites themselves shall receive the tythes in all the cities of our bondage;

⁴⁴ And on that day they appointed chief men over the store houses for the treasures, the dedications, and the tythes, and what were collected therein for the chiefs of the cities, and assigned portions for the priests and the Levites. For Juda rejoiced at the attendance of the priests and the Levites,

⁵ he had fitted up for himself a large store house in which they formerly stored up the sacrifice and the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tythe of the corn, and the wine and the oil, the allotment of the Levites and the musicians, and the keepers of the gates, and the oblations which belonged to the priest. ⁶ But during all that time I was not at Jerusalem. For in the thirty second year of Arthasastha king of Babylon, I went to the king. And at the end of the year, having obtained the king's leave, ⁷ I came to Jerusalem. When I was informed of the wickedness which Eliasib had committed for the sake of Tobias, in fitting up for him a treasure house in the court of the house of God, ⁸ it grieved me exceedingly; therefore I threw all the furniture of Tobias out of the treasure house. ⁹ And when by my orders they had purified the rooms, I caused to be brought there again the utensils of the house of God, and the sacrifice and the incense.

¹⁰ He mounted on cherubs and flew; he flew on the wings of winds.

² Hear the sound of my supplication, when I pray to thee; when I lift up my hands to thy holy temple.

¹⁸ In this holy place having ascended on high thou hast led captivity captive; and received gifts in the manner of man in token [for some were incredulous] of thy dwelling there.

¹ For the conclusion. Respecting them who are to be changed. A testimony. By Asaph. A Psalm respecting the Assyrian. Give ear, O shepherd of Israel! Who leadest Joseph like a flock; thou who art enthroned on the cherubim;

¹² The righteous shall bloom like a palm tree; and be multiplied like a cedar on Lebanon. ¹³ Being planted by the house of the Lord they shall flourish in the courts of our God. ¹⁴ In a vigorous old age they shall still multiply; and continue prosperous; ¹⁵ that they may declare that the Lord my God is righteous; and that in him there is no injustice.

²⁰ Bless the Lord, all ye his angels; ye mighty powers, who execute his word, on hearing the voice of his commands.

¹² if thy children keep my covenant, and these my testimonies, which I will teach them, their children also shall sit on thy throne forever.

¹² if thy children keep my covenant, and these my testimonies, which I will teach them, their children also shall sit on thy throne forever. ¹³ For the Lord hath chosen Sion, and made choice of it for his habitation.

² Praise him all ye his angels: praise him all ye his hosts.

²⁷ Prepare thy works for the time of going out, and be in complete preparation for the field and come after me; then thou shalt build thyself a house.

⁴ Thou art drawn: after thee we will run to the fragrance of thy perfumes. The king brought me into his inner apartment. Let us rejoice and be gladdened by thee. We will love thy breasts better than wine: rectitude hath loved thee.

⁹ My dear brother is like a roe; or a young hart on the mountains of Baithor. Lo! he is behind our wall, looking in at the windows, taking a near view through the lattice.

¹⁶ "O Lord of Hosts the God of Israel, who art enthroned on the cherubim! Thou alone art the God of every kingdom of the World. Thou hast made the heaven and the earth.

² He will not scream, nor urge with vehemence: nor will his voice be heard abroad in the streets.

¹¹ [J] thou afflicted and storm beaten! Art thou not comforted? Behold I am preparing for thee carbuncles for thy building stones, and the sapphire for thy foundations; ¹² and for thy battlements I will lay jasper; and crystal, for thy gates; and for thy circumambient walls, precious stones:

¹⁵ Thus saith the Most High, who on earth inhabiteth eternity, who is Holy among holies; whose name is THE MOST HIGH; who at rest in the holies giveth patience to the humble, and life to them who are of a contrite heart;

¹⁷ And instead of brass I will bring thee gold; and instead of iron I will bring thee silver; and instead of wood I will bring thee brass and instead of stones iron. And I will make thy chiefs peaceful and thine overseers righteous;

⁴ and took them into the house of the Lord, to the chamber of the sons of Jonan son of Ananias son of Godolias, a man of God, which is near the house of the chiefs who are above the house of Maasias son of Selom, the keeper of the court.

² And he said to the man who was clothed with the long robe, Go in between the wheels which are under the cherubims and fill thy hands with coals of fire from the midst of the cherubims and scatter them over the city. So in my sight he went in. ³ Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house as a man goeth in, and the cloud filled the inner court. ⁴ And the glory of the Lord had removed from the cherubims to the open part of the house and the cloud filled the house and the court was filled with the splendour of the glory of the Lord: ⁵ and the sound of the wings of the cherubims was heard to the outer court like the voice of God Saddai speaking. ⁶ And when he had given orders to the man clothed with the holy robe, saying, Take fire from the midst of the wheels from between the cherubims and he had gone in and stood near the wheels, ⁷ one stretched out his hand into the midst of the fire, which was between the cherubims and took and put it into the hands of him who was clothed with the holy robe and he took it and went out. ⁸ Now I saw that the cherubims had the likeness of men's hands under their wings. ⁹ I looked also and lo! four wheels stood close to the cherubims, one wheel close to each cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like the appearance of a carbuncle stone. ¹⁰ And as for their appearance, the four had one and the same likeness, as if there was a wheel within a wheel. ¹¹ When they ran, they ran on their four sections. They altered not their position when they ran, for which way soever the foremost looked, they ran and altered not their position when they ran. ¹² Now their backs and their hands and their wings and the wheels were full of eyes all around the four wheels. ¹³ And in my hearing these wheels were called Gelgel [Note: Chaldean Galgal: wheel or rolling thing; whirlwind]. ¹⁴ [Omitted] ¹⁵ And the cherubims were the same living being which I saw by the river Chobar. ¹⁶ And when the cherubims marched on, the wheels ran and kept close to them; and when the cherubims lifted up their wings and were borne aloft from the earth, their wheels altered not their position. ¹⁷ When those stood these stood; and when those mounted up; these mounted up with them, for there was a breath of life in them. ¹⁸ Then the glory of the Lord went out from the house and mounted up upon the cherubims; ¹⁹ and the cherubims raised their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight. When they went out the wheels were close by them. And they stopped at the vestibule of the gate of the house of the Lord which was over against the house and the glory of the God of Israel was above over them. ²⁰ This was the living being which I saw under the God of Israel at the river Chobar, and I knew that it was the cherubims. ²¹ Every one had four faces, and every one had eight wings, and the likeness of mens' hands under their wings. ²² And as for the likeness of their faces, these were the same faces which I saw under the glory of the God of Israel at the river Chobar and they marched every one straight forward.

²⁶ And I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting covenant with them. ²⁷ And I will place my sanctuary in the midst of them forever. And my habitation shall be among them; and I will be their God and they shall be my people. ²⁸ And the nations shall know that I am the Lord who sanctifieth them, by my sanctuary being in the midst of them forever.

¹ In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the first month, on the tenth day of the month; the fourteenth year after the city was taken; on that day the hand of the Lord came upon me ² and in a vision of God brought me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on which there was a building before me resembling a city. ³ And he led me thither. And lo! a man, whose appearance resembled that of sparkling brass; and in his hand a builder's line and a measuring reed. And he stood at the gate. ⁴ And the man whom I saw said to me, Son of man, Behold with thine eyes and hear with thine ears, and lay up in thy heart all that I shew thee; for thou art come hither that I may shew thee and that thou mayst point out to the house of Israel all that thou seest. ⁵ Now behold there was a wall on the outside of the house all around; and the man had in his hand a reed of six cubits long by the cubit and hand breadth, so he measured the outer wall. The breadth equalled the reed and its height was equal to the reed. ⁶ Then he went up by seven steps to the gate fronting the east and measured the ailam of the gate which was one reed broad; ⁷ and the Thee was a reed long and a reed broad; ⁸ and the ailam between the Theelath was six cubits. And the second Thee was a reed long and a reed broad and the ailam was five cubits; and the third Thee was a reed long and a reed broad. ⁹ And the ailam of the gateway adjoining the ailam of the gate was eight cubits, and the aileus were two cubits. ¹⁰ And with regard to the aliems of the gate on the inside and the Thees of the gate; the Thees were opposite to those without; three on one side of the gate and three on the other, all of the same measure on this side and on that. And the ailams on both sides were of the same measure. ¹¹ Then he measured the breadth of the door of the gateway ten cubits. But the breadth of the gateway was thirteen cubits ¹² comprehending a border of a cubit on each side up to the face of the Thees: and the Thees on each side were six cubits. ¹³ Then he measured the gate from the outer wall of one Thee to the outer wall of the other Thee twenty five cubits. This was gate upon gate. ¹⁴ And the open part of the ailam of the gate on the outside was twenty cubits, the theims of the gate being round about; ¹⁵ and including this vestibule of the gate on the outside and the vestibule of the gate on the inside the extent was fifty cubits. ¹⁶ And all around there were windows wide inwards and narrow outwards, for the theims and the inner ailams of this gate of the court: and on the windows for the ailams on the inside and on the ailams there were palm trees on this side and that.

¹⁶ And all around there were windows wide inwards and narrow outwards, for the theims and the inner ailams of this gate of the court: and on the windows for the ailams on the inside and on the ailams there were palm trees on this side and that. ¹⁷ Then he led me to the court within; and lo! here were houses for those employed in the holy service and ranges of columns all around the court; there were thirty houses in the peristyles or ranges of columns ¹⁸ and the porticos were behind the gate; the lower row of columns being on a range with the gates. ¹⁹ Then he measured the breadth of this court from the inner vestibule of the outer gate to the outer vestibule of a gate facing the east, one hundred cubits. ²⁰ Then he led me northward, and lo! there was a gate to this outer court facing the north, and he measured it, both the length and the breadth; ²¹ and the Thees three on each side and the aileus and the ailammons and its palm trees. And the measures were the same as those of the gate facing the east. Its length was fifty cubits and its breadth twenty five cubits. ²² And its windows and the ailammons and its palm trees were the same as those of the eastern gate and the ascent to it was by seven steps. But the ailammons were on the inside. ²³ And there was a gate to the inner court facing this northern gate in the same manner as the other did that to the east. And he measured the court from gate to gate, one hundred cubits. ²⁴ Then he led me southward, and lo! there was a gate facing the south, and he measured it, and the Thees and the aileus and the ailammons: and the measures were the same as those mentioned. ²⁵ And its windows and the ailammons around were the same as the windows of that other ailam. Its length was fifty cubits and its breadth twenty five cubits. ²⁶ And it had seven steps and an ailammon on the inside. It had also palm trees on each side over the aileus. ²⁷ And this gate was directly opposite to the south gate of the inner court; and he measured the court from gate to gate and the breadth on the south side was a hundred cubits. ²⁸ Then he led me to the inner court of the gate facing the south, and he measured that gate, and its dimensions were the same as those mentioned, ²⁹ and its Thees and its aileus and its ailammons were of the like dimensions. And there were windows to it and to the ailammon round about. Its length was fifty cubits and the breadth of its ailam on the outer court was twenty five cubits, ³⁰ [Omitted] ³¹ and there were palm trees over the aileus and it had eight steps. ³² Then he led me to the gate facing the east, and measured it according to the same measures. ³³ And its Thees and its aileus and its ailammons were of the measures above mentioned and it had windows and an ailammon round about. Its length was fifty cubits and its breadth twenty five cubits. ³⁴ And its ailammon was on the inner court, and there were palm trees over the aileu on each side. And there were eight steps up to it. ³⁵ Then he led me to the north gate and measured it according to the same measures. ³⁶ And it had its Thees and its aileus and its ailammons and its windows around it, and an ailammon peculiar to it. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty five cubits. ³⁷ And its ailammons were on the outer court, and there were palm trees to the aileu, on each side and eight steps up to it. ³⁸ Its houses for the priests, and its doors and its ailammon were at the second gate. At this gate facing the north there was a common sewer, ³⁹ that they might there kill the sin offerings and the trespass offerings. ⁴⁰ And behind the sewer of the burnt offerings there were at this gate facing the north, two tables facing the east. Also back of the second gate, and of the ailam of the gate were two tables on the east side. ⁴¹ There were four on one side, and four on the other, back of this gate. Upon these they slay the burnt offerings. And over against these eight tables for the burnt offerings,

⁴⁴ Then he led me into the inner court; and lo! there were two apartments on the inner court; one behind the north gate facing the south; and one behind the south gate facing the north.

¹ Then he led me into the temple, and having measured the ailam to it, ² which was six cubits broad on each side, and the breadth of the gateway was ten cubits, and the cheeks of the gateway five cubits on the one side, and five on the other, he measured the length of the temple forty cubits, and the breadth was twenty cubits. ³ Now when he came to the inner apartment he measured the ail of the door two cubits, and the door six cubits, and the cheeks of the door seven cubits on each side. ⁴ And he measured the length of the doors forty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits, commensurate with the front of the temple. And he said, This is the Holy of Holies. ⁵ Then he measured the wall of the house, six cubits, and the breadth of the gallery four cubits all around.

⁵ Then he measured the wall of the house, six cubits, and the breadth of the gallery four cubits all around. ⁶ And the galleries were three times thirty; one gallery over another twice. And there was a ledge in the wall of the house for the galleries all around to rest on, so as not to be fastened into the walls of the house,

⁶ And the galleries were three times thirty; one gallery over another twice. And there was a ledge in the wall of the house for the galleries all around to rest on, so as not to be fastened into the walls of the house,

⁶ And the galleries were three times thirty; one gallery over another twice. And there was a ledge in the wall of the house for the galleries all around to rest on, so as not to be fastened into the walls of the house, ⁷ and consequently this ledge of the house being added to the upper gallery, all around the width of the upper gallery was enlarged, by an additional breadth equal to this ledge as one ascended from the lowermost to the second story, and from the second to the third story.

⁷ and consequently this ledge of the house being added to the upper gallery, all around the width of the upper gallery was enlarged, by an additional breadth equal to this ledge as one ascended from the lowermost to the second story, and from the second to the third story.

⁷ and consequently this ledge of the house being added to the upper gallery, all around the width of the upper gallery was enlarged, by an additional breadth equal to this ledge as one ascended from the lowermost to the second story, and from the second to the third story. ⁸ And the thrael of the house; the top of the galleries around, including the ledges, was a platform equal to the reed of six cubits.

⁸ And the thrael of the house; the top of the galleries around, including the ledges, was a platform equal to the reed of six cubits. ⁹ And the breadth of the wall on the out side of the gallery, was five cubits. And the vacancies between the galleries of the house,

⁹ And the breadth of the wall on the out side of the gallery, was five cubits. And the vacancies between the galleries of the house, ¹⁰ and the chambers were in breadth twenty cubits, including the circumambient wall around the house.

¹⁰ and the chambers were in breadth twenty cubits, including the circumambient wall around the house. ¹¹ And the doors of the chambers were on the vacancy on the one side of the house facing the north, and on the other side of the house facing the south. Now the vacancy for lighting the house was five cubits all around.

¹¹ And the doors of the chambers were on the vacancy on the one side of the house facing the north, and on the other side of the house facing the south. Now the vacancy for lighting the house was five cubits all around. ¹² And the partition wall in front of this vacancy was towards the west, seventy cubits broad; its thickness all around being five cubits; and its length was ninety cubits. ¹³ And he measured over against the house a length of a hundred cubits. Now the vacancies and the partitions and their walls were a hundred cubits. ¹⁴ And the breadth in front of the house including the vacancies on the sides was a hundred cubits. ¹⁵ And he measured the length of the partition wall over against the vacancy behind the house, and the length of it including the vacancies on each side, was a hundred cubits.

¹⁵ And he measured the length of the partition wall over against the vacancy behind the house, and the length of it including the vacancies on each side, was a hundred cubits. ¹⁶ Now the temple and the corners, and the outer ailam were arched; and the windows, the apertures for light through which they looked out from the three stories round about, were netted, and the parts adjoining were planked, both the floor and from the floor to the windows. And the windows in the three stories, had shutters which folded back, to give an opportunity of looking out at them.

²³ And the temple had two doors, and the sanctuary had two doors. ²⁴ And these pairs of doors which folded back had two leaves a piece. ²⁵ And on these there was sculpture. Even upon the doors of the temple there were cherubim and palm trees like the sculpture of the Holies. ²⁶ And there were large beams on the front of the outer ailam, and windows narrow without and wide inwards.

³ sculptured in the same manner as the gates of the inner court and set off in the same manner as the peristyles of the outer court with a triple range of piazzas in front of the house. ⁴ And over against the chambers was a walk ten cubits broad and a hundred cubits long and their doors were towards the north. ⁵ And in like manner there were walks for the upper stories. For the upper piazza was taken from the building and out of that which was a piazza below was made a platform. So there was a piazza and a platform; and this was the case with two of the piazzas, ⁶ for there were three one above another.; But they had not pillars like the pillars of the outer piazzas; therefore the upper chambers were straightened more than the middle and the middle more than those on the ground. ⁷ And they had light from without in the same manner as the chambers of the outer court, in front of these chambers on the north, the extent being fifty cubits. ⁸ For the chambers which looked into the outer court were fifty cubits deep and were the fore front of these. The whole building was a hundred cubits long. ⁹ Now there were doors of these chambers opening into an entry facing the east. So there was a passage through them from the outer court along this entry to the lighted walk at the head of this passage. ¹⁰ And with regard to those on the south in front of that vacancy and in front of that partition wall, both the chambers ¹¹ and the walk before them were of the same measures as those of the chambers on the north. Their length was the same; and their breadth the same. And all their outlets and all their windings were the same; and their lights and their doors the same. ¹² And these chambers on the south had in like manner doors from the head of the walk into an entry which was a reed broad and gave a passage to the east.

³ Out of the measurement, when thou shalt measure off a length of twenty five thousand and a breadth of twenty thousand, part shall be for the Holy of Holies and

⁷ Thus saith the Lord Almighty, If thou wilt walk in my ways, and keep my statutes, thou shalt judge my house. And if thou wilt carefully watch my court I will give thee men conversant with these attendants.

⁹ "The hands of Zorobabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands shall finish it: and thou shalt know, [since the Lord Almighty hath sent me to thee,

¹² and say to him, Thus saith the Lord Almighty, Behold a man! his name is Anatole [Day-spring] underneath him he shall spring up. And he shall build the house of the Lord. ¹³ And he shall take authority and sit and rule on his throne; and there shall be a priest on his right hand; and there shall be a counsel of peace between both.

¹³ And he shall take authority and sit and rule on his throne; and there shall be a priest on his right hand; and there shall be a counsel of peace between both. ¹⁴ And the crown shall be for them who wait, and for them who have been kind to the captives, and for them who have taken notice of them, as a token of the gratitude of the son of Sophonias, and as a psalm in the house of the Lord. ¹⁵ And they who are far from them shall come and dwell in the house of the Lord; and you shall know, [since the Lord Almighty hath sent me to you,] that this indeed will come to pass, if you will hearken diligently to the voice of the Lord your God.

¹⁵ And they who are far from them shall come and dwell in the house of the Lord; and you shall know, [since the Lord Almighty hath sent me to you,] that this indeed will come to pass, if you will hearken diligently to the voice of the Lord your God.

⁵ Then the devil taketh him along to the holy city and placeth him on the battlement of the temple,

¹³ Then suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying, ¹⁴ Glory to God in the highest [heaven!] And on earth, peace! good will among men!

¹⁹ In reply to which Jesus said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. ²⁰ Thereupon the Jews said, This temple was forty six years a building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days?

²⁰ Thereupon the Jews said, This temple was forty six years a building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days? ²¹ But he spake of the temple of his body:

⁹ I am the door. If any enter in by me, it shall be safe, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

²³ and Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon's portico;

⁶ Jesus saith to him, I am the way and the truth and the life. No one cometh to the father but by me.

¹⁰ and recollected that he was the man who used to sit begging at the Beauty-gate of the temple, they were filled with wonder and astonishment at what had happened to him. ¹¹ And while the lame man who was cured, kept hold of Peter and John, all the people in amaze crowded to them in the portico called Solomon's.

⁴⁷ But it was Solomon who built a house for him.

⁴⁷ But it was Solomon who built a house for him. ⁴⁸ But the Most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands. As the prophet saith,

³¹ Now then the congregations throughout all Judea and Galilee, and Samaria, were enjoying peace. Being built up and walking in the fear of the Lord, and the consolation of the holy spirit, they were multiplied.

²³ to the end that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy which he had previously prepared for glory

¹⁹ Do you not know that your body is a temple of a holy spirit in you, which you have from God? Indeed you are not your own;

⁵ Now it is God who hath worked us up to this, and who hath indeed given us the earnest of the spirit.

¹⁶ And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God hath said, "Because I will dwell among them and walk about among them, and will be their God, and they shall be my people;

²⁰ built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner stone, ²¹ by whom the whole building being united in symmetry is to grow up to a holy temple in the Lord; ²² by whom you also are builded up together with them by the spirit, for an habitation of God.

¹⁰ in order that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly kingdom, by means of the congregation,

¹⁸ may be able to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height,

¹² give thanks to the Father who hath fitted us for a portion of the inheritance of the saints in light;

²³ provided you continue in this belief, grounded and settled, and are not moved away from the hope of the glad tidings which you have heard, which have been proclaimed to this whole creation under heaven, of which I Paul was made a minister.

⁷ rooted and built up in him, and firmly established in this belief, as you have been taught; abounding in it with thankfulness.

¹⁴ Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth on service on the account of them who are to be heirs of salvation?

³ And beyond the second veil is a compartment which is called, The Holy of Holies,

³ And beyond the second veil is a compartment which is called, The Holy of Holies, ⁴ containing a golden altar and the ark of the covenant, all overlaid with gold, in which was the golden urn containing the manna, and the staff of Aaron which budded, and the tables of the covenant,

¹¹ But Christ being come, a chief priest of the future good things, hath entered into the holies by the greater and more perfect tabernacle; not by one made with hands, that is, not of this creation;

¹⁹ As we, therefore, brethren, have, by virtue of the blood of Jesus, free access to the holies 20 by a new and living way, which He hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, his flesh;

¹⁰ For he expected that city which hath foundations, whose architect and founder is God.

⁵ Let your conduct be free from avarice. Be content with what you have; for he hath said, "I will never leave thee, nor will I ever forsake thee."

²⁰ for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

¹⁷ Now the wisdom which cometh from above, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. ¹⁸ And the fruit of this righteousness is peaceably sown by them who cultivate peace.

¹² to whom it was revealed that it was not for themselves, but for us, that they dispensed those things which have now been announced to you by them who proclaimed to you the glad tidings with a holy spirit sent from heaven; into which things angels have an earnest desire to look narrowly.

⁵ and you yourselves as living stones are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ;

¹¹ And I looked and heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the animate beings and the elders and the number of them was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing."

¹³ And I heard every created being which is in the heaven and on the earth and underneath the earth and those which are in the sea, even all in them, saying, "to him who is sitting on the throne and to the lamb, be the blessing and the honour and the glory and the dominion for the ages of the ages." ¹⁴ And the four animate beings said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him who liveth for the ages of the ages.

⁹ After this I looked and behold! a great multitude, which no one could number, of every nation and of tribes and peoples and tongues standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clad in white robes; and palm branches in their hands;

² but leave out the court which is on the outside of the temple and measure it not; for it is given to the nations and they shall trample the holy city forty two months.

³ And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, Behold the tabernacle of God with men! and he will dwell with them; and they will be his people; and God himself will be with them their God.

¹⁶ Now the city is a square and its length is as much as its breadth. And he measured the city with the rod twelve thousand furlongs; the length and the breadth and the height are equal. 17 And he measured its wall, a hundred and forty four cubits, the measure of a man which is that of an angel.

¹⁸ And its wall was built of jasper and the city was pure gold, like clear glass. ¹⁹ And the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every precious stone. The first foundation was jasper; and the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; ²⁰ the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardus; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprasus; the eleventh, hyacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. ²¹ And the "twelve gates were twelve pearls. Every several gate was of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.