Exodus 37 Cross References - CLV

¹ Bezalel made the coffer of acacia boards, two cubits and a half its length and a cubit and a half its width and a cubit and a half its rise. ² He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside and made for it a flange of gold round about. ³ He cast four rings of gold for it on its four footings with two rings on its one angle wall and two rings on its second angle wall. ⁴ Then he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold; ⁵ and he inserted the poles in the rings on the angle walls of the coffer to carry the coffer. ⁶ He also made the propitiatory shelter of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length and a cubit and a half its width. ⁷ Then he made two cherubim of gold; he hammered them a stiff shell of one piece with the two ends of the propitiatory shelter, ⁸ one cherub from this end and one cherub from that end. From the propitiatory shelter he made the cherubim of one piece with its two ends. ⁹ The cherubim came to be with spreading wings above, overshadowing with their wings over the propitiatory shelter with their faces each to his fellow. Toward the propitiatory shelter the faces of the cherubim came to be. ¹⁰ Then he made the table of acacia boards, two cubits its length and a cubit its width and a cubit and a half its rise. ¹¹ He overlaid it with pure gold and made for it a flange of gold round about. ¹² He also made for it a border of a handbreadth round about and made a flange of gold for its border round about. ¹³ Then he cast for it four rings of gold and put the rings on the four edges which were for its four feet. ¹⁴ The rings came to correspond with the border, housings for the poles to carry the table. ¹⁵ He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold to carry the table. ¹⁶ He also made the furnishings which were on the table, its dishes, its spoons, its waste pans and the chalices with which libations were made, of pure gold. ¹⁷ Then he made the lampstand of pure gold; of a stiff shell he made the lampstand, its stem and its tube; its cones, its spheres and its buds were of one piece with it. ¹⁸ And six tubes came forth from its sides, three tubes of the lampstand from one of its sides and three tubes of the lampstand from its second side. ¹⁹ Three almond shaped cones were on the one tube, a sphere and a bud, and three almond shaped cones on the other tube, a sphere and a bud: thus for the six tubes coming forth from the lampstand. ²⁰ On the lampstand were four almond shaped cones, its spheres and its buds, ²¹ and a sphere under two of the tubes from it, and a sphere under two of the tubes from it, and a sphere under two of the tubes from it, for the six tubes coming forth from the lampstand. ²² Their spheres and their tubes were of one piece with it, all of it of one stiff shell of pure gold. ²³ He also made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its fire-pans of pure gold; ²⁴ of a talent of pure gold he made it and all its furnishings. ²⁵ Then he made the incense altar of acacia boards, a cubit its length and a cubit its width. It was square, and its rise was two cubits. Its horns were of one piece with it. ²⁶ He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and around its sidewalls and its horns, and made for it a flange of gold round about. ²⁷ Two rings of gold he made for it beneath its flange on its two angle walls on its two sides for housings for the poles, to carry it with them. ²⁸ He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. ²⁹ He also made the holy anointing oil and the incense of pure spices, the handiwork of a compounder.

²⁴ And He is driving out the human, and is causing him to tabernacle at the east of the garden of Eden. And He set the cherubim, and a flaming sword turning itself, to keep the way of the tree of the living.

¹² And dreaming is he, and behold! A stairway set up earthward, with its head touching the heavens. And behold! Messengers of the Elohim are ascending and descending on it.

¹⁰ They will make the coffer of acacia boards, two cubits and a half its length and a cubit and a half its width and a cubit and a half its rise. ¹¹ You will overlay it; with pure gold inside and outside shall you overlay it. You will make on it a flange of gold round about. ¹² You will cast four rings of gold for it, and put them on its four footings with two rings on its one angle wall and two rings on its second angle wall. ¹³ You will make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, ¹⁴ and insert the poles in the rings on the the angle walls of the coffer to carry the coffer with them. ¹⁵ The poles shall come to be in the rings of the coffer. They shall not be withdrawn from it. ¹⁶ You will put the testimony which I shall give to you into the coffer. ¹⁷ You will make a propitiatory shelter of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length and a cubit and a half its width.

¹⁷ You will make a propitiatory shelter of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length and a cubit and a half its width. ¹⁸ You will make two cherubim of gold; you shall hammer them a stiff shell of one piece with the two ends of the propitiatory shelter.

¹⁸ You will make two cherubim of gold; you shall hammer them a stiff shell of one piece with the two ends of the propitiatory shelter. ¹⁹ Make one cherub from this end and one cherub from that end. Of one piece with the propitiatory shelter you shall make the cherubim at its two ends.

¹⁹ Make one cherub from this end and one cherub from that end. Of one piece with the propitiatory shelter you shall make the cherubim at its two ends. ²⁰ The cherubim will come to be with spreading wings above, overshadowing with their wings over the propitiatory shelter with their faces each to his fellow. Toward the propitiatory shelter the faces of the cherubim shall come to be.

²⁰ The cherubim will come to be with spreading wings above, overshadowing with their wings over the propitiatory shelter with their faces each to his fellow. Toward the propitiatory shelter the faces of the cherubim shall come to be.

²⁰ The cherubim will come to be with spreading wings above, overshadowing with their wings over the propitiatory shelter with their faces each to his fellow. Toward the propitiatory shelter the faces of the cherubim shall come to be. ²¹ Then you will put the propitiatory shelter on the coffer from above; and you shall put the testimony which I shall give to you into the coffer. ²² I will keep appointment with you there, and I will speak with you above the propitiatory shelter from between the two cherubim which are over the coffer of the testimony of all which I am instructing you for the sons of Israel. ²³ You will make a table of acacia boards, two cubits its length and a cubit its width and a cubit and a half its rise. ²⁴ You will overlay it with pure gold and make for it a flange of gold round about. ²⁵ You will make for it a border of a handbreadth round about and make a flange of gold for its border round about. ²⁶ You will make for it four rings of gold and put the rings on the four edges which are for its four feet. ²⁷ The rings shall come to correspond with the border for housings for the poles, to carry the table. ²⁸ You will make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and the table will be carried by them. ²⁹ You will make its dishes and its spoons and its chalices and its waste pans with which libations are made; of pure gold shall you make them.

²⁹ You will make its dishes and its spoons and its chalices and its waste pans with which libations are made; of pure gold shall you make them. ³⁰ Then you will put the bread of the presence on the table before Me regularly. ³¹ You will make the lampstand of pure gold; of a stiff shell shall you make the lampstand, its stem and its tube; its cones, its spheres and its buds shall come out from it.

³¹ You will make the lampstand of pure gold; of a stiff shell shall you make the lampstand, its stem and its tube; its cones, its spheres and its buds shall come out from it. ³² Six tubes shall come forth from its sides, three tubes of the lampstand from its one side and three tubes of the lampstand from its second side. ³³ Three almond shaped cones shall be on the one tube, a sphere and a bud, and three almond shaped cones on the other tube, a sphere and a bud: thus for the six tubes coming forth from the lampstand;"

³³ Three almond shaped cones shall be on the one tube, a sphere and a bud, and three almond shaped cones on the other tube, a sphere and a bud: thus for the six tubes coming forth from the lampstand;" ³⁴ on the lampstand itself four almond shaped cones, its spheres and its buds;" ³⁵ and a sphere under two of the tubes from it, and a sphere under two of the tubes from it, and a sphere under two of the tubes from it, so for the six tubes coming forth from the lampstand.

³⁵ and a sphere under two of the tubes from it, and a sphere under two of the tubes from it, and a sphere under two of the tubes from it, so for the six tubes coming forth from the lampstand. ³⁶ Their spheres and their tubes shall be of one piece with it, all of it of one stiff shell of pure gold. ³⁷ You will make its seven lamps, and one will set up its lamps, so that it gives light over across its face.

³⁷ You will make its seven lamps, and one will set up its lamps, so that it gives light over across its face. ³⁸ Its snuffers and its fire-pans shall be of pure gold; ³⁹ of a talent of pure gold shall you make it with all these furnishings.

³³ and you will put the curtain under the links. Then you will bring there, inside the curtain, the coffer of the testimony. The curtain will separate for you between the holy place and the holy of holies;"

¹ You will make the altar for fuming incense; of acacia boards shall you make it. ² A cubit shall be its length and a cubit its width. Square it shall be, and two cubits its rise. Its horns are one piece with it. ³ You will overlay it with pure gold, its top around its sidewalls and its horns; and you will make for it a flange of gold round about.

³ You will overlay it with pure gold, its top around its sidewalls and its horns; and you will make for it a flange of gold round about. ⁴ Two rings of gold shall you make for it. Beneath its flange, on its two angle walls shall you make them, on its two sides. And they shall be for housings for the poles, to carry it with them. ⁵ You will make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold;

²³ As for you, take to yourself the principal aromatics, of free flowing myrrh five hundred shekels worth and of aromatic cinnamon half of it, two hundred fifty, and of aromatic reed two hundred fifty, ²⁴ and of cassia five hundred by the shekel of the holy place, and of olive oil a hin;" ²⁵ and you will make of it a holy anointing oil, a compounded ointment, the handiwork of a compounder. A holy anointing oil shall it be. ²⁶ With it you will anoint the tent of appointment and the coffer of the testimony, ²⁷ the table and all its furnishings, the lampstand and its furnishings and the altar of incense, ²⁸ the altar of ascent offering and all its furnishings, the laver and its post. ²⁹ You will hallow them so that they become a holy of holies. All that touches them shall be holy. ³⁰ Aaron and his sons shall you anoint and hallow them to serve as priests for Me. ³¹ And to the sons of Israel shall you speak, saying: A holy anointing oil shall this become to Me throughout your generations. ³² On human flesh of others it shall not be rubbed, and by its recipe you shall not make such as it. It is holy; holy shall it become to you. ³³ The man who compounds such as it, and who gives any of it to an alien, he will be cut off from his people. ³⁴ Yahweh said to Moses: Take to yourself spices: stacte, murex shell and galbanum, spices with pure frankincense. Component by component shall it be;" ³⁵ and you will make of it an incense, a compound of the handiwork of a compounder, salted clean, holy. ³⁶ Then you will reduce to powder some of it, pulverized, and put it before the testimony in the tent of appointment where I shall keep appointment with you. A holy of holies shall it become to you. ³⁷ Yet the incense which you shall make by its recipe you shall not make for yourselves. Holy shall it be to you for Yahweh. ³⁸ The man who makes such as it to smell of it, he will be cut off from his people.

⁷ the tent of appointment and the coffer for the testimony with the propitiatory shelter which shall be on it and all the furnishings of the tent,

¹³ the table, its poles, all its furnishings and the bread of the presence;"

³ You will place there the coffer of the testimony and screen off the coffer with the curtain. ⁴ You will bring the table and arrange its array and bring the lampstand and set up its lamps. ⁵ Then you will put the golden altar for incense before the coffer of the testimony and place the portiere of the portal to the tabernacle.

²⁰ He took and bestowed the testimony into the coffer, placed the poles on the coffer, put the propitiatory shelter on the coffer above, ²¹ brought the coffer into the tabernacle and placed the portiere curtain so that it screened off the coffer of the testimony just as Yahweh had instructed Moses. ²² He put the table in the tent of appointment at the flank of the tabernacle northward outside the curtain, ²³ and he arranged on it the array of bread before Yahweh, just as Yahweh had instructed Moses. ²⁴ Then he placed the lampstand in the tent of appointment over against the table at the flank of the tabernacle toward the Negev, ²⁵ and set up the lamps before Yahweh, just as Yahweh had instructed Moses. ²⁶ He placed the golden altar in the tent of appointment before the curtain ²⁷ and caused incense of spices to fume on it just as Yahweh had instructed Moses.

¹² Then he will take a full fire-pan of embers of fire off the altar from before Yahweh and both his hands full of thin incense spices and bring it inside the curtain; ¹³ he will put the incense on the fire before Yahweh, and the cloud of incense will cover the propitiatory shelter which is on the testimony, so that he may not die. ¹⁴ He will take some of the blood of the young bull and spatter it with his finger on the face of the propitiatory shelter eastward, and before the propitiatory shelter shall he spatter some of the blood seven times with his finger. ¹⁵ He will slay the hairy goat of the sin offering which is for the people, and bring its blood inside the curtain and do with its blood just as he did with the blood of the young bull, and spatter it on the propitiatory shelter and before the propitiatory shelter.

⁴ On the pure lampstand shall he arrange the lamps before Yahweh regularly.

⁵⁰ As for you, give the Levites supervision over the tabernacle of the testimony, over all its furnishings and over all which pertains to it. They themselves shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they shall minister to it, and around the tabernacle shall they encamp.

¹⁴ and put on it all its furnishings with which they minister on it, the fire-pans, the forks and the shovels and the sprinkling bowls, all the furnishings of the altar; they will spread over it a cover of azure hide and put its poles in place. And they will take a purple cloth and cover the laver and its base and put them into a cover of azure hide and put them on the slider bar. ¹⁵ When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy things with all the furnishings of the holy things when the camp is to journey, then afterward the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it. Yet they shall not touch the holy things lest they die. These are the load of the sons of Kohath in the tent of appointment.

¹⁵ When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy things with all the furnishings of the holy things when the camp is to journey, then afterward the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it. Yet they shall not touch the holy things lest they die. These are the load of the sons of Kohath in the tent of appointment.

² Speak to Aaron and say to him, When you set up the lamps, toward the face of the lampstand the seven lamps shall give light.

³³ They journeyed from the mount of Yahweh a way of three days while the coffer of the covenant of Yahweh was journeying before them a way of three days to explore a resting place for them. ³⁴ And the cloud of Yahweh was over them by day on their journey from the camp. ³⁵ It came to be whenever the coffer journeyed Moses said:Arise, Yahweh, that Your enemies may scatter and those hating You may flee from Your presence. ³⁶ And whenever it stopped he said:Dwell, Yahweh, with the myriads of Israel's thousands.

⁸ It came to be on the morrow that Moses came into the tent of the testimony, and behold, the rod of Aaron of the house of Levi had budded. It brought forth buds and blossomed blossoms and requited with almonds.

³ And they cause the ark of Elohim to ride on a new cart, and lift it up from the house of Abinadab, which [is] in the height, and Uzzah and Ahio sons of Abinadab are leading the new cart;" ⁴ and they lift it up from the house of Abinadab, which [is] in the height, with the ark of Elohim, and Ahio is going before the ark, ⁵ and David and all the house of Israel are playing before Yahweh, with all kinds of [instruments] of fir-wood, even with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cornets, and with cymbals. ⁶ And they come unto the threshing-floor of Nachon, and Uzzah puts forth [his hand] unto the ark of Elohim, and lays hold on it, for they released the oxen;" ⁷ and the anger of Yahweh burns against Uzzah, and Elohim smites him there for the error, and he dies there by the ark of Elohim.

²³ And he makes within the oracle two cherubs, of the oil-tree, ten cubits [is] their height;" ²⁴ and five cubits [is] the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the second wing of the cherub, ten cubits from the ends of its wings even unto the ends of its wings;" ²⁵ and ten by the cubit [is] the second cherub, one measure and one form [are] to the two cherubs, ²⁶ the height of the one cherub [is] ten by the cubit, and so [is] the second cherub;" ²⁷ and he sets the cherubs in the midst of the inner house, and they spread out the wings of the cherubs, and a wing of the one comes against the wall, and a wing of the second cherub is coming against the second wall, and their wings [are] unto the midst of the house, coming wing against wing;" ²⁸ and he overlays the cherubs with gold, ²⁹ and all the walls of the house round about he has carved with openings of carvings, cherubs, and palm trees, and openings of flowers, within and without.

⁵⁰ and the basins, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and the censers, of refined gold, and the hinges for the doors of the inner-house, for the holy of holies, for the doors of the house of the temple, of gold.

¹³ Only, there is not made for the house of Yahweh basins of silver, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, any vessel of gold, and vessel of silver, out of the money that is brought into the house of Yahweh;"

¹¹ And David gives to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of its houses, and of its treasures, and of its upper chambers, and of its innermost chambers, and of the house of the atonement;"

¹⁵ and [by] weight for the candlesticks of gold, and their lamps of gold, by weight [for] candlestick and candlestick, and its lamps; and for the candlesticks of silver, by weight for a candlestick and its lamps, according to the service of candlestick and candlestick;"

¹¹ and are making perfume to Yahweh, burnt-offerings morning by morning, and evening by evening, and perfume of spices, and the arrangement of bread [is] on the pure table, and the candlestick of gold, and its lamps, to burn evening by evening, for we are keeping the charge of Yahweh our Elohim, and you--you have forsaken Him.

¹⁶ And at his being strong his heart has been high unto destruction, and he trespasses against Yahweh his Elohim, and goes in unto the temple of Yahweh to make perfume upon the altar of perfume.

¹ {A Davidic Psalm{ The decadent one says in his heart, There is no Elohim. They have become corrupt and abhorrent with iniquitous deeds. There is no one doing good." ² Yahweh, He gazes down from the heavens on the sons of humanity, To see whether there is anyone acting intelligently, Anyone seeking after Elohim."

⁵ You are arranging a table before me in front of my foes; You have sleeked my head with oil; My cup is satiated.

¹⁷ The sacrifices to Elohim are a broken spirit; A broken and crushed heart, O Elohim, You shall not despise."

¹ {An Asaphic Psalm{ O Shepherd of Israel, do give ear; You Who are leading Joseph like a flock, Who are dwelling over the cherubim, do shine forth."

¹⁰ Yet You shall exalt my horn like that of a wild bull; You will empower me with flourishing oil.

⁴ Making His messengers winds, His ministers a flaming fire,

² May my prayer be established as incense before You, The lifting of my palms as the evening approach present."

¹ As dead gadflies cause a compound of oil to stink, to bubble forth, So a little frivolity outweighs wisdom and glory."

⁵ Moreover, one fears lofty heights, And catastrophes are on the road, When the almond tree flowers, And the grasshopper is burdensome, And the caperberry's effects are annulled, When man goes to his eonian home, And those lamenting turn about in the street;"

⁴ what is there to do further for My vineyard, that I have not done for it? For what reason, when I expect it to yield grapes, yet it is yielding stinking fruit? ⁵ And now, pray, I shall make known to you what I will do to My vineyard:I will take away its hedge, and it comes to be consumed. I breach its stone dike, and it comes to be tramped."

¹⁰ For ten acres of vineyard are yielding one bath, and a homer's seed is yielding an ephah."

² Seraphim are standing above it with six wings, six wings to each one. With two it is covering its face, and with two it is covering its feet, and with two it is flying."

² And the spirit of Yahweh shall rest on Him:A spirit of wisdom and understanding, a spirit of counsel and mastery, a spirit of knowledge and the fear of Yahweh."

¹ The spirit of My Lord Yahweh is on Me, because Yahweh anoints Me to bear tidings to the humble. He sends Me to bind up the broken hearted, to herald to captives, liberty, and, to the blind, the unclosing of the eyes, and, to the bound, to take the jubilee,

³ to give rejoicing to the mourners of Zion, to give to them beauty instead of ashes, the oil of elation instead of mourning, the muffler of praise instead of dimness of spirit. And they are called arbiters of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, to beautify Himself."

¹¹ And there is a word of Yahweh unto me, saying, `What are you seeing, Jeremiah?' And I say, `A rod of an almond tree I am seeing.'"

¹⁸ and the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they minister, they have taken away;" ¹⁹ and the basins, and the fire-pans, and the bowls, and the pots, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups, the gold of that which [is] gold, and the silver of that which [is] silver, has the chief of the executioners taken."

¹ And I look, and lo, on the expanse that [is] above the head of the cherubs, as a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne, He has been seen over them." ² And He speaks unto the man clothed with linen, and said, `Go in unto the midst of the wheel, unto the place of the cherub, and fill your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubs, and scatter over the city.' And he goes in before mine eyes."

² And He speaks unto the man clothed with linen, and said, `Go in unto the midst of the wheel, unto the place of the cherub, and fill your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubs, and scatter over the city.' And he goes in before mine eyes." <sup>3</sup> And the cherubs are standing on the right side of the house, at the going in of the man, and the cloud has filled the inner court, <sup>4</sup> and become high does the honor of Yahweh above the cherub, over the threshold of the house, and the house is filled with the cloud, and the court has been filled with the brightness of the honor of Yahweh." <sup>5</sup> And a noise of the wings of the cherubs has been heard unto the outer court, as the voice of El--the Mighty One--in His speaking." <sup>6</sup> And it comes to pass, in His commanding the man clothed with linen, saying, `Take fire from between the wheel, from between the cherubs,' and he goes in and stands near the wheel, ⁷ that the [one] cherub puts forth his hand from between the cherubs unto the fire that [is] between the cherubs, and lifts up, and gives into the hands of him who is clothed with linen, and he receives, and comes forth." ⁸ And there appears in the cherubs the form of a hand of man under their wings, ⁹ and I look, and lo, four wheels near the cherubs, one wheel near the one cherub, and another wheel near the other cherub, and the appearance of the wheels [is] as the color of a beryl stone." ¹⁰ As to their appearances, one likeness [is] to them four, as it were the wheel in the midst of the wheel." ¹¹ In their going, on their four sides they go; they turn not round in their going, for to the place whither the head turns, after it they go, they turn not round in their going." ¹² And all their flesh, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, are full of eyes round about; to them four [are] their wheels." ¹³ To the wheels--to them is one calling in mine ears, `O wheel!'" ¹⁴ And four faces [are] to each; the face of the one [is] the face of the cherub, and the face of the second the face of man, and of the third the face of a lion, and of the fourth the face of an eagle." ¹⁵ And the cherubs are lifted up, it [is] the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar." ¹⁶ And in the going of the cherubs, the wheels go beside them; and in the cherubs lifting up their wings to be high above the earth, the wheels turn not round, even they, from being beside them." ¹⁷ In their standing they stand, and in their exaltation they are exalted with them:for the living spirit [is] in them." ¹⁸ And go forth does the honor of Yahweh from off the threshold of the house, and stands over the cherubs, ¹⁹ and the cherubs lift up their wings, and are lifted up from the earth before mine eyes; in their going forth, the wheels also [are] over-against them, and he stands at the opening of the east gate of the house of Yahweh, and the honor of the Elohim of Israel [is] over them from above." ²⁰ It [is] the living creature that I saw under the Elohim of Israel by the river Chebar, and I know that they are cherubs." ²¹ Four faces [are] to each, and four wings to each, and the likeness of the hands of man [is] under their wings." ²² As to the likeness of their faces, they [are] the faces that I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves; each straight forward they go."

³⁹ And in the porch of the gate [are] two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slaughter on them the burnt-offering, and the sin-offering, and the guilt-offering;" ⁴⁰ and at the side without, at the going up to the opening of the north gate, [are] two tables; and at the other side that [is] at the porch of the gate, [are] two tables;" ⁴¹ four tables [are] on this side, and four tables on that side, at the side of the gate, eight tables on which they slaughter." ⁴² And the four tables for burnt-offering [are] of hewn stone:the length one cubit and a half, and the breadth one cubit and a half, and the height one cubit:on them they place the instruments with which they slaughter the burnt-offering and the sacrifice."

² And he is saying to me, What are you seeing? And I am saying, I see and behold! a lampstand, all of it of gold, and a globe on its top, and seven lamps on its seven branches, and seven tubes for the lamps which are on its top."

¹¹ Then I am answering and am saying to him, What are these two olive trees at the right of the lampstand and at its left?

¹² Yet you are profaning Me when you say, The table of Yahweh, sullied is it, and its produce. Despised is its food."

¹⁵ Neither are they burning a lamp and placing it under a peck measure, but on a lampstand, and it is shining to all those in the house.

¹⁹ Stupid and blind! for which is greater, the approach present, or the altar that is hallowing the approach present?

⁹ according to the custom of the priestly office, he chanced to burn incense, entering into the temple of the Lord." ¹⁰ And the entire multitude of the people was praying outside at the hour of incense.

⁴ In it was life, and the life was the light of men." ⁵ And the light is appearing in the darkness, and the darkness grasped it not." ⁶ There came to be a man, commissioned by God. His name was John." ⁷ This one came for a testimony, that he should be testifying concerning the light, that all should be believing through it." ⁸ Not he was the light, but he came that he should be testifying concerning the light. " ⁹ It was the true light - which is enlightening every man - coming into the world.

¹⁴ And the Word became flesh and tabernacles among us, and we gaze at His glory, a glory as of an only-begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth."

¹⁶ for of that which fills Him we all obtained, and grace for grace."

⁵¹ And He is saying to him, "Verily, verily, I am saying to you, henceforth you shall be seeing heaven opened up and the messengers of God ascending and descending on the Son of Mankind."

³⁴ For He Whom God commissions is speaking God's declarations, for God is not giving the spirit by measure."

¹⁵ Yet the Lord said to him "Go, for he is a choice instrument of Mine, to bear My name before both the nations and kings, besides the sons of Israel,

²⁵ (Whom God purposed for a Propitiatory shelter, through faith in His blood, for a display of His righteousness because of the passing over of the penalties of sins which occurred before in the forbearance of God),

²⁷ but I am belaboring my body and leading it into slavery, lest somehow, when heralding to others, I myself may become disqualified."

²¹ Now He Who is confirming us together with you in Christ, and anoints us, is God, ²² Who also seals us and is giving the earnest of the spirit in our hearts.

¹⁸ Now we all, with uncovered face, mirroring the Lord's glory, are being transformed into the same image, from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the spirit."

⁴ Now when the full time came, God delegates His Son, come of a woman, come under law, "

¹⁰ that now may be made known to the sovereignties and the authorities among the celestials, through the ecclesia, the multifarious wisdom of God,

¹⁵ that you may become blameless and artless, children of God, flawless, in the midst of a generation crooked and perverse among whom you are appearing as luminaries in the world,

⁸ But, to be sure, I am also deeming all to be a forfeit because of the superiority of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, because of Whom I forfeited all, and am deeming it to be refuse, that I should be gaining Christ,

²⁷ to whom God wills to make known what are the glorious riches of this secret among the nations, which is: Christ among you, the expectation of glory"

⁵ Deaden, then, your members that are on the earth: prostitution, uncleanness, passion, evil desire and greed, which is idolatry,

¹⁶ And avowedly great is the secret of devoutness, which was manifested in flesh, justified in spirit, seen by messengers, heralded among the nations, believed in the world, taken up in glory."

²⁰ Now in a great house there are not only gold and silver utensils, but wooden and earthenware also, and some indeed for honor, yet some for dishonor."

¹⁴ Who gives Himself for us, that He should be redeeming us from all lawlessness and be cleansing for Himself a people to be about Him, zealous for ideal acts."

¹⁴ Are they not all ministering spirits commissioned for service because of those who are about to be enjoying the allotment of salvation?

⁷ Who, in the days of His flesh, offering both petitions and supplications with strong clamor and tears to Him Who is able to save Him out of death, being hearkened to also for His piety,

²⁵ Whence, also, He is able to save to the uttermost those coming to God through Him, always being alive to be pleading for their sake."

² For the tabernacle is constructed, the front part (in which was, besides the lampstand, the table also, and the showbread), which is termed the holy place."

⁵ Now up over it were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the propitiatory shelter, concerning which there is nothing in particular to say now."

¹⁰ We have an altar from which they have no right to be eating, who offer divine service in the tabernacle."

⁷ that the testing of your faith, much more precious than gold which is perishing, yet, being tested by fire, may be found for applause and glory and honor at the unveiling of Jesus Christ,

¹² To whom it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to you they dispensed them, of which you were now informed through those who are bringing the evangel to you by holy spirit dispatched from heaven, into which messengers are yearning to peer."

¹⁸ being aware that not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, were you ransomed from your vain behavior, handed down by tradition from the fathers, ¹⁹ but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a flawless and unspotted lamb,

⁵ you, also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, into a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, most acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. "

² And He is the propitiatory shelter concerned with our sins, yet not concerned with ours only, but concerned with the whole world also."

²⁰ And you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all are aware."

²⁷ And the anointing which you obtained from Him is remaining in you, and you have no need that anyone may be teaching you, but as His anointing is teaching you concerning all, and is true, and is no lie, according as it teaches you also, remain in Him."

¹² And I turn about to look for the voice which spoke with me. And, turning about, I perceived seven golden lampstands,

¹² And I turn about to look for the voice which spoke with me. And, turning about, I perceived seven golden lampstands,

²⁰ the secret of the seven stars which you perceived in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are messengers of the seven ecclesias, and the seven lampstands are seven ecclesias."

⁵ And out of the throne are issuing lightnings and voices and thunders. And seven torches of fire are burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God."

⁵ And one of the elders is saying to me, "Do not lament! Lo! He conquers! The Lion out of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, is to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals!"

³ And another messenger came and was standing at the altar, having a golden thurible. And much incense was given him that he shall be imparting to the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne." ⁴ And the fumes of the incense with the prayers of the saints ascended out of the messenger's hand before God.