2 Chronicles 4 Cross References - NSB

¹ King Solomon had a copper altar built. It was thirty feet square and fifteen feet high. ² He also made a round tank (molten sea) of copper. It was seven and one half feet deep, fifteen feet in diameter, and forty-five feet in circumference. ³ All around the outer edge of the rim of the tank were two rows of decorations, one above the other. The decorations were in the shape of bulls. They had been cast all in one piece with the rest of the tank. ⁴ The tank rested on the backs of twelve copper bulls that faced outward. Three faced in each direction, north, west, south and east. ⁵ The sides of the tank were three inches thick. Its rim was like the rim of a cup, curving outward like the petals of a flower. The tank held about fifteen thousand gallons. ⁶ They also made ten basins, five to be placed on the south side of the Temple and five on the north side. They were to be used to rinse the parts of the animals that were burned as sacrifices. The water in the large tank was for the priests to use for washing. ⁷ They made ten gold lamp stands according to the usual pattern, and ten tables, and placed them in the main room of the Temple. ⁸ He made ten tables and put them in the temple. Five were on the south side and five on the north side. And he made one hundred gold bowls. ⁹ He also made the priests’ courtyard and the large courtyard and its doors. He covered the doors with copper. ¹⁰ He set the pool on the south side in the southeast corner. ¹¹ Huram also made the pots, shovels, and bowls. So Huram finished the work for King Solomon in God’s Temple: ¹² Two pillars, bowl-shaped crowns on top of the two pillars, and two sets of filigree to cover the two bowl-shaped crowns on top of the pillars, ¹³ four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of filigree (two rows of pomegranates for each filigree to cover the two bowl-shaped crowns on the pillars), ¹⁴ ten stands and ten basins on the stands, ¹⁵ one pool and the twelve bulls under it, ¹⁶ pots, shovels, and three-pronged forks. Huram (Hiram-abiv) made all of them out of polished copper for Jehovah’s Temple at King Solomon’s request. ¹⁷ The king cast them in foundries in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zeredah. ¹⁸ Solomon made so many of these products that no one tried to determine how much the copper weighed. ¹⁹ Solomon made all the furnishings for God’s Temple: the gold altar, the gold tables on which the bread of the presence was placed, ²⁰ lamp stands and lamps of pure gold (to burn as directed in front of the inner room), ²¹ flowers, lamps, pure gold tongs, ²² snuffers, basins, dishes, incense burners of pure gold, the gold entrance to the temple, the gold doors of the most holy place, and the gold doors of the Temple.

²³ »Make a table of acacia wood thirty-six inches long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high. ²⁴ »Cover it with pure gold. Put a gold molding around it. ²⁵ »Make a rim three inches wide around it. Put a gold molding around the rim. ²⁶ »Make four gold rings for it. Fasten them to the four corners where the four legs are. ²⁷ »The rings are to be close to the rim. They are to hold the poles for carrying the table. ²⁸ »Make the poles out of acacia wood. Cover them with gold and use them to carry the table. ²⁹ »The plates and dishes for the table should be out of pure gold. Also make pitchers and bowls to be used for pouring wine offerings. ³⁰ »The table should be placed in front of the Covenant Box. There is always to be the sacred bread offered to me for the table. ³¹ »Make lamp stand of pure gold. Make its base and its shaft of hammered gold. Its decorative flowers, including buds and petals, are to form one piece with it.

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

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

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

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

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

³⁶ »Their bulbs and their branches shall be of one piece. All of it must be one piece of hammered work of pure gold. ³⁷ »Then make a total of seven lamps. Mount the lamps so that they shed light on the space in front of it.

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

¹ »Build the altar with acacia wood. It should be seven and one half feet square and four and one half feet tall. ² »Place a horn at each of its four corners. The four horns and the altar must be made out of one piece of wood covered with copper. ³ »Make all the utensils for it out of copper: pots for taking away the altar’s ashes, also shovels, bowls, forks, and incense burners.

³ »Make all the utensils for it out of copper: pots for taking away the altar’s ashes, also shovels, bowls, forks, and incense burners. ⁴ »Make a grate for it out of copper mesh. Make a copper ring for each of the four corners of the grate. ⁵ »Place the grate under the ledge of the altar so that it comes halfway up the altar. ⁶ »Prepare poles out of acacia wood for the altar. Cover them with copper. ⁷ »The poles should be put through the rings on both sides of the altar and used to carry it. ⁸ »Make the altar out of boards so that it is hollow inside. It must be made just as you were shown on the mountain.

²⁰ »Command the Israelites that the lighting must be provided by pure virgin olive oil so that the lamps will not go out. ²¹ »Keep the lamps lit in the tent of meeting outside the canopy where the words of my covenant are. Aaron and his descendants must keep the lamps lit in Jehovah’s presence from evening until morning. This is a long lasting law among the Israelites for generations to come.

³³ »Along the hem of the robe weave pomegranates of blue, purple, and red wool with a gold bell between each of them. ³⁴ »A gold bell should alternate with a pomegranate all around the hem of the robe.

⁴ »Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the sacred tent of meeting and have them wash themselves.

¹ »Build an altar out of acacia wood for burning incense. ² »Make it eighteen inches square and thirty-six inches high. The horns that extend out of it and the altar should be made out of one piece of wood. ³ »Cover it all with pure gold, the top, the sides, and the horns. Put a gold molding around it. ⁴ »Make two gold rings. Place them below the molding on opposite sides to hold the poles for carrying it. ⁵ »Make the poles out of acacia wood. Cover them with gold. ⁶ »Place the altar in front of the canopy that hangs over the ark containing the words of my covenant I will meet with you there in front of the throne of mercy that is on the ark. ⁷ »Aaron must burn sweet incense on this altar every morning when he takes care of the lamps. ⁸ »When Aaron lights the lamps at dusk he must burn incense. An incense offering must burn (smoke) constantly in Jehovah’s presence for generations to come. ⁹ »Do not burn any unauthorized incense on this altar or any burnt offerings or grain offerings. Do not pour a wine offering on it. ¹⁰ »Once a year Aaron must make atonement with Jehovah by putting blood on its horns. Once a year for generations to come blood from the offering must be placed on the altar to make atonement with Jehovah. It is most holy to Jehovah.«

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

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

²⁰ And there were four on the lamp stand.

²³ He made seven its seven lamps including the snuffers and fire trays out of pure gold.

²⁵ He made an altar out of acacia wood for burning incense. It was eighteen inches square and thirty-six inches high. The horns and altar were made out of one piece of wood. ²⁶ All of it was covered with pure gold, the top, the sides, and the horns. He put a gold molding around it. ²⁷ He made two gold rings and put them below the molding on opposite sides to hold the poles for carrying it. ²⁸ Then the poles were made out of acacia wood and covered with gold. ²⁹ A perfumer made the holy oil to be used for anointing and for the pure, sweet incense.

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

⁹ »‘Wash the internal organs and legs. The priest will then burn all of it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to Jehovah.

¹³ »‘Wash the internal organs and the hind legs. The priest will present the sacrifice to Jehovah and burn all of it on the altar. The odor of this food offering is pleasing to Jehovah.

⁵ »Take flour and bake twelve rings of bread. Each ring will contain four quarts of flour. ⁶ »Put them in two stacks of six each on the gold table in Jehovah’s presence. ⁷ »Place pure incense on top of each stack. The incense on the bread will be a reminder, an offering by fire to Jehovah. ⁸ »Every day of worship (sabbath day) a priest must arrange the bread in Jehovah’s presence. It is a long lasting reminder of my promise to the Israelites.

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

¹⁶ An inner room, called the Most Holy Place, was built in the rear of the Temple. It was thirty feet long and was partitioned off by cedar boards reaching from the floor to the ceiling. ¹⁷ The room in front of the Most Holy Place was sixty feet long. ¹⁸ The cedar panels were decorated with carvings of gourds and flowers. The entire interior was covered with cedar. The stones of the walls could not be seen.

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

³¹ A double door made of olive wood was hung at the entrance of the Most Holy Place. There was a pointed arch on top of the doorway. ³² The doors were decorated with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and flowers. The doors, the cherubim, and the palm trees were covered with gold.

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

¹² The large courtyard had three layers of cut stone blocks and a layer of cedar beams, like the inner courtyard of Jehovah’s Temple and the entrance hall. ¹³ King Solomon sent for a man named Huram, a craftsman living in the city of Tyre. ¹⁴ Huram was knowledgeable and skilled in making things out of copper. He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali. His father had been from Tyre. He went to do all of King Solomon’s work.

¹⁴ Huram was knowledgeable and skilled in making things out of copper. He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali. His father had been from Tyre. He went to do all of King Solomon’s work.

²⁰ and were placed on a rounded section which was above the chain design. There were two hundred pomegranates in two rows around each crown.

²³ Hiram made a round tank of copper, seven and one half feet deep, fifteen feet in diameter, and forty-five feet in circumference. ²⁴ All around the outer edge of the rim of the tank were two rows of copper gourds. They were all cast in one piece with the rest of the tank. ²⁵ The tank rested on the backs of twelve copper bulls that faced outward. Three faced in each direction. ²⁶ The sides of the tank were three inches thick. Its rim was like the rim of a cup. It curved outward like the petals of a lily. The tank held about ten thousand gallons.

²⁶ The sides of the tank were three inches thick. Its rim was like the rim of a cup. It curved outward like the petals of a lily. The tank held about ten thousand gallons. ²⁷ Huram also made ten copper carts. Each cart was six feet long, six feet wide, and four and one half feet high. ²⁸ They were made of square panels set in frames. ²⁹ There were figures of lions, bulls, and cherubim on the panels. And there were spiral relief figures on the frames above and underneath the lions and bulls. ³⁰ Each cart had four copper wheels with copper axles. At the four corners were copper supports for a basin. The supports were decorated with spiral relief figures. ³¹ There was a circular frame on top for the basin. It projected eighteen inches upward from the top of the cart and seven inches down into it. It had carvings around it. ³² The wheels were under the panels. They were twenty-five inches high. The axles were of one piece with the carts. ³³ The wheels were like chariot wheels. Their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of copper. ³⁴ There were four supports at the bottom corners of each cart. They were of one piece with the cart. ³⁵ There was a nine-inch band around the top of each cart. Its supports and the panels were of one piece with the cart. ³⁶ The supports and panels were decorated with figures of cherubim, lions, and palm trees, wherever there was space for them, with spiral figures all around. ³⁷ This is how the carts were made. They were all alike, having the same size and shape. ³⁸ Huram made ten basins, one for each cart. Each basin was six feet in diameter and held two hundred gallons.

³⁸ Huram made ten basins, one for each cart. Each basin was six feet in diameter and held two hundred gallons. ³⁹ He placed five of the carts on the south side of the Temple. The other five were placed on the north side. The tank was placed at the southeast corner.

³⁹ He placed five of the carts on the south side of the Temple. The other five were placed on the north side. The tank was placed at the southeast corner. ⁴⁰ Huram made the pots and spades and the basins. Huram finished all the work he did for King Solomon in the house of Jehovah.

⁴⁰ Huram made the pots and spades and the basins. Huram finished all the work he did for King Solomon in the house of Jehovah.

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

⁴¹ The two pillars and the two cups of the crowns which were on the tops of the two pillars; and the network covering the two cups of the crowns on the tops of the pillars,

⁴¹ The two pillars and the two cups of the crowns which were on the tops of the two pillars; and the network covering the two cups of the crowns on the tops of the pillars, ⁴² The four hundred apples for the network, two lines of apples for every network, covering the two cups of the crowns on the pillars;

⁴² The four hundred apples for the network, two lines of apples for every network, covering the two cups of the crowns on the pillars;

⁴² The four hundred apples for the network, two lines of apples for every network, covering the two cups of the crowns on the pillars; ⁴³ The ten bases, with the ten washing-vessels on them;

⁴³ The ten bases, with the ten washing-vessels on them; ⁴⁴ The great water-vessel (molten sea) (copper sea), with the twelve oxen under it; ⁴⁵ And the pots and the spades and the basins; all the vessels which Huram made for King Solomon, for the house of Jehovah, were of polished brass.

⁴⁵ And the pots and the spades and the basins; all the vessels which Huram made for King Solomon, for the house of Jehovah, were of polished brass. ⁴⁶ He made them of liquid metal in the lowland district of the Jordan River. This was at the river crossing at Adama, between Succoth and Zarethan.

⁴⁶ He made them of liquid metal in the lowland district of the Jordan River. This was at the river crossing at Adama, between Succoth and Zarethan. ⁴⁷ Solomon did not weigh all the utensils because so much copper was used. No one tried to determine how much the copper weighed.

⁴⁷ Solomon did not weigh all the utensils because so much copper was used. No one tried to determine how much the copper weighed. ⁴⁸ Solomon made all the furnishings for Jehovah’s Temple: the gold altar, the gold table on which the bread of the presence was placed,

⁴⁸ Solomon made all the furnishings for Jehovah’s Temple: the gold altar, the gold table on which the bread of the presence was placed,

⁴⁸ Solomon made all the furnishings for Jehovah’s Temple: the gold altar, the gold table on which the bread of the presence was placed, ⁴⁹ lamps stands of pure gold, five on the south side and five on the north in front of the inner room, flowers, lamps, gold tongs,

⁴⁹ lamps stands of pure gold, five on the south side and five on the north in front of the inner room, flowers, lamps, gold tongs,

⁴⁹ lamps stands of pure gold, five on the south side and five on the north in front of the inner room, flowers, lamps, gold tongs, ⁵⁰ dishes, snuffers, bowls, saucers, incense burners of pure gold, the gold sockets for the doors of the inner room (the Most Holy Place), and the doors of the temple.

⁵⁰ dishes, snuffers, bowls, saucers, incense burners of pure gold, the gold sockets for the doors of the inner room (the Most Holy Place), and the doors of the temple.

⁵⁰ dishes, snuffers, bowls, saucers, incense burners of pure gold, the gold sockets for the doors of the inner room (the Most Holy Place), and the doors of the temple. ⁵¹ All the work King Solomon did on Jehovah’s Temple was finished. He brought the holy things that belonged to his father David: the silver, gold, and utensils and put them in the storerooms of Jehovah’s Temple.

⁶ Then the priests carried the Ark of the Covenant into the Temple and put it in the Most Holy Place, beneath the cherubim (angel).

²² In the presence of the people Solomon stood in front of the altar. He raised his arms

⁵ A third-story annex, seven and one half feet high, was built against the outside walls. It was on the sides and the back of the Temple.

⁶⁴ On that day the king designated the courtyard in front of Jehovah’s Temple as a holy place. He sacrificed the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat from the fellowship offerings because the copper altar in front of Jehovah was too small to hold all of them.

²⁵ Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built to Jehovah. He also burned incense to Jehovah. He finished building the Temple.

¹⁴ He removed the copper alter that was before Jehovah from the front of the Temple between his altar and the Temple of Jehovah. He put it on the north side of his altar. ¹⁵ King Ahaz gave orders to Urijah the priest: »Make the morning burned offering and the evening meal offering and the king's burned offering and meal offering, with the burned offerings of all the people and their meal offerings and drink offerings, on the great altar. Put on it all the blood of the burned offerings and of the animals that are offered. But the bronze altar will be for my use to get directions from Jehovah.«

⁵ And he built altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer courts of the Temple of Jehovah.

¹³ None of the money was used to pay for making silver cups, bowls, trumpets, or tools for tending the lamps, or any other article of silver or of gold.

¹³ The Babylonians carried off to Babylon all the treasures in the Temple and the palace. As Jehovah foretold, Nebuchadnezzar broke up all the gold utensils King Solomon had made for use in the Temple.

¹³ The copper pillars in the Temple of Jehovah, and the wheeled bases, and the great copper water-vessel in the Temple of Jehovah were broken up by the Chaldaeans. They took the copper to Babylon. ¹⁴ The pots and the spades and the scissors for the lights and the spoons, and all the copper vessels used in Jehovah’s Temple were taken away.

¹⁴ The pots and the spades and the scissors for the lights and the spoons, and all the copper vessels used in Jehovah’s Temple were taken away. ¹⁵ The captain of the guard took all of the incense burners and bowls that were made of gold or silver.

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

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

⁵ The copper altar that Bezalel, son of Uri and grandson of Hur built was in front of Jehovah’s Tent. There Solomon and the assembly worshiped Jehovah.

¹³ »I am sending you a wise and skillful master metalworker named Huram (Hiram-abi).

¹⁵ He made two pillars for the front of the Temple. They were fifty-three feet long, and the crown on each pillar was seven and one half feet high. ¹⁶ He made chains for the inner room and also put them on the crowns. He made one hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains. ¹⁷ He set up the pillars in front of the Temple, one on the right and the other on the left. He named the one on the right Jachin (He Establishes) and the one on the left Boaz (In Him Is Strength).

² He also made a round tank (molten sea) of copper. It was seven and one half feet deep, fifteen feet in diameter, and forty-five feet in circumference.

⁵ The sides of the tank were three inches thick. Its rim was like the rim of a cup, curving outward like the petals of a flower. The tank held about fifteen thousand gallons.

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

¹² He gave him plans for the courtyards of Jehovah’s Temple and for all the rooms around it. These rooms served as treasuries for God’s Temple and the gifts dedicated to God.

¹⁵ the weight of the gold lamp stands and their gold lamps that is, the weight of gold for each lamp stand and its lamps, the weight of silver for each silver lamp stand and its lamps according to the use of each lamp stand for worship, ¹⁶ the weight of gold for each table with the rows of bread, and the silver for the silver tables, ¹⁷ the pure gold for the forks, bowls, and pitchers, the weight of each gold bowl, the weight of each silver bowl,

¹⁹ David said: »All this was written for me by Jehovah’s hand. He made all the details of the plan clear to me.«

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

¹⁶ However when he became powerful, his pride destroyed him. He was unfaithful to Jehovah his God. He went into Jehovah’s Temple to burn incense on the incense altar. ¹⁷ Azariah the priest went in after him with eighty of Jehovah’s courageous priests. ¹⁸ They opposed King Uzziah. They said to him: »Uzziah, you have no right to burn incense as an offering to Jehovah. That right belongs to the priests, Aaron’s descendants, who have been given the holy task of burning incense. Get out of the holy place because you have been unfaithful. Jehovah God will not honor you for this.«

¹⁰ In the spring King Nebuchadnezzar sent for Jehoiakin and brought him to Babylon with the valuable utensils from Jehovah’s Temple. Nebuchadnezzar made Jehoiakin’s uncle Zedekiah king of Judah and Jerusalem.

¹⁸ He brought to Babylon each of the utensils from God’s temple, the treasures from Jehovah’s Temple, and the treasures of the king and his officials.

⁷ King Cyrus gave back the bowls and cups that King Nebuchadnezzar took from the Temple in Jerusalem and put in the temple of his god. ⁸ And King Cyrus turned them over to Mithredath, chief of the royal treasury, who made an inventory of them for Sheshbazzar, the governor of Judah, ⁹ Now this was their inventory: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes and 29 duplicates. ¹⁰ There were also 30 gold bowls, 410 matching silver bowls and 1,000 other articles. ¹¹ All the articles of gold and silver numbered 5,400. Sheshbazzar brought all of them along with the exiles who traveled from Babylon to Jerusalem.

² Hear the voice of my prayer when I call to you for help, when I lift my hands [in prayer] toward your most holy place.

² Wash me thoroughly from my perversity (iniquity) (guilt), and cleanse me from my sin.

¹³ »Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with ointment,

⁶ On this mountain Jehovah of Hosts will make a feast of rich food for all peoples, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear of dregs.

³ »Within two years I will bring back to this place all the temple treasures that King Nebuchadnezzar took to Babylon.’«

¹⁸ they took the pots, shovels, snuffers, bowls, dishes, and all the copper utensils used in the Temple service.

¹⁸ they took the pots, shovels, snuffers, bowls, dishes, and all the copper utensils used in the Temple service. ¹⁹ The captain of the guard also took pans, incense burners, bowls, pots, lamp stands, dishes, and the bowls used for wine offerings. The captain of the guard took all of the trays and bowls that were made of gold or silver. ²⁰ The copper from the two pillars, the pool, and the twelve copper bulls under the stands that King Solomon had made for Jehovah’s Temple could not be weighed.

²³ There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides. The total number of pomegranates on the surrounding filigree was one hundred.

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

¹⁴ Each one had four faces. The first face was the face of a cherub angel, the second face was the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

³⁸ There was a room with a door that opened toward the entrance hall of the gateway. This is the room where the priests washed the animals for the burnt offerings.

¹³ »These are the measurements of the altar, using royal measurements. The royal measuring stick was twenty-one inches long. The base of the altar was twenty-one inches high and twenty-one inches wide. All around the edge of the altar was a rim measuring nine inches wide. This was the height of the altar: ¹⁴ »From the base on the ground to the lower ledge it was three and one half feet high, and from the lower ledge to the upper ledge it was seven feet high and twenty-one inches wide. ¹⁵ »The place where the sacrifices were burned was seven feet high. There were four horns above it. ¹⁶ »It was twenty-one feet square, wide and long. ¹⁷ »The upper ledge was also square. It was twenty-four and one half feet long and twenty-four and one half feet wide. It had a rim all the way around that was ten and one half inches wide. Its base was twenty-one inches. »The steps to the altar faced east.«

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

² While he tasted the wine, Belshazzar commanded to bring the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the Temple in Jerusalem. This way the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink from them. ³ Then they brought the gold vessels that were taken out of the Temple of the House of God that was at Jerusalem. The king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, drank from them.

²³ »You lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of his house before you and your lords, wives and concubines. They drank wine from them. You praise the gods of silver and gold, of copper, iron, wood, and stone, which you do not see, nor hear, nor know. You have not glorified the God whose hand holds your breath and life.

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

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

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

²⁰ »In that day it will be on the bells of the horses, HOLY UNTO JEHOVAH. And the pots in Jehovah's house will be like the bowls before the altar.

²⁰ »In that day it will be on the bells of the horses, HOLY UNTO JEHOVAH. And the pots in Jehovah's house will be like the bowls before the altar. ²¹ »Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to Jehovah of Hosts! Every thing they sacrifice will be boiled in them. In that day there will be no more Canaanites in the House of Jehovah of Hosts.«

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

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

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

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

¹⁹ »Go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. ²⁰ »Teach them to observe all the things I have commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.«

¹⁵ He said to them, »Go into the entire world, and preach the good news to the whole creation.

⁴⁶ He said: »It is written that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day. ⁴⁷ »Repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

¹² Again Jesus spoke to them, saying: »I am the light of the world. He that follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.«

¹⁵ The Lord said to him: »Be on your way. This man is a chosen vessel to bear my name to the people of the nations, and kings and the children of Israel.

¹¹ That is what some of you were. You have been washed clean and now you are sanctified. The Spirit of our God declares you righteous in the name of the Lord Jesus.

⁹ It is written in the Law of Moses: You should not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treads (threshes) out the grain. Does God care only about oxen? ¹⁰ Or did he say it for our benefit? This is written for our benefit without a doubt! He who plows should plow in hope. Likewise he who threshes in hope should be a partaker of his hope.

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

²⁰ You are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets. Christ Jesus is the chief corner stone.

⁵ not by works done in righteousness, which we did, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration (restoration) (spiritual rebirth) and renewing (renovation) of the Holy Spirit.

⁵ The work they do as priests is only a copy and a shadow of what is in heaven. It is the same as it was with Moses. When he was about to build the sacred tent, God told him: »Be sure to make everything according to the pattern you were shown on the mountain.«

¹⁴ The blood of Christ did even more. Through the eternal Spirit he offered himself without blemish to God and cleansed your conscience from dead works. Now we can serve (worship) the living God.

²³ It was necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these. But the heavenly things should be cleansed with better sacrifices than these.

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

⁵ And from Jesus Christ, who is the Faithful Witness, and the firstborn from the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and released us from our sins by his blood. ⁶ He made us to be a kingdom of kings and priests to his God and Father. To him be glory and power forever and ever. Amen.

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

⁷ The first living creature was like a lion. The second living creature was like a young bull. The third living creature had a face like a man. And the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.

¹⁴ The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

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

³ Another angel, with a golden incense vessel, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense so he could offer it with the prayers of all the holy ones upon the golden altar before the throne.

¹³ The sixth angel blew his trumpet. I heard a voice from the golden altar that is before God.