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28 And he brought me into the inner court, by the South gate. And he measured the South gate according to these measurements,
29 and its chambers and its posts and its arches according to these measurements. And there were windows in it and in its arches, all around, fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
30 And the arches all around were twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide.
31 And its arches were toward the outer court. And palm trees were upon its posts. And its stairway had eight steps.
32 Again, he brought me into the inner court, toward the East. And he measured the gate according to these measures.
33 And its chambers and its posts and its arches were according to these measures. And there were windows inside. And in its arches, all around, it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
34 And its arches were toward the outer court. And palm trees were upon its posts, on this side and on that side. And its stairway had eight steps.
35 Afterward, he brought me to the North gate, and measured it according to these measures,
36 its chambers, its posts, and its arches, and its windows, all around. The height was fifty cubits, and the width was twenty-five cubits.
37 And its posts were toward the outer court. And palm trees were upon its posts, on this side and on that side. And its stairway had eight steps.
38 And every chamber and its entry was under the posts of the gates. There they washed the Burnt Offering.
39 And in the porch of the gate stood two tables on this side and two tables on that side, upon which they killed the Burnt Offering and the Sin Offering, and the Trespass Offering.
40 And at the side, beyond the steps, at the entry of the North gate, stood two tables. And on the other side (which was at the porch of the gate) were two tables.
41 Four tables were on this side and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate (eight tables), upon which they killed.
42 And the four tables for the Burnt Offering were of hewn stone, of a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high. They also laid the instruments with which they killed the Burnt Offering and the Sacrifice upon it.
43 And inside were borders, a hand wide, fastened all around. And upon the tables lay the flesh of the Offering.
44 And outside the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the North gate, facing toward the South. And one was at the side of the East gate, facing toward the North.
45 And he said to me, “This chamber facing the South is for the priests who have charge to keep the House.
46 And the chamber facing toward the North is for the priests who have the charge to keep the Altar. These are the sons of Zadok, among the sons of Levi, who may come near to the LORD to minister to Him.”
47 So he measured the court —a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide —foursquare, just as the Altar before the House.
48 And he brought me to the porch of the House and measured the posts of the porch: five cubits on this side and five cubits on that side. And the width of the gate was three cubits on this side and three cubits on that side.
49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the width was eleven cubits. And there were pillars by the posts, on the way of the steps that went up to it, one on this side and another on that side.
41 Afterward, he brought me to the Temple and measured the posts, six cubits wide on one side and six cubits wide on the other side (the width of the Tabernacle).
2 And the width of the entry was ten cubits. And the sides of the entry were five cubits on one side and five cubits on the other side. And he measured its length (forty cubits) and width (twenty cubits).
3 Then went he in and measured the posts of the entry (two cubits) and the entry (six cubits) and the width of the entry (seven cubits).
4 So he measured its length and the width before the Temple (twenty cubits by twenty cubits), and he said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”
5 Afterward, he measured the wall of the House (six cubits) and the width of every chamber (four cubits) all around the House, on every side.
6 And the chambers were in three stories, one above the other, thirty chambers in each story. And they entered into the walls made for the chambers, which was all around the House, so that the posts might be fastened to them and not be fastened to the wall of the House.
7 And it was large, and went around, mounting upward to the chambers. For the stairs of the House mounted upward, all around the House. Therefore, the House was larger further up. So, they went up from the lowest chamber to the highest by way of the middle.
8 I also saw the House had a height all around as the foundations for the chambers. It had a full reed of six great cubits.
9 The thickness of the wall which was for the outer chamber was five cubits. And that which remained was the place of the inner chambers.
10 And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits, all around the House on every side.
11 And the doors of the chambers were toward the place that remained, one door toward the North and another door toward the South. And the width of the place that remained was five cubits all around.
12 Now the building that was in front of the separate place, toward the West corner, was seventy cubits wide. And the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around. And the length was ninety cubits.
13 So he measured the House: a hundred cubits long. And the separate place and the building, with its walls, were a hundred cubits long.
14 Also, the width of the front of the House, and of the separate place toward the East, was a hundred cubits.
15 And he measured the length of the building opposite the separate place which was behind it, and the chambers on one side and on the other side (a hundred cubits), as well as the Temple inside and the arches of the court,
16 The posts and the narrow windows and the chambers, all around, on three sides opposite the posts, were paneled with cedar wood all around and from the ground up to the windows. And the windows were covered
17 from above the door to the inner House and outside, and by the entire wall, all around, inside and outside, by measure.
18 And it was made with Cherubim and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a Cherub and a Cherub. And each Cherub had two faces,
19 so that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on one side, and the face of a lion toward the palm tree on the other side. It was made like this throughout all the House, all around.
20 From the ground to above the door were Cherubim and palm trees, made as in the wall of the Temple.
21 The posts of the Temple were squared. Thus, their appearance was similar to the form of the Sanctuary.
22 The Altar of wood was three cubits high, and its length was two cubits. And its corners and its length and its sides were of wood. And he said to me, “This is the Table that shall be before the LORD.”
23 And the Temple and the Sanctuary had two doors.
24 And the doors each had two leaves (two turning leaves), two leaves for one door and two leaves for another door.
25 And upon the doors of the Temple there were made Cherubim and palm trees, like what was made upon the walls. And there were thick planks upon the front of the outside porch.
26 And there were narrow windows and palm trees on one side and on the other side, by the sides of the porch, and upon the sides of the House and thresholds.
4 From where are wars and contentions among you? Do they not come from your sensual pleasures, which fight in your members?
2 You lust, and do not have. You envy and desire immoderately and cannot obtain. You fight and war and get nothing, because you do not ask.
3 You ask and do not receive because you ask amiss, so that you might spend it on your pleasures.
4 You adulterers and adulteresses, do you not know that the amity of the world is the enmity of God? Therefore, whoever will be a friend of the world, makes himself the enemy of God.
5 Do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit that dwells in us longs enviously”?
6 But it offers more grace, and therefore says, “God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.
7 Submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. And purge your hearts, you double-minded.
9 Suffer afflictions and sorrow, and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into heaviness.
10 Cast yourselves down before the Lord, and He will lift you up.
11 Do not speak evil of one another, brothers. The one who speaks evil of his brother, or the one who condemns his brother, speaks evil of the Law, and condemns the Law. And if you condemn the Law, you are not an observer of the Law, but a judge.
12 There is one Lawgiver, Who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another?
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into a certain city and continue there a year and buy and sell and gain a profit.”
14 And yet, you cannot say what shall happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is but a vapor that appears for a little time and afterward vanishes away.
15 Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, and if we live, we will do this or that”.
16 But now you exult in your boastings. All such boasting is evil.
17 Therefore, to him who knows how to do well, and does not do so, to him it is sin.
19 Open the gates of righteousness to me, so that I may go into them and praise the LORD.
20 This is the gate of the LORD. The righteous shall enter into it.
21 I will praise You; for You have heard me and have been my deliverance.
22 The Stone which the builders refused is the Head of the Corner.
23 This was the LORD’s doing. It is marvelous in our eyes,
24 This is the day the LORD has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it!
25 O LORD, I beg You, save now! O LORD, I beg You, give prosperity now!
26 Blessed is he who comes in the Name of the LORD! We have blessed you out of the House of the LORD.
27 The LORD is mighty and has given us light. Bind the sacrifice to the horns of the altar with cords.
28 You are my God, and I will praise You! You are my God; therefore, I will exalt You!
29 Praise the LORD because He is good; for His mercy endures forever.
3 A poor man, if he oppresses the poor, is like a raging rain that leaves no food.
4 Those who forsake the Law, praise the wicked. But those who keep the Law, set themselves against them.
5 Wicked men do not understand judgment. But those who seek the LORD, understand all things.
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