³¹ and of Asriel, the clan of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the clan of the Shechemites; ³² and of Shemida, the clan of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the clan of the Hepherites. ³³ Now ^(A)Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters. And the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. ³⁴ These are the clans of Manasseh, and those listed were ^(B)52,700.

³⁵ These are the sons of Ephraim according to their clans: of Shuthelah, the clan of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the clan of the Becherites; of Tahan, the clan of the Tahanites. ³⁶ And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the clan of the Eranites. ³⁷ These are the clans of the sons of Ephraim as they were listed, ^(C)32,500. These are the sons of Joseph according to their clans.

³⁸ The sons of ^(D)Benjamin according to their clans: of Bela, the clan of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the clan of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the clan of the Ahiramites; ³⁹ of Shephupham, the clan of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the clan of the Huphamites. ⁴⁰ And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the clan of the Ardites; of Naaman, the clan of the Naamites. ⁴¹ These are the sons of Benjamin according to their clans, and those listed were ^(E)45,600.

⁴² These are the sons of ^(F)Dan according to their clans: of Shuham, the clan of the Shuhamites. These are the clans of Dan according to their clans. ⁴³ All the clans of the Shuhamites, as they were listed, were ^(G)64,400.

⁴⁴ The sons of ^(H)Asher according to their clans: of Imnah, the clan of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the clan of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the clan of the Beriites. ⁴⁵ Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the clan of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the clan of the Malchielites.

The Ark Brought to the Temple

² Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers' houses of the people of Israel, in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of ^(A)the city of David, which is Zion. ³ And all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the feast that is in the seventh month. ⁴ And all the elders of Israel came, ^(B)and the Levites took up the ark. ⁵ And they brought up the ark, the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent; ^(C)the Levitical priests brought them up. ⁶ And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered. ⁷ Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, in the inner sanctuary of the house, in the Most Holy Place, underneath the wings of the cherubim. ⁸ The cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering above the ark and its poles. ⁹ And the poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen ^(D)from the Holy Place before the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from outside. And they are^[a] there to this day. ¹⁰ There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets ^(E)that Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the people of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. ¹¹ And when the priests came out of the Holy Place (for all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves, without regard to ^(F)their divisions, ¹² and all the Levitical ^(G)singers, ^(H)Asaph, ^(I)Heman, and Jeduthun, their sons and kinsmen, arrayed in fine linen, with ^(J)cymbals, harps, and lyres, stood east of the altar with 120 ^(K)priests who were trumpeters; ¹³ and it was the duty of the trumpeters and singers to make themselves heard in unison in praise and thanksgiving to the Lord), and when the song was raised, ^(L)with trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments, in praise to the Lord,

the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud, ¹⁴ so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, ^(N)for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.

Solomon Blesses the People

6 ^(O)Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in thick darkness. ² But I have built you ^(P)an exalted house, a place for you to dwell in forever.” ³ Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood. ⁴ And he said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying, ⁵ ‘Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there, and I chose no man as prince over my people Israel; ^6 (Q)but I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there, ^(R)and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’ ^7 (S)Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. ⁸ But the Lord said to David my father, ‘Whereas ^(T)it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart. ⁹ Nevertheless, it is not you who shall build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.’ ¹⁰ Now the Lord has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. ¹¹ And there I have set the ark, ^(U)in which is the covenant of the Lord that he made with the people of Israel.”

Daniel Interprets the Handwriting

¹³ Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king answered and said to Daniel, “You are that Daniel, one of ^(A)the exiles of Judah, whom the king my father brought from Judah. ¹⁴ I have heard of you that ^(B)the spirit of the gods^[a] is in you, and that ^(C)light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you. ¹⁵ Now ^(D)the wise men, the ^(E)enchanters, have been brought in before me to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, but ^(F)they could not show the interpretation of the matter. ^16 (G)But I have heard that you can give interpretations and ^(H)solve problems. ^(I)Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, ^(J)you shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around your neck and ^(K)shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”

¹⁷ Then Daniel answered and said before the king, ^(L)“Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another. Nevertheless, I will read the writing to the king and make known to him the interpretation. ¹⁸ O king, the ^(M)Most High God ^(N)gave ^(O)Nebuchadnezzar your father ^(P)kingship and greatness and glory and majesty. ¹⁹ And because of the greatness that he gave him, ^(Q)all peoples, nations, and languages ^(R)trembled and feared before him. Whom he would, he killed, and whom he would, he kept alive; whom he would, he raised up, and whom he would, he humbled. ²⁰ But ^(S)when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, ^(T)he was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him. ^21 (U)He was driven from among the children of mankind, and his mind was made like that of a beast, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, ^(V)until he knew that the ^(W)Most High God rules the kingdom of mankind and sets over it whom he will. ²² And you his son,^{[b] (X)}Belshazzar, ^(Y)have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this, ²³ but you have lifted up yourself against ^(Z)the Lord of heaven. And ^(AA)the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. ^(AB)And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, ^(AC)but the God in whose hand is your breath, and ^(AD)whose are all your ways, ^(AE)you have not honored.

²⁴ “Then from his presence ^(AF)the hand was sent, and this writing was inscribed. ²⁵ And this is the writing that was inscribed: Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin. ²⁶ This is the interpretation of the matter: Mene, God has numbered^[c] the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; ²⁷ Tekel, ^(AG)you have been weighed^[d] in the balances and found wanting; ²⁸ Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to ^(AH)the Medes and ^(AI)Persians.”^[e]

²⁹ Then ^(AJ)Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel ^(AK)was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

^30 (AL)That very night ^(AM)Belshazzar the ^(AN)Chaldean king was killed. ^31 [f] And ^(AO)Darius ^(AP)the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.

Practical Warnings

Behold, the Lamb of God

²⁹ The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, ^(A)the Lamb of God, who ^(B)takes away the sin ^(C)of the world! ³⁰ This is he of whom I said, ^(D)‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ ³¹ I myself did not know him, but ^(E)for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel.” ³² And John ^(F)bore witness: ^(G)“I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and ^(H)it remained on him. ³³ I myself did not know him, but ^(I)he who sent me to baptize ^(J)with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, ^(K)this is he who baptizes ^(L)with the Holy Spirit.’ ³⁴ And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son^[a] of God.”

The Founder of Salvation

⁵ For it was not to angels that God subjected the world ^(A)to come, of which we are speaking. ⁶ It has been testified somewhere,

Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, ^(C)we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. ⁹ But we see him ^(D)who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, ^(E)crowned with glory and honor ^(F)because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might ^(G)taste death ^(H)for everyone.

¹⁰ For it ^(I)was fitting that he, ^(J)for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons ^(K)to glory, should make the ^(L)founder of their salvation ^(M)perfect through suffering. ¹¹ For ^(N)he who sanctifies and ^(O)those who are sanctified ^(P)all have one source.^[b] That is why he is not ashamed to call them ^(Q)brothers,^{[c] 12} saying,

¹³ And again,

And again,

¹⁴ Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise ^(W)partook of the same things, that ^(X)through death he might ^(Y)destroy ^(Z)the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, ¹⁵ and deliver all those who ^(AA)through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery. ¹⁶ For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he ^(AB)helps the offspring of Abraham. ¹⁷ Therefore he had ^(AC)to be made like his brothers in every respect, ^(AD)so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest ^(AE)in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. ¹⁸ For because he himself has suffered ^(AF)when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.