29 Then he carved all the walls of the temple all around, both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved (A)figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.

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32 The two doors were of olive wood; and he carved on them figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees.

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A Multitude from the Great Tribulation

After these things I looked, and behold, (A)a great multitude which no one could number, (B)of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, (C)clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands,

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11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice:

“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
To receive power and riches and wisdom,
And strength and honor and glory and blessing!”

13 And (A)every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying:

(B)“Blessing and honor and glory and power
Be to Him (C)who sits on the throne,
And to the Lamb, forever and [a]ever!”

14 Then the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the [b]twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped [c]Him who lives forever and ever.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 5:13 M adds Amen
  2. Revelation 5:14 NU, M omit twenty-four
  3. Revelation 5:14 NU, M omit Him who lives forever and ever

10 (A)to the intent that now (B)the [a]manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church (C)to the [b]principalities and powers in the heavenly places,

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 3:10 variegated or many-sided
  2. Ephesians 3:10 rulers

13 (A)And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:

14 “Glory(B) to God in the highest,
And on earth (C)peace, (D)goodwill[a] toward men!”

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  1. Luke 2:14 NU toward men of goodwill

Praise Him, all His angels;
Praise Him, all His hosts!

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20 (A)Bless the Lord, you His angels,
Who excel in strength, who (B)do His word,
Heeding the voice of His word.

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12 (A)The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree,
He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13 Those who are planted in the house of the Lord
Shall flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They shall still bear fruit in old age;
They shall be [a]fresh and [b]flourishing,
15 To declare that the Lord is upright;
(B)He is my rock, and (C)there is no unrighteousness in Him.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 92:14 Full of oil or sap, lit. fat
  2. Psalm 92:14 green

(A)Then he made the [a]Sea of cast bronze, ten cubits from one brim to the other; it was completely round. Its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. (B)And under it was the likeness of oxen encircling it all around, ten to a cubit, all the way around the Sea. The oxen were cast in two rows, when it was cast. It stood on twelve (C)oxen: three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; the Sea was set upon them, and all their back parts pointed inward. It was a handbreadth thick; and its brim was shaped like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It contained [b]three thousand baths.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 4:2 Great laver or basin
  2. 2 Chronicles 4:5 About 8,000 gallons; two thousand, 1 Kin. 7:26

14 And he made the (A)veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and wove cherubim into it.

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18 The inside of the temple was cedar, carved with ornamental buds and open flowers. All was cedar; there was no stone to be seen.

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Building the Tabernacle(A)

(B)Then all the gifted artisans among them who worked on the tabernacle made ten curtains woven of fine linen, and of blue, purple, and scarlet thread; with artistic designs of cherubim they made them.

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