²⁸ And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate; and he measured the south gate according to these measures;

²⁹ and its chambers, and its posts and its arches according to these measures; and there were windows in it and in its arches round about; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits broad.

³⁰ And the arches round about were twenty-five cubits long and five cubits broad.

³¹ And its arches went into the court outside, with palm trees upon each of its posts; and the going up to it had eight steps.

³² And 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 therein and in its arches round about; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits broad.

³⁴ And its arches went into the court outside, with palm trees upon each of its posts, on this side and on that side; and the going up to it had eight steps.

³⁵ Then he brought me to the north gate and measured it according to these measures;

³⁶ its chambers, its posts and its arches and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits and the breadth twenty-five cubits.

³⁷ And its posts were toward the outer court; with palm trees upon each of its posts, on this side and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.

³⁸ And there was a chamber and its gate with posts of portals, there they shall wash the burnt offering.

³⁹ ¶ And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side and two tables on that side, to slay the burnt offering upon and the sin and the guilt.

⁴⁰ And to the outside of the steps at the entry of the north gate were 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 this gate; eight tables, upon which they slew their sacrifices.

⁴² And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high; upon which they also laid the instruments with which they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.

⁴³ And within were hooks, a hand broad, fastened round about; and upon the tables was 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; and they faced toward the south, one at the side of the east gate facing toward the north.

⁴⁵ And he said unto me, This chamber facing toward the south shall be for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.

⁴⁶ And the chamber facing toward the north shall be for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar; these are the sons of Zadok who are called from the sons of Levi to minister to the LORD.

⁴⁷ So he measured the court, one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.

⁴⁸ And he brought me to the porch of the house and measured each post of the porch five cubits on this side and five cubits on that side; and the breadth 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 breadth eleven cubits, into which they went in by steps; and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side and another on that side.

41 ¶ Afterward he brought me to the temple and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the arch.

² And the breadth of each door was ten cubits, and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side; and he measured its length, forty cubits; and its breadth, twenty cubits.

³ Then he went inward and measured each post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.

⁴ So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple; and he said unto me, This is the most holy place.

⁵ After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of the chambers, four cubits, round about the house on every side.

⁶ And the chambers were one over another, and thirty-three by order; and they entered supports into the wall of the house round about, upon which the chambers might have hold, but they did not have hold upon the wall of the house.

⁷ And there was an enlarging and a winding about in the chambers to the highest part; for the winding about of the house went very high round about inside the house; therefore the house had greater breadth upward, and from the lowest chamber it rose to the highest by the one in the middle.

⁸ I saw also the height of the house round about; the foundations of the chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.

⁹ The thickness of the outside wall of the chambers was five cubits; and the space that was left of the chambers that were within.

¹⁰ And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.

¹¹ And the door of each chamber was toward the space that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south; and the breadth of the space that was left was five cubits round about.

¹² ¶ Now the building that was before the separate place to the side toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and its length ninety cubits.

¹³ So he measured the house, one hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with its walls, one hundred cubits long;

¹⁴ also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the south, one hundred cubits.

¹⁵ And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and its chambers on the one side and on the other side, one hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the portals of the court.

¹⁶ The thresholds, and the narrow windows, and the chambers, three around about to the front, all covered with wood round about from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were also covered.

¹⁷ Above over the door, and unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, he took measurements.

¹⁸ And the wall was decorated 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 the one side, and the face of a lion toward the palm tree on the other side, through all the house round about.

²⁰ From the ground unto above the door, cherubim and palm trees were made, and upon the entire wall of the temple.

²¹ Each post of the temple was squared, and the front of the sanctuary was as the other front.

²² The altar of wood was three cubits high, and its length two cubits; and its corners, and the surface thereof, and its walls, were of wood; and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD.

²³ And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.

²⁴ And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door.

²⁵ And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubim and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without.

²⁶ And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and of the house, and upon the beams.

4 ¶ Where do the wars and disputes come from among you? Is it not from here, that is to say, of your lusts which fight in your members?

² Ye covet and have not; ye murder, and have envy and cannot obtain; ye fight and war and have not that which ye desire because ye ask not.

³ Ye ask and receive not because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your pleasures.

⁴ Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore that desires to be a friend of the world, makes himself the enemy of God.

⁵ Do ye think that the scripture says in vain, The spirit that dwells in us lusts to envy?

⁶ But he gives greater grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace unto the humble.

⁷ Submit yourselves, therefore, 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, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

⁹ Be afflicted and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to heaviness.

¹⁰ Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

¹¹ ¶ Murmur not against one another, brethren. He that speaks evil of his brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law; but if thou judge the law, thou art not a keeper of the law, but a judge.

¹² There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou to judge another?

¹³ Come now, ye that say, Today and tomorrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year and buy and sell and get gain;

¹⁴ and ye do not know what shall be tomorrow. For what is your life? Certainly it is a vapour that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

¹⁵ Ye ought to say instead, If the Lord wills, and if we live, we shall do this or that.

¹⁶ But now ye boast in your arrogance; all such glory is evil.

¹⁷ Therefore sin is still in the one that knows to do good and does not do it.

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¹⁹ ¶ Open unto me the gates of righteousness; I will go in through them; I will praise JAH.

²⁰ This gate is of the LORD; the righteous shall enter in.

²¹ I will praise thee; for thou hast heard me and art become my saving health.

²² The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner.

²³ This is the LORD’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.

²⁴ This is the day which the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

²⁵ Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, cause us now to prosper.

²⁶ Blessed be he that comes in the name of the LORD; from the house of the LORD we bless you.

²⁷ God is the LORD, who has shined on us; bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.

²⁸ Thou art my God, and I will praise thee; thou art my God, I will exalt thee.

²⁹ O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good, for his mercy endures for ever.

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³ ¶ A poor man that oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food.

⁴ ¶ Those that forsake the law praise the wicked, but such as keep the law contend with them.

⁵ ¶ Evil men do not understand judgment, but those that seek the LORD understand all things.

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