Old/New Testament
Description of Rooms for the Priests
42 And he brought me out to the outer courtyard to the north,[a] and he brought me to the chamber which was opposite the courtyard and which is opposite the building to the north. 2 As to[b] the face of the length of the building with the doorway to the north, it was a hundred cubits,[c] and its[d] width was fifty cubits.[e] 3 Opposite the twenty cubits of the inner courtyard,[f] and opposite the pavement that was to the outer courtyard was a gallery facing[g] a gallery in the three stories. 4 And in front of[h] the chambers was a passageway ten cubits[i] in width toward the inside, a walkway of one cubit,[j] and their doorways were to the north. 5 And the upper chambers narrowed, for the galleries took away space from them more than they took from the lower levels and more than they took from the middle level in the building. 6 For they[k] were three stories and they had no pillars[l] like[m] the pillars of[n] the courtyards; therefore they were smaller than the lower stories and than the middle stories from the ground up. 7 And there was a wall that was to the outside alongside[o] the chambers on the walkway to[p] the outer courtyard[q] in front of[r] the chambers; its length was fifty[s] cubits.[t] 8 For[u] the length of the chambers which were to the outer courtyard was fifty[v] cubits,[w] and look![x] The chambers on the front of the temple were a hundred[y] cubits.[z] 9 And from under these chambers was the entrance[aa] from the east for them when one enters[ab] from the outer courtyard.
10 All along the width of the wall of the courtyard eastward[ac] in front of the courtyard to the front of the building were chambers. 11 And a walkway was before them[ad] like the appearance of the chambers which were on the north,[ae] just like them in their length, and so was their width and all their exits, and they were built like their arrangements and like their doorways, 12 and like the doorways of the chambers which were on the way of the south was a doorway at the head of the way[af] before the stone wall, projecting[ag] on[ah] the way of the east at their coming.[ai]
13 And he said to me, “The chambers of the north and the chambers of the south which are before[aj] the courtyard, they are the holy chambers[ak] in which the priests, who are near to Yahweh, will eat the most holy objects.[al] There they shall put the most holy objects,[am] and the grain offering and the sin offering and the guilt offering, for the place is holy. 14 When the priests enter,[an] then they shall not go out from the sanctuary to the outer courtyard; and there they must put[ao] their garments in which they serve because they are holy. They must put on other garments and then they may approach the area that is for the people.
15 And he completed the measurements of the inner temple, and he brought me to the walkway of the gate that faces toward the east[ap] and he measured it all the way around.[aq] 16 He measured the east side with the reed[ar] for[as] measuring, five hundred cubits,[at] with respect to reeds with the reed for measurement, he measured it all around. 17 He measured the north side as five hundred cubits, with respect to reeds with the reed for measurement all around. 18 Then he measured the south side as five hundred cubits, with respect to reeds with the reed for measurement. 19 He went around the west side[au] and he measured five hundred cubits, with respect to reeds with the reed for measurement. 20 Toward the four sides[av] he measured it; there was a wall for it all the way around.[aw] Its length was five hundred cubits[ax] and its width was five hundred cubits, in order to make a separation between what is holy and what is common.
Return of the Lord’s Glory and Description of Sacrifices and Worship
43 And he brought me to the gate which was facing east.[ay] 2 And, look! The glory of the God of Israel, it came from the way of the east, and its sound was like the sound of many waters[az] and the land radiated due to his glory! 3 And[ba] the appearance of the vision which I saw was as[bb] the vision which I saw at his[bc] coming to destroy the city, and these visions were also as[bd] the vision which I saw by the Kebar River,[be] and I fell on my face.
4 And then the glory of Yahweh came to the temple by the way of the gate facing east.[bf] 5 And the Spirit lifted me and it brought me to the inner courtyard and, look! The glory of Yahweh filled the temple! 6 And I heard someone speaking to me from the house,[bg] and a man was standing beside me. 7 And he said to me, “Son of man,[bh] this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet where I will dwell[bi] in the midst of the Israelites[bj] to eternity, and they, the house of Israel, they and their kings, will not again defile my holy name[bk] with their fornication and with their offerings for the dead[bl] of their kings on their high places. 8 When they placed their threshold[bm] with[bn] my threshold, their doorframe beside my doorframe and the[bo] wall was between me and between them, then they defiled my holy name,[bp] with their detestable things that they did, and so I consumed them in my anger. 9 Now let them send their fornication far away and the offerings for the dead[bq] of their kings away from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them forever.[br]
10 You, son of man,[bs] describe to the house of Israel the temple and let them be ashamed of their iniquities and let them measure the pattern. 11 And if they are ashamed of all that they did, then the plan of the temple and its arrangement and its exits and its entrances and all of its plans[bt] and all of its statutes. And all of its plans[bu] and all of its laws[bv] make known to them and write them before their eyes, so that they may remember all of its plans and all of its statutes, so that they do them! 12 This is the law[bw] of the temple: On the top of the mountain, all of its territory, all the way around it,[bx] will be most holy.[by] Look, this is the law of the temple.
13 And these are the measurements of the altar in the cubits[bz] (a cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth):[ca] now its gutter[cb] is a cubit[cc] in depth by a cubit[cd] in width[ce] and its rim along its edge all around is one span,[cf] and this is also the height of the altar. 14 And from the gutter[cg] at the ground up to the lower ledge is two cubits,[ch] and its width is one cubit,[ci] and from the small ledge up to the large ledge is four cubits,[cj] and its width is one cubit. 15 And the altar hearth was four cubits,[ck] and from the altar hearth and upwards[cl] were the four horns of the altar. 16 And the altar hearth was twelve[cm] cubits in length and twelve[cn] cubits in width[co]; it was squared on its four sides.[cp] 17 And the ledge was fourteen[cq] cubits in length with fourteen[cr] cubits its width[cs] to all four of its sides, and a rim was all around it of one-half cubit.[ct] And the gutter[cu] for it was a cubit[cv] all around, and its steps were facing east.”
18 And he said to me, “Son of man,[cw] thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘These are the statutes of the altar on the day when it is made,[cx] to sacrifice a burnt offering on it and to sprinkle blood on it. 19 And you must give to the Levitical priests who are from the offspring of Zadok, the ones coming near me,” declares[cy] the Lord Yahweh, “to serve me, a bull, a calf[cz] as a sin offering.
20 You must take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar,[da] and the four corners of the ledge, and on the rim all around; thus you must purify it and make atonement for it. 21 And you must take the bull, the sin offering, and you must burn it in the designated place of the temple outside of the holy place. 22 And on the second day you must offer a he-goat without defect as a sin offering, and they must purify the altar like[db] they purified with the bull. 23 When you are finished[dc] from purifying, you must offer a bull, a calf,[dd] without defect, and a ram from the flock without defect. 24 And you must bring them near before[de] Yahweh, and the priests must throw salt on them, and they must offer them as a burnt offering to Yahweh. 25 For seven days you must provide a goat of sin offering for the day and a bull, a calf,[df] and a ram from the flock without defect; you must provide them. 26 Seven days they must purify the altar and they must cleanse it and so they will consecrate it.[dg] 27 And they will finish the days, and then[dh] on the eighth day and beyond that the priests will offer on the altar your burnt offerings and your fellowship offerings, and then I will be pleased with you,” declares[di] the Lord Yahweh.
The Prince, the Levites, and the Priests Described
44 And he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary that is facing east, and it was shut. 2 And Yahweh said to me, “This gate will be shut. It shall not be opened, and no one[dj] will go through it, for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has entered it, and it will be shut. 3 The prince, he may sit in it to eat food before[dk] Yahweh; he will come from the way[dl] of the portico of the gate and by means of its way he will also go out.”
4 Then he brought me by the way of the gate of the north to the front of the temple,[dm] and I looked,[dn] and look! The glory of Yahweh filled the temple[do] of Yahweh, and I fell on my face. 5 And Yahweh said, “Son of man,[dp] set your heart[dq] and look with your eyes and with your ears hear everything[dr] I am saying to you concerning all the statutes of the temple[ds] of Yahweh and concerning all its laws,[dt] and you must listen with your heart concerning the entrance of the temple[du] with all of the exits of the sanctuary. 6 And you must say to the rebellious, to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Enough for you, house of Israel, of[dv] all of your detestable things! 7 At[dw] your bringing foreigners[dx] who are uncircumcised of heart and uncircumcised of flesh to be in my sanctuary to profane it, my temple,[dy] as you offered my food, fat, and blood,[dz] so[ea] you broke my covenant by all of your detestable things. 8 And you did not observe the responsibility of my sanctuary, but[eb] you appointed them[ec] as the keepers of my responsibility in my sanctuary for you.”
9 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Every foreigner[ed] uncircumcised of heart and uncircumcised of flesh shall not come into my sanctuary—not any of the foreigners[ee] who are in the midst of the Israelites.[ef] 10 But[eg] the Levites who removed themselves from me at the going astray of Israel,[eh] who went astray from me and went after their idols, as a result they will bear their guilt. 11 Then they will be[ei] in my sanctuary, those serving in my sanctuary, as sentries[ej] at the gates of the temple[ek] and as those serving the temple;[el] they will slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they will stand before them[em] to serve them, 12 because[en] they used to serve them before[eo] their idols and they were for the house of Israel like a stumbling block of iniquity. Therefore I swore[ep] concerning them,” declares[eq] the Lord Yahweh, “that they will bear their iniquity. 13 And they shall not approach me to serve as a priest for me and to come near to all of[er] my holy objects, to the most holy objects, [es] and they will bear their disgrace and the results of their detestable things they have done. 14 And I will appoint them as the keepers of the responsibility of[et] the temple, for all of its work[eu] and everything [ev]which will be done in it.
15 But the Levitical priests, the descendants[ew] of Zadok, who cared for the responsibility of my sanctuary when the Israelites went astray[ex] from me, they will approach me to serve me, and they will stand before me[ey] to offer to me fat and blood,” declares[ez] the Lord Yahweh. 16 “They shall come to my sanctuary, and they shall approach my table to serve me, and they will observe my requirement. 17 And then[fa] when they come[fb] to the gates of the inner courtyards, they shall put on their[fc] inner linen garments and not wear wool garments when they serve[fd] in the gates of the inner courtyard and inside[fe] the temple. 18 Linen turbans shall be on their head and linen undergarments shall be on their waists; they shall not gird themselves with material causing perspiration. 19 When they go out to the outer courtyard to the people, they must take off their garment in which they were serving, and they must place them in the holy chambers,[ff] and they must put on other garments, so that they will not make the people holy with their garments. 20 And their head they shall not shave, or long hair they shall not let grow; short they shall clip their heads. 21 And no priest shall drink wine when they come into the inner courtyard. 22 And a widow or divorced woman they shall not take for themselves as wives, but only[fg] a virgin from the offspring of the house of Israel, or the widow who is a widow for a priest they may take.
23 And they will teach my people the difference between what is holy and what is unholy, and the difference between unclean and clean they must show them. 24 And at a legal dispute they themselves shall stand to judge; employing[fh] my judgments they shall judge it, and with respect to my laws and my statutes. All my festivals they shall keep and my Sabbaths they shall consecrate. 25 And near a dead person[fi] he[fj] shall not come to be defiled, but only[fk] for a father and for a mother and for a son and for a daughter, for a brother and for a sister who was not married[fl] may they defile themselves. 26 And, after his[fm] cleansing, they shall count for him seven days, 27 and then on the day of his coming into the sanctuary to the inner courtyard to serve in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering,” declares[fn] the Lord Yahweh.
28 And thus it will be to them as regards inheritance, that I am their inheritance, and so you shall not give to them property in Israel; I am their property. 29 The grain offering and the sin offering and the guilt offering, they themselves may eat them, and also all the consecrated possessions[fo] in Israel will be theirs. 30 And also what is first of all of the firstfruits of everything, and of all of the contribution of everything from all of your contributions, to the priest it belongs,[fp] and what is first of your dough you shall give to the priest, so that a blessing may rest on your house. 31 Any dead body or mangled carcass from the birds[fq] or from the animals,[fr] the priests shall not eat.”
Prologue
1 What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and our hands have touched, concerning the word of life— 2 and the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and announce to you the eternal life which was with the Father and was revealed to us— 3 what we have seen and heard, we announce to you also, in order that you also may have fellowship with us, and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 And these things we write, in order that our joy may be complete.
God is Light, so Walk in the Light
5 And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light and there is no darkness in him at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.[a] 7 But 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. 8 If we say that we do not have sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, so that he will forgive us our[b] sins and will cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
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