Old/New Testament
40 The restoring of the city and the Temple.
1 In the five and twentieth year of our being in captivity, in the [a]beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day, the hand of the Lord was upon me, and brought me thither.
2 Into the land of Israel brought he me by [b]a divine vision, and set me upon a very high mountain, whereupon was as the building of a city, toward the South.
3 And he brought me thither, and behold, there was a [c]man, whose similitude was to look to, like brass, with a linen thread in his hand, and a reed to measure with: and he stood at the gate.
4 And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall show thee: for to the intent that they might be showed thee, art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest unto the house of Israel.
5 And behold, I saw a wall on the outside of the house round about: and in the man’s hand was a reed to measure with, of six cubits long, by the cubit, and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building with one reed, and the height with one reed.
6 Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the East, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the [d]post of the gate, which was one reed broad, and [e]the other post of the gate, which was one reed broad.
7 And every chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad, and between the chambers were five cubits: and the post of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.
8 He measured also the porch of the gate within with one reed.
9 Then measured he the porch of the gate of eight cubits and the [f]posts thereof, of two cubits, and the porch of the gate was inward.
10 And the Chambers of the gate Eastward, were three on this side, and three on that side: they three were of one measure, and the posts had one measure on this side, and one on that side.
11 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate ten cubits, and the height of the gate thirteen cubits.
12 The space also before the chambers was one cubit on this side and the space was one cubit on that side, and the chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.
13 He measured then the gate from the roof of a chamber to the top of the gate: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door.
14 He made also posts of threescore cubits, and the posts of the court, and of the gate, had one measure round about.
15 And upon the forefront of the entry of the gate unto the forefront of the porch of the gate within were fifty cubits.
16 And there were narrow windows in the chambers, and in their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and the windows went round about within: and upon the posts were palm trees.
17 ¶ Then brought he me into the outward court, and lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about, and thirty chambers were upon the pavement.
18 And the pavement was by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates, and the pavement was beneath.
19 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate without, unto the forefront of the court within, an hundred cubits Eastward and Northward.
20 And the gate of the outward court, that looked toward the North, measured he after the length and breadth thereof.
21 And the chambers thereof were three on this side, and three on that side, and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
22 And their windows, and their arches with their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the East, and the going up unto it had seven steps, and the arches thereof were before them.
23 And the gate of the inner court stood over against the gate toward the North, and toward the East, and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.
24 After that, he brought me toward the South, and lo, there was a gate toward the South, and he measured the posts thereof, and the arches thereof according to these measures.
25 And there were windows in it, and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the height was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
26 And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them, and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side upon the post thereof.
27 ¶ And there was a gate in the inner court toward the South, and he measured from gate to gate toward the South an hundred cubits.
28 And he brought me into the inner court by the South gate, and he measured the South gate, according to these measures,
29 And the chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof according to these measures, and there were windows in it, and in the arches thereof round about, it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
30 And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.
31 And the arches thereof were toward the utter Court, and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, and the going up to it 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 the chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof were according to these measures, and there were windows therein, and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
34 And the arches thereof were toward the utter court, and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side and on that side, and the going up to it had eight steps.
35 ¶ After he brought me to the North gate, and measured it, according to these measures,
36 The chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and there were windows therein round about: the height was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
37 And the posts thereof were toward the utter court, and palm trees were upon the posts thereof on this side, and on that side, and the going up to it had eight steps.
38 And every chamber, and the entry thereof 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 the which they slew 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 even eight tables whereupon they slew their sacrifice.
42 And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
43 And within were borders an hand broad, fastened round about, and upon the tables lay the flesh of the offering.
44 And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the North gate: and their prospect was toward the South, and one was at the side of the East gate, having the prospect toward the North.
45 And he said unto me, This chamber whose prospect is toward the South is for the Priests, that have charge to keep the house.
46 And the chamber whose prospect is toward the North, is for the Priests that have the charge to keep the Altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which may come near to the Lord to minister unto him.
47 So he measured the court an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, even four square: likewise the Altar that was 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 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, and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it, and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side and another on that side.
41 1 The disposition and order of the building of the Temple, and the other things thereunto belonging.
1 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 Tabernacle.
2 And the breadth of the entry was ten cubits, and the sides of the entry were five cubits, on the one side, and five cubits on the other side, and he measured the length thereof forty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
3 Then went he in, and measured the posts of the entry two cubits, and the entry six cubits, and the breadth of the entry 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 every chamber four cubits round about the house, on every side.
6 And the chambers were chamber upon chamber, three and thirty foot high, and they entered into the wall made for the chambers which was round about the house, that the posts might be fastened therein, and not be fastened in the wall of the house.
7 And it was large, and went round mounting upward to the chambers: for the stairs of the house was mounting upward, round about the house: therefore the house was larger upward: so they went up from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.
8 I saw also the house high round about: the foundations of the chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.
9 The thickness of the wall which was for the chamber without, was five cubits, and that which remained, was the place 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 doors of the chambers were toward the place that remained, one door toward the North, and another door toward the South, and the breadth of the place that remained, was five cubits round about.
12 Now the building that was before the separate place toward the West corner, was seventy cubits broad, and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length ninety cubits.
13 So he measured the house an hundred cubits long, and the separate place and the building with the walls thereof were an hundred cubits long.
14 Also the breadth of the forefront of the house and of the separate place toward the East, was an hundred cubits.
15 And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place, which was behind it, and the chambers on the one side and on the other side an hundred cubits with the Temple within, and the arches of the court.
16 The posts and the narrow windows, and the chambers round about, on three sides over against the posts, ceiled with cedar wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were ceiled.
17 And from above the door unto the inner house and without, and by all the wall round about within and without it was ceiled according to the measure.
18 And it was made with Cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a Cherub and a Cherub: and every 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: thus was it made through all the house round about.
20 From the ground unto above the door were Cherubims, and palm trees made as in the wall of the Temple.
21 The posts of the Temple were squared, and thus to look unto was the similitude and form of the Sanctuary.
22 The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits, and the corners thereof and the length thereof and the sides thereof were of wood. And he said unto 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 had two wickets, even two turning wickets, two wickets for one door, and two wickets for another door.
25 And upon the doors of the Temple there were made Cherubims and palm trees, like as was made upon the walls, and there were thick planks upon the forefront of the porch without.
26 And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side, and on the other side, by the sides of the porch, and upon the sides of the house, and thick planks.
3 1 He showeth that he writeth the same things again. 2 Because they must often be stirred up, 3 because dangers hang over their heads through certain mockers. 8 Therefore he warneth the godly that they do not after the judgment of the flesh, 12 appoint the day of the Lord, 14 but that they think it always at hand, 15 in which doctrine he showeth that Paul agreeth with him.
1 This [a]second Epistle I now write unto you, beloved, wherewith I stir up, and warn your pure minds,
2 To call to remembrance the words, which were told before of the holy Prophets, and also the commandment of us the Apostles of the Lord and Savior.
3 (A)[b]This first understand, that there shall come in the last days, [c]mockers, which will walk after their lusts,
4 [d]And say, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the Fathers died, all things continue alike from the beginning of the creation.
5 [e]For this they willingly know not, that the heavens were of old, and the [f]earth that was of the water, and by the water, by the word of God.
6 [g]Wherefore the world that then was, perished, overflowed with the [h]water.
7 [i]But the heavens and earth, which are now, are kept by the same word in store, and reserved unto fire against the day of condemnation, and of the destruction of ungodly men.
8 [j]Dearly beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord, (B)as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 [k]The Lord of that promise is not slack (as some men count slackness) [l]but is patient toward us, and (C)would have no man to perish, but would all men to come to repentance.
10 [m]But the day (D)of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in the which the heavens shall pass away with a [n]noise, and the elements shall melt with heat, and the earth with the works that are therein shall be burnt up.
11 [o]Seeing therefore that all these things must be dissolved, what manner persons ought ye to be in holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking for, and [p]hasting unto the coming of that day of God, by the which the heavens being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with heat?
13 But we look for (E)new heavens, and a new earth, according to his promise, [q]wherein dwelleth righteousness.
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in [r]peace, without spot and blameless.
15 (F)And suppose that the long suffering of our Lord is salvation, [s]even as our beloved brother Paul according to the wisdom given unto him wrote to you.
16 As one that in all his Epistles speaketh of these things: [t]among the [u]which, some things are hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable, wrest, as they do also other Scriptures unto their own destruction.
17 Ye therefore beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware, lest ye be also plucked away with the error of the wicked, and fall from your own steadfastness.
18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ: to him be glory both now and for evermore. Amen.
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