He made the sacred anointing oil and the pure fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.

He made a grating for the altar, a network of bronze under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom.

They made for the breastpiece braided chains like cords of pure gold,

You must purify each garment and everything that is made of skin, everything made of goat’s hair, and everything made of wood.”

Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all of it in the form of ornaments.

I am speaking to you because you are the ones who saw all the great deeds of the Lord!

Manoah said, “Now, when your announcement comes true, how should the child be raised and what should he do?”

The tops of the two pillars in the porch were shaped like lilies and were six feet high.

It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold about 12,000 gallons.

Mattithiah, a Levite, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was in charge of baking the bread for offerings.

In the most holy place he made two images of cherubim and plated them with gold.

but instead sought the God of his ancestors and obeyed his commands, unlike the Israelites.

They talked about the God of Jerusalem as if he were one of the man-made gods of the nations of the earth.

When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,

For the music director; a psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the sky displays his handiwork.

Pay them back for their evil deeds! Pay them back for what they do! Punish them!

For they do not understand the Lord’s actions, or the way he carries out justice. The Lord will permanently demolish them.

and you, O Lord, demonstrate loyal love. For you repay men for what they do.

and all people will fear. They will proclaim what God has done, and reflect on his deeds.

Say to God: “How awesome are your deeds! Because of your great power your enemies cower in fear before you.