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Ezekiel 40:25-49

Ezekiel 40:25-49

25Both the gate and its portico had windows all around, like the other windows. It was 87?2 feet long and 43?4 feet wide. 26Its stairway had seven steps, and its portico was ahead of them. It had palm trees on its pilasters, one on each side. 27The inner court had a gate on the south. He measured from gate to gate on the south; it was 175 feet.
28Then he brought me to the inner court through the south gate. When he measured the south gate, it had the same measurements as the others. 29Its recesses, pilasters, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both it and its portico had windows all around. It was 87?2 feet long and 43?4 feet wide. 30(There were porticoes all around, 43?4 feet long and 8?4 feet wide.) 31Its portico faced the outer court, and its pilasters were decorated with palm trees. Its stairway had eight steps.
32Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side. When he measured the gate, it had the same measurements as the others. 33Its recesses, pilasters, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both it and its portico had windows all around. It was 87?2 feet long and 43?4 feet wide. 34Its portico faced the outer court, and its pilasters were decorated with palm trees on each side. Its stairway had eight steps.
35Then he brought me to the north gate. When he measured it, it had the same measurements as the others, 36as did its recesses, pilasters, and portico. It also had windows all around. It was 87?2 feet long and 43?4 feet wide. 37Its portico faced the outer court, and its pilasters were decorated with palm trees on each side. Its stairway had eight steps.
38There was a chamber whose door opened into the portico of the gate. The burnt offering was to be washed there. 39Inside the portico of the gate there were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, sin offering, and restitution offering. 40Outside, as one approaches the entrance of the north gate, there were two tables on one side and two more tables on the other side of the gate's portico. 41So there were four tables inside the gate and four outside, eight tables in all on which the slaughtering was to be done. 42There were also four tables of cut stone for the burnt offering, each 31?2 inches long, 31?2 inches wide, and 21 inches high. The utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices were placed on them. 43There were three-inch hooks fastened all around the inside of the room, and the flesh of the offering was to be laid on the tables.
44Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, there were chambers for the singers: one beside the north gate, facing south, and another beside the south gate, facing north. 45Then the man said to me: "This chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple. 46The chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the ones from the sons of Levi who may approach the Lord to serve Him." 47Next he measured the court. It was square, 175 feet long and 175 feet wide. The altar was in front of the temple.
48Then he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the pilasters of the portico; they were 8?4 feet thick on each side. The width of the gateway was 24?2 feet, and the side walls of the gate were 5?4 feet wide on each side. 49The portico was 35 feet across and 21 feet deep, and 10 steps led up to it. There were pillars by the pilasters, one on each side.

Hebrews 7

Chapter 7

7:1For this Melchizedek-
King of Salem, priest of the Most High God,
who met Abraham and blessed him
as he returned from defeating the kings,
2and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything;
first, his name means king of righteousness,
then also, king of Salem,
meaning king of peace;
3without father, mother, or genealogy,
having neither beginning of days nor end of life,
but resembling the Son of God-
remains a priest forever.
4Now consider how great this man was-even Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of the plunder to him! 5The sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have a command according to the law to collect a tenth from the people-that is, from their brothers-though they have also descended from Abraham. 6But one without this lineage collected tenths from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises. 7Without a doubt, the inferior is blessed by the superior. 8In the one case, men who will die receive tenths, but in the other case, Scripture testifies that he lives. 9And in a sense Levi himself, who receives tenths, has paid tenths through Abraham, 10for he was still within his ancestor when Melchizedek met him.
11If then, perfection came through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there for another priest to appear, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron? 12For when there is a change of the priesthood, there must be a change of law as well. 13For the One these things are spoken about belonged to a different tribe. No one from it has served at the altar. 14Now it is evident that our Lord came from Judah, and Moses said nothing about that tribe concerning priests.
15And this becomes clearer if another priest like Melchizedek appears, 16who did not become a priest based on a legal command concerning physical descent but based on the power of an indestructible life. 17For it has been testified:
You are a priest forever
in the order of Melchizedek.
18So the previous command is annulled because it was weak and unprofitable 19(for the law perfected nothing), but a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.
20None of this happened without an oath. For others became priests without an oath, 21but He became a priest with an oath made by the One who said to Him:
The Lord has sworn,
and He will not change His mind,
You are a priest forever.
22So Jesus has also become the guarantee of a better covenant.
23Now many have become Levitical priests, since they are prevented by death from remaining in office. 24But because He remains forever, He holds His priesthood permanently. 25Therefore, He is always able to save those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
26For this is the kind of high priest we need: holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. 27He doesn't need to offer sacrifices every day, as high priests do-first for their own sins, then for those of the people. He did this once for all when He offered Himself. 28For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak, but the promise of the oath, which came after the law, appoints a Son, who has been perfected forever.

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