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Through the ESV Bible in a Year with Jackie Hill Perry
December 5 (Ezekiel 40–41; Psalm 125; Titus 1–3)
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A reading from the book of ezekiel.
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In the 25th year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the 10th day of the month, in the 14th year after the city was struck down, on that very day the hand of the Lord was upon me. And he brought me to the city in visions of God. He brought me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain, on which was a structure like a city to the south. When he brought me there, behold, there was a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring reed in his hand. And he was standing in the gateway. And the man said to me, son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears, and set your heart upon all that I shall shew you, for you were brought here in order that I might show it to you. Declare all that you see to the house of Israel. And behold, there was a wall all around the outside of the temple area. And the length of the measuring reed in the man's hand was six long cubits, each being a cubit and a hand breadth in length. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one reed, and the height, one reed. Then he went into the gateway facing east, going up its steps, and measured the threshold of the gate one reed deep, and the side rooms one reed long and one reed broad. And the space between the side rooms, five cubits. And the threshold of the gate by the vestibule of the gate and the at the inner end, one reed. Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway on the inside one reed. Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits, and its jambs two cubits. And the vestibule of the gate was at the inner end. And there were three side rooms on either side of the east gate. The three were of the same size, and the jambs on either side were of the same size. Then he measured the width of the opening of the gateway, 10 cubits, and the length of the gateway, 13 cubits. There was a barrier before the side rooms, one cubit on either side, and the side rooms were six cubits on either side. Then he measured the gate from the ceiling of the one side room to the ceiling of the other, a breadth of 25 cubits. The openings faced each other. He measured also the vestibule, 60 cubits. And around the vestibule of the gateway was the court. From the front of the gate at the entrance to the front of the inner vestibule of the gate was 50 cubits. And the gateway had windows all around, narrowing inwards toward the side rooms and toward their jambs. And likewise the vestibule had windows all around, inside. And on the jambs were palm trees. Then he brought me into the outer court. And behold, there were chambers and a pavement all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement. And the pavement ran along the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates. This was the lower pavement. Then he measured the distance from the inner front of the lower gate to the outer front of the inner court. A hundred cubits on the east side and on the north side. As for the gate that faced toward the north, belonging to the outer court, he measured its length and its breadth. Its side rooms, three on either side. And its jambs in its vestibule were of the same size as those of the first gate. Its length was 50 cubits and its breadth 25 cubits. And its windows, its vestibule and its palm trees were of the same size as those of the gate that faced toward the east. And by seven steps people would go up to it and find its vestibule before them. And opposite the gate, on the north, as on the east, was a gate to the inner court. And they measured from gate to gate a hundred cubits. And he led me toward the south. And behold, there was a gate on the south. And he measured its jambs and its vestibule. They had the same size as the others. Both it and its vestibule had windows all around like the windows of the others. Its length was 50 cubits and its breadth 25 cubits. And there were seven steps leading up to it. And its vestibule was before them. And it had palm trees on its jambs, one on either side. And there was a gate on the south of the inner court. And he measured from gate to gate toward the south a hundred cubits. Then he brought me to the inner court through the south gate. And he measured the south gate. It was of the same size as the others. Its side rooms, its jambs and its vestibule were of the same size as the others. And and both it and its vestibule had windows all around. Its length was 50 cubits and its breadth 25 cubits. And there were vestibules all around, 25 cubits long and 5 cubits broad. Its vestibule faced the outer court. And palm trees were on its jams. And its stairway had eight steps. Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side. And he measured the gate. It was of the same size as the others. Its side rooms Its jambs and its vestibule were of the same size as the others. And and both it and its vestibule had windows all around. Its length was 50 cubits and its breadth 25 cubits. Its vestibule faced the outer court, and it had palm trees on its jambs on either side, and its stairway had eight steps. Then he brought me to the north gate and he measured it. It had the same size as the others. Its side rooms, its jambs, and its vestibule were of the same size as the others, and it had windows all around. Its length was 50 cubits and its breadth 25 cubits. Its vestibule faced the outer court, and it had palm trees on its jambs on either side. And its stairway had eight steps. There was a chamber with its door in the vestibule of the gate where the burnt offering was to be washed. And in the vestibule of the gate were two tables on either side on which the burnt offering and the sin offering and the guilt offering were to be slaughtered. And off to the side, on the outside, as one goes up to the entrance of the north gate were two tables, and off to the other side of the vestibule of the gate were two tables. Four tables were on either side of the gate, eight tables on which to slaughter, and there were four tables of hewn stone for the burnt offering, a cubit and a half long and a cubit and a half broad and one cubit high, on which the instruments were to be laid, with which the burnt offerings and the sacrifices were slaughtered, and and hooks, a handbreadth long were fastened all around within and on the tables. The flesh of the offering was to be laid on the outside of the inner gateway. There were two chambers in the inner court, one at the side of the north gate facing south, the other at the side of the south gate facing north. And he said to me, this chamber that faces south is for the priests who have charge of the temple, and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who have charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who alone among the sons of Levi may come near to the Lord to minister to him. And he measured the cord a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits broad, a square. And the altar was in front of the temple. Then he brought me to the vestibule of the temple and measured the jambs of the vestibule. Five cubits on either side, and the breadth of the gate was 14 cubits. And the side walls of the gate were three cubits on either side. The length of the vestibule was 20 cubits and the breadth 12 cubits. And people would go up to it by 10 steps. And there were pillars beside the jambs, one on either side. Then he brought me to the nave and measured the jambs on each side. Six cubits was the breadth of the jambs. And the breadth of the entrance was 10 cubits. And the side walls of the entrance were five cubits on either side. And he measured the length of the nave 40 cubits and its breadth 20 cubits. Then he went into the inner room and measured the jambs of the entrance two cubits and the entrance six cubits. And the side walls on either side of the entrance seven cubits. And he measured the length of the room 20 cubits. And its breadth 20 cubits across the nave. And he said to me, this is the most holy place. Then he measured the wall of the temple six cubits thick. And the breadth of the side chambers four cubits. All around the temple. And the side chambers were in three stories, one over another, 30 in each story. There were offsets all around the wall of the temple. To serve as supports for the side chambers. So that they should not be supported by the wall of the temple. And it became broader as it wound upward to the side chambers. Because the temple was enclosed upward all around the temple. Thus the temple had a broad area upward. And so one went up from the lowest story to the top story through the middle story. I saw also that the temple had a raised platform all around. The foundations of the side chambers measured a full reed of six long cubits. The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. The free space between the side chambers of the temple and the other chambers. Was a breadth of 20 cubits all around the temple on every side. And the doors of the side chambers opened on the free space. One door toward the north and another door toward the south. And the and the breadth of the free space was five cubits all around. The building that was facing the separate yard on the west side was 70 cubits broad. And the wall of the building was 5 cubits thick all around, and its length 90 cubits. Then he measured the temple 100 cubits long. And the yard and the building with its walls a hundred cubits long. Also the breadth of the east front of the temple and the yard a hundred cubits. Then he measured the length of the building facing the yard that was at the back. And its galleries on either side. The a hundred cubits. The inside of the nave and the vestibules of the court. The thresholds in the narrow windows and the galleries all around the three of them opposite the threshold were paneled with wood all around, from the floor up to the windows. Now, the windows were covered to the space above the door, even to the inner room. And on the outside and on all the walls all around, inside and outside was a measured pattern. It was carved of cherubim and palm trees. A palm tree between cherub and cherub. Every cherub had two faces. A human face toward the palm tree on the one side and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved on the whole temple all around, from the floor to above the door. Cherubim and palm trees were carved similarly. The wall of the nave, the doorposts of the nave were squared. And in front of the holy place was something resembling an altar of wood, three cubits high, two cubits long, and two cubits broad. Its corners, its base, and its walls were of wood. He said to me, this is the table that is before the Lord. The nave and the holy place had each a double door. The double doors had two leaves apiece, two swinging leaves for each door. And on the doors of the nave were carved cherubim and palm trees, such as were carved on the walls. And there was a canopy of wood in front of the vestibule outside. And there were narrow windows and palm trees on either side of the. On the side walls of the vestibule, the side chambers of the temple and the canopies.
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A reading from the Book of Psalms.
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A song of ascents. Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people from this time forth and forevermore. For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous stretch out their hands to do wrong. Do good, O Lord, to those who are good and to those who are upright in their hearts. But those who turn aside to their crooked ways, the Lord will lead away with evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
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A reading from the book of Titus.
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Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. For the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth which accords with godliness and hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began, and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior. To Titus, my true child, in a common faith, grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. This is why I left you in Crete. So that you might put what remained into order and appoint elders in every town as I directed you. If anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. For an overseer as God's steward must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick tempered, or a drunkard, or violent, or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of good, self controlled, upright, holy and disciplined. He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught. So that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it. For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party. They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach. One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own said Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons. This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply that they may be sound in the faith, not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth. To the pure, all things are pure. But to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. But both their minds and their consciences are defiled. They profess to know God, but they deny him. By their works they are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work. But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. Older men are to be sober minded, dignified, self controlled, sound in faith, in love and in steadfastness. Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good. And so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self controlled, pure, working at home, kind and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. Likewise, urge the younger men to be self controlled. Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works. And in your teaching show integrity, dignity and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame. Having nothing evil to say about us. Bondservants are to be submissive to their own masters in everything. They are to be well pleasing, not argumentative, not pilfering, but showing all good faith, so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior. For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self controlled, upright and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us, to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for his own possession, who are zealous for good works. Declare these things, exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you. Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people. For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ, who our Savior, so that, being justified by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. The saying is trustworthy and I want you to insist on these things so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people. But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and and worthless. As for a person who stirs up division after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is warped and sinful, he is self condemned. When I send Artemis or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me in Decapolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way. See that they lack nothing and let our people learn to devote themselves to good works so as to help cases of urgent need and not be unfruitful. All who are with me send greetings to you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all.