If she is a wall, we will build her a silver tower. But if she is a gate, we will protect her with panels of cedar.

I know how skillful your lumbermen are, so send me cedar, cypress, and juniper logs from Lebanon. I am ready to send my men to assist yours

in preparing large quantities of timber, because this temple I intend to build will be large and magnificent.

The righteous will flourish like palm trees; they will grow like the cedars of Lebanon.

But if I delay, this letter will let you know how we should conduct ourselves in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.

No one can deny how great is the secret of our religion: He appeared in human form, was shown to be right by the Spirit, and was seen by angels. He was preached among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, and was taken up to heaven.

For Abraham was waiting for the city which God has designed and built, the city with permanent foundations.

Come to the Lord, the living stone rejected by people as worthless but chosen by God as valuable.

Come as living stones, and let yourselves be used in building the spiritual temple, where you will serve as holy priests to offer spiritual and acceptable sacrifices to God through Jesus Christ.

Your head is held high like Mount Carmel. Your braided hair shines like the finest satin; its beauty could hold a king captive.

were all paneled with wood from the floor to the windows. These windows could be covered.

On one side it faced the space 34 feet wide which was alongside the Temple, and on the other side it faced the pavement of the outer courtyard. It was built on three levels, each one set further back than the one below it.