"You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits [shall be] its length and a cubit and a half its width.

"Make one cherub at one end, and the other cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim at the two ends of it [of one piece] with the mercy seat.

"You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the Testimony that I will give you.

Bless the LORD, you His angels, Who excel in strength, who do His word, Heeding the voice of His word.

Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens; Praise Him in the heights!

Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His hosts!

Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

And the posts of the door were shaken by the voice of him who cried out, and the house was filled with smoke.

Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a great thunderous voice: "Blessed [is] the glory of the LORD from His place!"

To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven -- things which angels desire to look into.

And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,

Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands,

And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: "Blessing and honor and glory and power [Be] to Him who sits on the throne, And to the Lamb, forever and ever!"

far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.

For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,

For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.

who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.

Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ,

which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

O LORD, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. The earth is full of Your possessions --

At that time Jesus answered and said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from [the] wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes.

"All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and [the one] to whom the Son wills to reveal [Him.]

Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable [are] His judgments and His ways past finding out!

but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden [wisdom] which God ordained before the ages for our glory,

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.

saying with a loud voice: "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain To receive power and riches and wisdom, And strength and honor and glory and blessing!"