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1 Corinthians 3 16-1 Corinthians 3 17
Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy that person; for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.
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2 Corinthians 6 16
Or what agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said,“ I will dwell among them and walk among them; And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
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Ephesians 4:13-16
until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of people, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, that is, Christ,from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.
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1 Corinthians 3 9
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
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Psalms 93:5
Your testimonies are fully confirmed; Holiness is pleasing to Your house, Lord, forevermore.
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Exodus 26:1-37
“ Moreover, you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and violet, purple, and scarlet material; you shall make them with cherubim, the work of a skilled embroiderer.The length of each curtain shall be twenty eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall have the same measurements.Five curtains shall be joined to one another, and the other five curtains shall be joined to one another.You shall make loops of violet on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set, and likewise you shall make them on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second set.You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain, and you shall make fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is in the second set; the loops shall be opposite each other.You shall also make fifty clasps of gold, and join the curtains to one another with the clasps so that the tabernacle will be a unit.“ Then you shall make curtains of goats’ hair as a tent over the tabernacle; you shall make eleven curtains in all.The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains shall have the same measurements.You shall join five curtains by themselves and the other six curtains by themselves, and you shall double over the sixth curtain at the front of the tent.You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the first set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second set.“ You shall also make fifty clasps of bronze, and you shall put the clasps into the loops and join the tent together so that it will be a unit.The overhanging part that is left over in the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that is left over, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.The cubit on one side and the cubit on the other, of what is left over in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on one side and on the other, to cover it.And you shall make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red and a covering of fine leather above.“ Then you shall make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright.Ten cubits shall be the length of each board and one and a half cubits the width of each board.There shall be two tenons for each board, fitted to one another; that is what you shall do for all the boards of the tabernacle.You shall make the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side.You shall make forty bases of silver under the twenty boards, two bases under one board for its two tenons and two bases under another board for its two tenons;and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards,and their forty bases of silver; two bases under one board and two bases under another board.For the back of the tabernacle, to the west, you shall make six boards.You shall make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the back.They shall be double beneath, and together they shall be complete to its top to the first ring; this is how it shall be with both of them: they shall form the two corners.And there shall be eight boards with their bases of silver, sixteen bases; two bases under one board and two bases under another board.“ Then you shall make bars of acacia wood, five for the boards of one side of the tabernacle,and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle for the back side to the west.The middle bar in the center of the boards shall pass through from end to end.And you shall overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold as holders for the bars; and you shall overlay the bars with gold.Then you shall erect the tabernacle according to its plan which you have been shown on the mountain.“ You shall also make a veil of violet, purple, and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen; it shall be made with cherubim, the work of a skilled embroiderer.Then you shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, their hooks also of gold, on four bases of silver.You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and bring in the ark of the testimony there within the veil; and the veil shall serve as a partition for you between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place.You shall put the atoning cover on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy Place.And you shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side.“ You shall also make a curtain for the doorway of the tent of violet, purple, and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a weaver.And you shall make five pillars of acacia for the curtain and overlay them with gold, their hooks also of gold; and you shall cast five bases of bronze for them.
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Hebrews 3:3-4
For He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by just so much as the builder of the house has more honor than the house.For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.
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Ezekiel 40:1-42
In the twenty fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was taken, on this very day the hand of the Lord was upon me and He brought me there.In the visions of God He brought me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, and on it to the south there was something like a structure of a city.So He brought me there; and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze, with a thread of flax and a measuring rod in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway.And the man said to me,“ Son of man, see with your eyes, hear with your ears, and pay attention to all that I am going to show you; for you have been brought here in order to show it to you. Declare to the house of Israel all that you see.”And behold, there was a wall on the outside of the temple all around, and in the man’s hand was a measuring rod of six cubits, each of which was a cubit and a hand width. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one rod; and the height, one rod.Then he went to the gate which faced east, went up its steps, and measured the threshold of the gate, one rod in width; and the other threshold was one rod in width.The guardroom was one rod long and one rod wide; and there were five cubits between the guardrooms. And the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was one rod.Then he measured the porch of the gate facing inward, one rod.And he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its side pillars, two cubits. And the porch of the gate was faced inward.The guardrooms of the gate toward the east numbered three on each side; the three of them had the same measurement. The side pillars also had the same measurement on each side.And he measured the width of the gateway, ten cubits, and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.There was a barrier wall one cubit wide in front of the guardrooms on each side; and the guardrooms were six cubits square on each side.And he measured the gate from the roof of the one guardroom to the roof of the other, a width of twenty five cubits, from one door to the door opposite.He made the side pillars sixty cubits high; the gate extended all around to the side pillar of the courtyard.And from the front of the entrance gate to the front of the inner porch of the gate was fifty cubits.And there were shuttered windows looking toward the guardrooms, and toward their side pillars within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. And there were windows all around inside; and on each side pillar were palm tree decorations.Then he brought me into the outer courtyard, and behold, there were chambers and a stone pavement made for the courtyard all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement.And the pavement( that is, the lower pavement) was by the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates.Then he measured the width from the front of the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner courtyard, a hundred cubits on the east and on the north.And as for the gate of the outer courtyard which faced north, he measured its length and its width.It had three guardrooms on each side; and its side pillars and its porches had the same measurement as the first gate. Its length was fifty cubits, and the width twenty five cubits.Its windows, its porches, and its palm tree decorations had the same measurements as the gate which faced east; and it was reached by seven steps, and its porch was in front of them.The inner courtyard had a gate opposite the gate on the north as well as the gate on the east; and he measured a hundred cubits from gate to gate.Then he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a gate toward the south; and he measured its side pillars and its porches according to those same measurements.The gate and its porches had windows all around like those other windows; the length was fifty cubits and the width, twenty five cubits.There were seven steps going up to it, and its porches were in front of them; and it had palm tree decorations on its side pillars, one on each side.The inner courtyard had a gate toward the south; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a hundred cubits.Then he brought me to the inner courtyard by the south gate; and he measured the south gate according to those same measurements.Its guardrooms also, its side pillars, and its porches were according to those same measurements. And the gate and its porches had windows all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty five cubits wide.There were porches all around, twenty five cubits long and five cubits wide.And its porches were toward the outer courtyard; and palm tree decorations were on its side pillars, and its stairway had eight steps.Then he brought me into the inner courtyard toward the east. And he measured the gate according to those same measurements.Its guardrooms also, its side pillars, and its porches were according to those same measurements. And the gate and its porches had windows all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty five cubits wide.Its porches were toward the outer courtyard; and palm tree decorations were on its side pillars, on each side, and its stairway had eight steps.Then he brought me to the north gate; and he measured it according to those same measurements,with its guardrooms, its side pillars, and its porches. And the gate had windows all around; the length was fifty cubits and the width twenty five cubits.And its side pillars were toward the outer courtyard; and palm tree decorations were on its side pillars, on each side, and its stairway had eight steps.A chamber with its doorway was by the side pillars at the gates; there they rinse the burnt offering.And in the porch of the gate were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering.On the outer side, as one went up to the gateway toward the north, were two tables; and on the other side of the porch of the gate were two tables.Four tables were on each side next to the gate; eight tables on which they slaughter sacrifices.For the burnt offering there were four tables of cut stone, a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high, on which they set the utensils with which they slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
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Ezekiel 42:12
Corresponding to the openings of the chambers which were toward the south was an opening at the head of the way, the way in front of the wall toward the east, as one enters them.
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1 Kings 6 7
The house, while it was being built, was built of stone finished at the quarry, and neither hammer, nor axe, nor any iron tool was heard in the house while it was being built.