Löydetty 558 Tulokset: Temple Money

• The Lord has rejected his altar, has forsaken his sanctuary. He has handed over the walls of her tower to the enemy, whose triumphant shouts are heard in the temple of Yahweh. (Lamentations 2, 7)

• They also collected money according to what each one could afford (Baruch 1, 6)

• This same Baruch had undertaken to carry back to Judea, on the tenth day of the month of Sivan, the sacred vessels which had been taken away from the Temple of the Lord. These were the silver vessels made by Zedekiah, son of Josiah, king of Judah, (Baruch 1, 8)

• The letter said: Look, we are sending you money; buy with it victims for the holocaust and for sin offerings and incense; prepare oblations and offer them on the Altar of the Lord our God. (Baruch 1, 10)

• Amassing money was their only concern, their business beyond measure. (Baruch 3, 18)

• So, after clothing them in purple, they wipe their faces because of the thick dust of the temple that covers them. (Baruch 6, 11)

• Just as doors are carefully closed on a man who has offended the king or on a convict sentenced to death, in the same way the priests lock and bolt the doors of the temple for fear of thieves. (Baruch 6, 17)

• He is no more than any of the beams of the temple and some whisper that the inner part is gnawed by termites; worms out of the ground devour both the god and his clothes, but he feels nothing. (Baruch 6, 19)

• Their faces have become black because of the smoke of the temple. (Baruch 6, 20)

• The priests remain seated in the temple, their garments torn, head and beard shaved, and no covering on their heads. (Baruch 6, 30)

• They are incapable of bestowing riches or money. If someone fails to keep a vow, he is not called to account. (Baruch 6, 34)

• When fire breaks out in the temple of these wooden gods plated with silver and gold, the priests flee to safety but their gods are burnt with the beams in the midst of the flames. (Baruch 6, 54)