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Ezekiel 39 - Gog’s Armies Destroyed, Burial of Gog, Israel Restored to the Land

And you, mortal, prophesy against Gog, and say: Thus says the Lord God: I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal! 2 I...

Ezekiel 40 - The Vision of the New Temple, The Temple

In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city...

Ezekiel 41 - The Temple

Then he brought me to the nave, and measured the pilasters; on each side six cubits was the width of the pilasters.[a] 2 The width of the...

Ezekiel 42 - The Holy Chambers and the Outer Wall

Then he led me out into the outer court, toward the north, and he brought me to the chambers that were opposite the temple yard and...

Ezekiel 43 - The Divine Glory Returns to the Temple, The Altar

Then he brought me to the gate, the gate facing east. 2 And there, the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the east; the sound was...

Ezekiel 44 - The Closed Gate, Admission to the Temple, The Levitical Priests

Then he brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces east; and it was shut. 2 The Lord said to me: This gate shall...

Ezekiel 45 - The Holy District, Weights and Measures, Offerings, Festivals

When you allot the land as an inheritance, you shall set aside for the Lord a portion of the land as a holy district, twenty-five...

Ezekiel 46 - Miscellaneous Regulations

Thus says the Lord God: The gate of the inner court that faces east shall remain closed on the six working days; but on the sabbath day...

Ezekiel 47 - Water Flowing from the Temple, The New Boundaries of the Land

Then he brought me back to the entrance of the temple; there, water was flowing from below the threshold of the temple toward the east...

Ezekiel 48 - The Tribal Portions

These are the names of the tribes: Beginning at the northern border, on the Hethlon road,[a] from Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enon...

Daniel 1 - Four Young Israelites at the Babylonian Court

In the third year of the reign of King Jehoiakim of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 The Lord...

Daniel 2 - God Reveals Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream, Daniel Interprets the Dream, and His Friends Promoted

In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed such dreams that his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him....

Daniel 3 - The Golden Image, The Fiery Furnace

King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue whose height was sixty cubits and whose width was six cubits; he set it up on the plain of Dura...

Daniel 4 - Daniel Interprets Nebuchadnezzar’s 2nd Dream, Nebuchadnezzar’s Humiliation, Praises God

[a] King Nebuchadnezzar to all peoples, nations, and languages that live throughout the earth: May you have abundant prosperity! 2 The...

Daniel 5 - Belshazzar’s Feast, The Writing on the Wall, Writing on the Wall Interpreted

King Belshazzar made a great festival for a thousand of his lords, and he was drinking wine in the presence of the thousand. 2 Under the...

Daniel 6 - The Plot against Daniel, Daniel in the Lions’ Den, Daniel Saved from the Lions

It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred twenty satraps, stationed throughout the whole kingdom, 2 and over them three...

Daniel 7 - Visions of the Four Beasts, Judgment before the Ancient One, Daniel’s Visions Interpreted

In the first year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head as he lay in bed. Then he wrote down the...

Daniel 8 - Vision of a Ram and a Goat, Gabriel Interprets the Vision

In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that had appeared to me at first. 2 In...

Daniel 9 - Daniel’s Prayer for the People, The Seventy Weeks

In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, by birth a Mede, who became king over the realm of the Chaldeans— 2 in the first year of...

Daniel 10 - Conflict of Nations and Heavenly Powers

In the third year of King Cyrus of Persia a word was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar. The word was true, and it concerned...

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