Sirach 50:12

12 When he received the portions of the sacrificial animals from the priests' hands, standing beside the altar's hearth, surrounded by a wreath of brothers, he was like a new cedar of Lebanon, and they surrounded him like palm-tree trunks.

Sirach 50:12 In-Context

10 like an olive tree sprouting fruit, and like a cypress towering to the clouds.
11 When he put on his glorious robe and clothed himself with perfect splendor, when he stepped up to the holy altar, he brought glory to the courts of the temple.
12 When he received the portions of the sacrificial animals from the priests' hands, standing beside the altar's hearth, surrounded by a wreath of brothers, he was like a new cedar of Lebanon, and they surrounded him like palm-tree trunks.
13 All Aaron's sons were in their glory, and they held the Lord's offering in their hands in front of the entire assembly of Israel.
14 When he was finishing his service at the altar, after he had arranged an offering to the Most High, the almighty,

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Gk lacks of the sacrificial animals.
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