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like the sun shining upon the temple of the Most High, and like the rainbow gleaming in glorious clouds;
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like roses in the days of the first fruits, like lilies by a spring of water, like a green shoot on Lebanon on a summer day;
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like fire and incense in the censer, like a vessel of hammered gold adorned with all kinds of precious stones;
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like an olive tree putting forth its fruit, and like a cypress towering in the clouds.
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When he put on his glorious robe and clothed himself with superb perfection and went up to the holy altar, he made the court of the sanctuary glorious.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.