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like a rose blossom in springtime, like lilies by streams of water, like a fresh shoot of the incense tree in the summertime,
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like fire and incense in an incense burner, like an object of hammered gold adorned with all sorts of precious stones,
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like an olive tree sprouting fruit, and like a cypress towering to the clouds.
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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.
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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.