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Look sharp now! God has chosen you to build his holy house. Be brave, determined! And do it!"
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Then David presented his son Solomon with the plans for The Temple complex: porch, storerooms, meeting rooms, and the place for atoning sacrifice.
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He turned over the plans for everything that God's Spirit had brought to his mind: the design of the courtyards, the arrangements of rooms, and the closets for storing all the holy things.
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He gave him his plan for organizing the Levites and priests in their work of leading and ordering worship in the house of God, and for caring for the liturgical furnishings.
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e provided exact specifications for how much gold and silver was needed for each article used in the serv- ices of worship:
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the gold and silver Lampstands and lamps,
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the gold tables for consecrated bread, the silver tables,
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the gold forks, the bowls and the jars,
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and the incense altar. And he gave him the plan for sculpting the cherubs with their wings outstretched over the Chest of the Covenant of God - the cherubim throne.
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"Here are the blueprints for the whole project as God gave me to understand it," David said.
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David continued to address Solomon: "Take charge! Take heart! Don't be anxious or get discouraged. God, my God, is with you in this; he won't walk off and leave you in the lurch. He's at your side until every last detail is completed for conducting the worship of God.