¹⁷ Cedar-trees are the pillars of our house; and our boards are made of fir-trees.

⁹ So he put up the house and made it complete, roofing it with boards of cedar-wood.

¹⁰ For he was looking for the strong town, whose builder and maker is God.

¹⁵ But if I am long in coming, this will make clear to you what behaviour is right for men in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of what is true.

¹⁶ And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.

³ Opposite the space of twenty cubits which was part of the inner square, and opposite the stone floor of the outer square. There were covered ways facing one another on the third floor.

¹⁶ And the sloping windows and the covered ways round all three of them were of shakiph-wood all round from the level of the earth up to the windows;

⁹ If she is a wall, we will make on her a strong base of silver; and if she is a door, we will let her be shut up with cedar-wood.

⁵ Your head is like Carmel, and the hair of your head is like purple, in whose net the king is prisoner.

¹² The good man will be like a tall tree in his strength; his growth will be as the wide-stretching trees of Lebanon.

⁸ And send me cedar-trees, cypress-trees and sandal-wood from Lebanon, for, to my knowledge, your servants are expert wood-cutters in Lebanon; and my servants will be with yours,

⁹ To get trees for me in great numbers, for the house which I am building is to be great and a wonder.

⁴ To whom you come, as to a living stone, not honoured by men, but of great and special value to God;

⁵ You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.