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Sirach 50:12 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" When he received the portions out of the priests’ hands, as he stood by the hearth of the altar, with his kindred like a garland around him, he was like a young cedar in Lebanon surrounded by the trunks of palm trees. "

Sirach 50:12

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10 like an olive tree loaded with fruit, and like a cypress growing high among the clouds.

11 When he put on his glorious robe, and clothed himself in perfect splendor, ascending to the holy altar, he made the court of the sanctuary glorious.

12 When he received the portions out of the priests’ hands, as he stood by the hearth of the altar, with his kindred like a garland around him, he was like a young cedar in Lebanon surrounded by the trunks of palm trees.

13 All the sons of Aaron in their glory, held the Lord’s offering in their hands before all the congregation of Israel.

14 Finishing the service at the altars, that he might arrange the offering of the Most High, the Almighty,

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2 Chronicles 6:12

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"He stood before the LORD’s altar in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands"

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Leviticus 7:35

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"This is the consecrated portion of Aaron, and the consecrated portion of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister to the LORD in the priest’s office;"

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Nehemiah 13:5

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"had prepared for him a great room, where previously they laid the meal offerings, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers; and the wave offerings for the priests."

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1 Samuel 2:28

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"Didn’t I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? Didn’t I give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?"

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2 Chronicles 5:12

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"also the Levites who were the singers, all of them, even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brothers, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and stringed instruments and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them one hundred twenty priests sounding with trumpets);"

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Tobit 1:6

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"I alone went often to Jerusalem at the feasts, as it has been ordained to all Israel by an everlasting decree, having the first fruits and the tenths of my increase, and that which was first shorn; and I gave them at the altar to the priests the sons of Aaron."

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Sirach 50:1

"It was Simon, the son of Onias, the high priest, who in his life repaired the house, and in his days strengthened the temple."

Sirach 50:2

"The foundation was built by him to the height of the double walls, the lofty retaining walls of the temple enclosure."

Sirach 50:3

"In his days, a water cistern was dug, the brazen vessel like the sea in circumference."

Sirach 50:4

"He planned to save his people from ruin, and fortified the city against siege."

Sirach 50:5

"How glorious he was when the people gathered around him as he came out of the house of the veil!"

Sirach 50:6

"He was like the morning star among clouds, like the full moon,"

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