4 Now before this, vEliashib the priest, who wwas appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, and who was related to xTobiah, 5 prepared for Tobiah a large chamber where they had previously put the grain offering, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of grain, wine, and oil, ywhich were given by commandment to the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests. 6 While this was taking place, I was not in Jerusalem, for zin the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes aking of Babylon I went to the king. And after some time I asked leave of the king 7 and came to Jerusalem, and I then discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, bpreparing for him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. 8 And I was very angry, and I threw all the household furniture of Tobiah out of the chamber. 9 Then I gave orders, and they ccleansed the chambers, and I brought back there the vessels of the house of God, with the grain offering and the frankincense.
The Lord Our God Is Holy
1 sThe Lord reigns; tlet the peoples tremble!
He usits enthroned upon the cherubim; vlet the earth quake!
2 The Lord is wgreat in Zion;
he is xexalted over all the peoples.
3 Let them praise your ygreat and awesome name!
zHoly is he!
4 aThe King in his might bloves justice.1
You have established equity;
you have executed justice
and righteousness in Jacob.
5 cExalt the Lord our God;
zHoly is he!
6 fMoses and Aaron were among his gpriests,
Samuel also was among those who hcalled upon his name.
They icalled to the Lord, and he answered them.
7 In jthe pillar of the cloud he spoke to them;
they kkept his testimonies
and the statute that he gave them.
8 O Lord our God, you answered them;
you were la forgiving God to them,
but man avenger of their wrongdoings.
9 Exalt the Lord our God,
and worship at his nholy mountain;
for the Lord our God is holy!
The Transfiguration
1 gAnd after six days Jesus took with him hPeter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 And he was itransfigured before them, and jhis face shone like the sun, and khis clothes became white as light. 3 And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. 4 And Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good that we are here. If you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you and one for Moses and one for lElijah.” 5 He was still speaking when, behold, ma bright cloud overshadowed them, and ma voice from the cloud said, n“This is my beloved Son,1 with whom I am well pleased; olisten to him.” 6 When pthe disciples heard this, qthey fell on their faces and were terrified. 7 But Jesus came and rtouched them, saying, “Rise, and shave no fear.” 8 And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only.
9 tAnd as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, u“Tell no one the vision, until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.”
