5. How glorious was he when the people gathered round him At his coming forth out of the sanctuary!
6. As the morning star in the midst of a cloud, As the moon at the full:
7. As the sun shining forth upon the temple of the Most High, And as the rainbow giving light in clouds of glory:
8. As the flower of roses in the days of new fruits, As lilies at the waterspring, As the shoot of the frankencense tree in the time of summer:
9. As fire and incense in the censer, As a vessel all of beaten gold Adorned with all manner of precious stones:
10. As an olive tree budding forth fruits, And as a cypress growing high among the clouds.
11. When he took up the robe of glory, And put on the perfection of exultation, In the ascent of the holy altar, He made glorious the precinct of the sanctuary.
12. And when he received the portions out of the priests’ hands, Himself also standing by the hearth of the altar, His brethren as a garland round about him, He was as a young cedar in Libanus; And as stems of palm trees compassed they him round about,
13. And all the sons of Aaron in their glory, And the Lord’s offering in their hands, before all the congregation of Israel.
14. And finishing the service at the altars, That he might adorn the offering of the Most High, the Almighty,