Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752

Ecclesiasticus 45:7-15 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

7. He exalted Aaron his brother, and like to himself of the tribe of Levi:

8. He made an everlasting covenant with him, and gave him the priesthood of the nation, and made him blessed in glory,

9. And he girded him about with a glorious girdle, and clothed him with a robe of glory, and crowned him with majestic attire.

10. He put upon him a garment to the feet, and breeches, and as ephod, and he compassed him with many little bells of gold all round about,

11. That as he went there might be a sound, and a noise made that might be heard in the temple, for a memorial to the children of his people.

12. He gave him a holy robe of gold, and blue, and purple, a woven work of a wise man, endued with judgment and truth:

13. Of twisted scarlet the work of an artist, with precious stones cut and set in gold, and graven by the work of a lapidary for a memorial, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

14. And a crown of gold upon his mitre wherein was engraved Holiness, an ornament of honour: a work of power, and delightful to the eyes for its beauty.

15. Before him there were none so beautiful, even from the beginning.