9. like burning incense, like a cup made of hammered gold and decorated with all kinds of jewels,
10. like an olive-tree loaded with fruit, like a cypress-tree towering into the clouds.
11. When Simon put on his magnificent robe and went up to the holy altar dressed in perfect splendour, he made the Temple courtyard a majestic sight.
12. When the priests handed him the portions of the sacrifice as he stood beside the altar with his assistants circling him like a wreath, he was like a young cedar of Lebanon surrounded by palm-trees.