'Highest' in the Bible
“The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the garments, must not dishevel his hair or tear his garments.
The heavens, indeed the highest heavens, belong to the Lord your God, as does the earth and everything in it.
But will God indeed live on earth?Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You,much less this temple I have built.
But who is able to build a temple for Him, since even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain Him? Who am I then that I should build a temple for Him except as a place to burn incense before Him?
But will God indeed live on earth with man?Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You,much less this temple I have built.
You alone are Yahweh.You created the heavens,the highest heavens with all their host,the earth and all that is on it,the seas and all that is in them.You give life to all of them,and the heavenly host worships You.
The most trusted ones were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan. They were the seven officials of Persia and Media who had personal access to the king and occupied the highest positions in the kingdom.
Isn’t God as high as the heavens?And look at the highest stars—how lofty they are!
Your righteousness is like the highest mountains;Your judgments, like the deepest sea.Lord, You preserve man and beast.
to Him who rides in the ancient, highest heavens.Look, He thunders with His powerful voice!
She has sent out her female servants;she calls out from the highest points of the city:
She sits by the doorway of her house,on a seat at the highest point of the city,
I will ascend above the highest clouds;I will make myself like the Most High.”
The side rooms surrounding the temple widened at each successive story, for the structure surrounding the temple went up by stages. This was the reason for the temple’s broadness as it rose. And so, one would go up from the lowest story to the highest by means of the middle one.
The king called out to bring in the mediums, Chaldeans, and astrologers. He said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and gives me its interpretation will be clothed in purple, have a gold chain around his neck, and have the third highest position in the kingdom.”
However, I have heard about you that you can give interpretations and solve problems. Therefore, if you can read this inscription and give me its interpretation, you will be clothed in purple, have a gold chain around your neck, and have the third highest position in the kingdom.”