1 ¶ Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.

Then he made a brass altar. It was ten steps long, and ten steps wide, and three times taller than a man.

2 H e also made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, entirely round and five cubits high; and a line of thirty cubits girded it round about.

He melted brass and made a pool. It was round, and five long steps from one side to the other. It was as tall as a man can raise his hand. And it took fifteen steps to walk around it.

3 A nd under it were figures of oxen, which did compass it round about, ten in each cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two orders of oxen were cast, when it was cast.

There were objects that looked like oxen under the pool and all around it, (ten long steps around it). The oxen were in two rows, and were made of one piece.

4 I t stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north and three looking toward the west and three looking toward the Negev and three looking toward the east; and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

The pool was put on the twelve oxen. Three had their faces toward the north, three toward the west, three toward the south, and three toward the east. The pool was put on top of them. All their tails were toward the center.

5 A nd the thickness of it was a handbreadth and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies, and it received and held three thousand baths.

The brass of the pool was as thick as a hand is wide. Its round top was made like the top of a cup, like a lily flower. It could hold 22, 000 bottles of water.

6 H e also made ten lavers and put five on the right hand and five on the left, to wash in them; they cleansed the work of the burnt offering in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

He made ten pots in which to wash. He put five on the right side and five on the left side. They were to wash what was used for the burnt gifts. But the pool was for the religious leaders to wash in.

7 A nd he made ten lampstands of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

Then he made ten gold lamp-stands, as was shown in the plan. He put them in the house of God, five on the right side and five on the left.

8 H e also made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the right hand and five on the left. And he made one hundred basins of gold.

He made ten tables and put them in the house of God. Five were on the right side and five on the left. And he made 100 deep dishes out of gold.

9 F urthermore, he made the court of the priests and the great court and doors for the court and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

Then he made the open space of the religious leaders, the large open space, and the doors for the open space. And he covered their doors with brass.

10 A nd he set the sea on the right side towards the east, over against the Negev.

He set the pool at the south-east corner of the house.

11 ¶ And Hiram made the pots and the shovels and the basins. And Hiram finished the work, that he had been making for King Solomon for the house of God,

Then Huram made the pails, the tools for digging, and the pots. So Huram finished the work of God’s house that he did for King Solomon.

12 T wo pillars and the pommels and the chapiters, which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two networks to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;

He finished making the two pillars, the pots, and the two pieces on top of the pillars. He finished the two networks to cover the two pots of the pieces on top of the pillars.

13 f our hundred pomegranates on the two networks; two orders of pomegranates on each network, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.

He finished the 400 pomegranates for the two networks. There were two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two pots of the pieces on top of the pillars.

14 H e also made the bases upon which he placed the lavers;

He made the stands and he made the pots on the stands.

15 o ne sea, and twelve oxen under it;

He made the one pool with the twelve oxen under it.

16 a nd the pots and the shovels and the fleshhooks and all their vessels, did Hiram, his father, make to King Solomon for the house of the LORD of the purest brass.

Huram-abi made the pails, the tools for digging, the meat-hooks, and all their objects. He made them of shining brass for King Solomon for the house of the Lord.

17 I n the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in clay of the ground, between Succoth and Zeredathah.

The king had them made on the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.

18 T hus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance, for the weight of the brass could not be found out.

Solomon made so many of these objects that the weight of the brass could not be known.

19 A nd Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables upon which the showbread was set;

Solomon made all the things that were in the house of God. He made the gold altar, and the tables for the holy bread.

20 l ikewise, the lampstands with their lamps, that they should burn according to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold;

He made the lamp-stands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn in front of the most holy place in the way given.

21 a nd the flowers and the lamps and the tongs, he made of gold, of perfect gold;

He made the flowers, the lamps and their objects of pure gold.

22 a lso the snuffers and the basins and the spoons and the censers, of pure gold. Regarding the entry of the house, its inner doors for the most holy place and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.

He made the things to put out the lamps, the pots and the fire-holders of pure gold. And he made the front of the house, its inside doors for the most holy place, and the doors of the holy place, all of gold.