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

Moreover he made a bronze altar: twenty cubits was its length, twenty cubits its width, and ten cubits its height.

2 H e 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.

Then he made the Sea of cast bronze, ten cubits from one brim to the other; it was completely round. Its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.

3 T here 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.

And under it was the likeness of oxen encircling it all around, ten to a cubit, all the way around the Sea. The oxen were cast in two rows, when it was cast.

4 T he 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.

It stood on twelve oxen: three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; the Sea was set upon them, and all their back parts pointed inward.

5 T he 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.

It was a handbreadth thick; and its brim was shaped like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It contained three thousand baths.

6 H e 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.

He also made ten lavers, and put five on the right side and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as they offered for the burnt offering they would wash in them, but the Sea was for the priests to wash in.

7 T hen 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.

And he made ten lampstands of gold according to their design, and set them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left.

8 H e 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.

He also made ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made one hundred bowls of gold.

9 T hen 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.

Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court and doors for the court; and he overlaid these doors with bronze.

10 H e set the pool at the south-east corner of the house.

He set the Sea on the right side, toward the southeast.

11 T hen 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.

Then Huram made the pots and the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing the work that he was to do for King Solomon for the house of God:

12 H e 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.

the two pillars and the bowl-shaped capitals that were on top of the two pillars; the two networks covering the two bowl-shaped capitals which were on top of the pillars;

13 H e 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.

four hundred pomegranates for the two networks (two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowl-shaped capitals that were on the pillars);

14 H e made the stands and he made the pots on the stands.

he also made carts and the lavers on the carts;

15 H e made the one pool with the twelve oxen under it.

one Sea and twelve oxen under it;

16 H uram-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.

also the pots, the shovels, the forks—and all their articles Huram his master craftsman made of burnished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the Lord.

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

In the plain of Jordan the king had them cast in clay molds, between Succoth and Zeredah.

18 S olomon made so many of these objects that the weight of the brass could not be known.

And Solomon had all these articles made in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was not determined.

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

Thus Solomon had all the furnishings made for the house of God: the altar of gold and the tables on which was the showbread;

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

the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn in the prescribed manner in front of the inner sanctuary,

21 H e made the flowers, the lamps and their objects of pure gold.

with the flowers and the lamps and the wick-trimmers of gold, of purest gold;

22 H e 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.

the trimmers, the bowls, the ladles, and the censers of pure gold. As for the entry of the sanctuary, its inner doors to the Most Holy Place, and the doors of the main hall of the temple, were gold.