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

And he maketh an altar of brass, twenty cubits its length, and twenty cubits its breadth, 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.

And he maketh the molten sea; ten by the cubit, from its edge unto its edge, round in compass, and five by the cubit its height, and a line of thirty by the cubit doth compass it, round about.

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 the likeness of oxen under it, all round about encompassing it, ten in the cubit, compassing the sea round about; two rows of oxen are cast in its being 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 is standing on twelve oxen, three facing the north, and three facing the west, and three facing the south, and three facing the east, and the sea upon them above, and all their hinder parts within.

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.

And its thickness a handbreadth, and its lip as the work of the lip of a cup flowered with lilies; taking hold -- baths three thousand it containeth.

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.

And he maketh ten lavers, and putteth five on the right, and five on the left, to wash with them; the work of the burnt-offering they purge with them; and the sea for priests to wash with.

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 maketh the ten candlesticks of gold, according to their ordinance, and placeth in the temple, five on the right, 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.

And he maketh ten tables, and placeth in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left; and he maketh bowls of gold a hundred.

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.

And he maketh the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and their doors he hath overlaid with brass.

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

And the sea he hath placed on the right shoulder eastward, over-against the south.

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.

And Huram maketh the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls, and Huram finisheth to make the work that he made for king Solomon in 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.

two pillars, and the bowls, and the crowns on the heads of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two bowls of the crowns that on the heads 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.

and the pomegranates four hundred to the two wreaths, two rows of pomegranates to the one wreath, to cover the two bowls of the crowns that on the front of the pillars.

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

And the bases he hath made; and the lavers he hath made on the bases;

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

the one sea, and the 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.

and the pots, and the shovels, and the forks, and all their vessels, hath Huram his father made for king Solomon, for the house of Jehovah, of brass purified.

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

In the circuit of the Jordan hath the king cast them, in the thick soil of the ground, between Succoth and Zeredathah.

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

And Solomon maketh all these vessels in great abundance, that the weight of the brass hath not been searched out.

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.

And Solomon maketh all the vessels that the house of God, and the altar of gold, and the tables, and on them bread of the presence;

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.

and the candlesticks, and their lamps, for their burning according to the ordinance, before the oracle, of gold refined;

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

and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold -- it the perfection of 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.

and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and the censers, of gold refined, and the opening of the house, its innermost doors to the holy of holies, and the doors of the house to the temple, of gold.