1 T hen he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits its length, and twenty cubits its width, and ten cubits its height.

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

2 A lso he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass; and its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encircled 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 U nder it was the likeness of oxen, which encircled it, for ten cubits, encircling the sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.

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 I t stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set on them above, and all their hinder parts were inward.

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 I t was a hand width thick; and its brim was worked like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand baths.

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 also ten basins, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as belonged to the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests 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 H e made the ten lamp stands of gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, 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 also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. He made one hundred basins 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 F urthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid 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 sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.

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

11 H uram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins. So Huram finished doing the work that he did for king Solomon in God’s house:

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 t he two pillars, and the bowls, and the two capitals which were on the top of the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the 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 a nd the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on 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 also the bases, and the basins made he on the bases;

he also made carts and the lavers on the carts;

15 o ne sea, and the twelve oxen under it.

one Sea and twelve oxen under it;

16 H uram his father also made the pots, the shovels, the forks, and all its vessels for king Solomon for Yahweh’s house of bright brass.

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

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 vessels that were in God’s house, the golden altar also, and the tables with the show bread on them;

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 a nd the lamp stands with their lamps, to burn according to the ordinance before the inner sanctuary, of pure gold;

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

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

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

22 a nd the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the fire pans, of pure gold: and as for the entry of the house, the inner doors of it for the most holy place, and the doors of the main hall of the temple were 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.