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

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

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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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 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 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.

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 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 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 their doors 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 H e set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.

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

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 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 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,

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 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.

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 made also the bases, and the basins made he on the bases;

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

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

He made the one pool with the 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.

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 T he king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.

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 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;

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

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

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.