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1 factum est igitur quadringentesimo et octogesimo anno egressionis filiorum Israhel de terra Aegypti in anno quarto mense zio ipse est mensis secundus regis Salomonis super Israhel aedificare coepit domum Domino
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In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites came out of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the temple of the LORD.
2 domus autem quam aedificabat rex Salomon Domino habebat sexaginta cubitos in longitudine et viginti cubitos in latitudine et triginta cubitos in altitudine
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The temple that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty wide and thirty high.
3 et porticus erat ante templum viginti cubitorum longitudinis iuxta mensuram latitudinis templi et habebat decem cubitos latitudinis ante faciem templi
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The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple extended the width of the temple, that is twenty cubits, and projected ten cubits from the front of the temple.
4 fecitque in templo fenestras obliquas
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He made narrow windows high up in the temple walls.
5 et aedificavit super parietem templi tabulata per gyrum in parietibus domus per circuitum templi et oraculi et fecit latera in circuitu
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Against the walls of the main hall and inner sanctuary he built a structure around the building, in which there were side rooms.
6 tabulatum quod subter erat quinque cubitos habebat latitudinis et medium tabulatum sex cubitorum latitudinis et tertium tabulatum septem habens cubitos latitudinis trabes autem posuit in domo per circuitum forinsecus ut non hererent muris templi
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The lowest floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits and the third floor seven. He made offset ledges around the outside of the temple so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls.
7 domus autem cum aedificaretur lapidibus dedolatis atque perfectis aedificata est et malleus et securis et omne ferramentum non sunt audita in domo cum aedificaretur
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In building the temple, only blocks dressed at the quarry were used, and no hammer, chisel or any other iron tool was heard at the temple site while it was being built.
8 ostium lateris medii in parte erat domus dexterae et per cocleam ascendebant in medium cenaculum et a medio in tertium
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The entrance to the lowest floor was on the south side of the temple; a stairway led up to the middle level and from there to the third.
9 et aedificavit domum et consummavit eam texit quoque domum laquearibus cedrinis
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So he built the temple and completed it, roofing it with beams and cedar planks.
10 et aedificavit tabulatum super omnem domum quinque cubitis altitudinis et operuit domum lignis cedrinis
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And he built the side rooms all along the temple. The height of each was five cubits, and they were attached to the temple by beams of cedar.
11 et factus est sermo Domini ad Salomonem dicens
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The word of the LORD came to Solomon:
12 domus haec quam aedificas si ambulaveris in praeceptis meis et iudicia mea feceris et custodieris omnia mandata mea gradiens per ea firmabo sermonem meum tibi quem locutus sum ad David patrem tuum
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“As for this temple you are building, if you follow my decrees, observe my laws and keep all my commands and obey them, I will fulfill through you the promise I gave to David your father.
13 et habitabo in medio filiorum Israhel et non derelinquam populum meum Israhel
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And I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon my people Israel.”
14 igitur aedificavit Salomon domum et consummavit eam
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So Solomon built the temple and completed it.
15 et aedificavit parietes domus intrinsecus tabulatis cedrinis a pavimento domus usque ad summitatem parietum et usque ad laquearia operuit lignis intrinsecus et texit pavimentum domus tabulis abiegnis
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He lined its interior walls with cedar boards, paneling them from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and covered the floor of the temple with planks of juniper.
16 aedificavitque viginti cubitorum ad posteriorem partem templi tabulata cedrina a pavimento usque ad superiora et fecit interiorem domum oraculi in sanctum sanctorum
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He partitioned off twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
17 porro quadraginta cubitorum erat ipsum templum pro foribus oraculi
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The main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.
18 et cedro omnis domus intrinsecus vestiebatur habens tornaturas suas et iuncturas fabrefactas et celaturas eminentes omnia cedrinis tabulis vestiebantur nec omnino lapis apparere poterat in pariete
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The inside of the temple was cedar, carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; no stone was to be seen.
19 oraculum autem in medio domus in interiori parte fecerat ut poneret ibi arcam foederis Domini
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He prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.
20 porro oraculum habebat viginti cubitos longitudinis et viginti cubitos latitudinis et viginti cubitos altitudinis et operuit illud atque vestivit auro purissimo sed et altare vestivit cedro
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The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty wide and twenty high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.
21 domum quoque ante oraculum operuit auro purissimo et adfixit lamminas clavis aureis
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Solomon covered the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he extended gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold.
22 nihilque erat in templo quod non auro tegeretur sed et totum altare oraculi texit auro
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So he overlaid the whole interior with gold. He also overlaid with gold the altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary.
23 et fecit in oraculo duo cherubin de lignis olivarum decem cubitorum altitudinis
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For the inner sanctuary he made a pair of cherubim out of olive wood, each ten cubits high.
24 quinque cubitorum ala cherub una et quinque cubitorum ala cherub altera id est decem cubitos habentes a summitate alae usque ad alae alterius summitatem
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One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing five cubits—ten cubits from wing tip to wing tip.
25 decem quoque cubitorum erat cherub secundus mensura pari et opus unum erat in duobus cherubin
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The second cherub also measured ten cubits, for the two cherubim were identical in size and shape.
26 id est altitudinem habebat unus cherub decem cubitorum et similiter cherub secundus
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The height of each cherub was ten cubits.
27 posuitque cherubin in medio templi interioris extendebant autem alas suas cherubin et tangebat ala una parietem et ala cherub secundi tangebat parietem alterum alae autem alterae in media parte templi se invicem contingebant
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He placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple, with their wings spread out. The wing of one cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the other touched the other wall, and their wings touched each other in the middle of the room.
28 texit quoque cherubin auro
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He overlaid the cherubim with gold.
29 et omnes parietes templi per circuitum scalpsit variis celaturis et torno et fecit in eis cherubin et palmas et picturas varias quasi prominentes de pariete et egredientes
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On the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer rooms, he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers.
30 sed et pavimentum domus texit auro intrinsecus et extrinsecus
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He also covered the floors of both the inner and outer rooms of the temple with gold.
31 et in ingressu oraculi fecit ostiola de lignis olivarum postesque angulorum quinque
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For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors out of olive wood that were one fifth of the width of the sanctuary.
32 et duo ostia de lignis olivarum et scalpsit in eis picturam cherubin et palmarum species et anaglyfa valde prominentia et texit ea auro et operuit tam cherubin quam palmas et cetera auro
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And on the two olive-wood doors he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.
33 fecitque in introitum templi postes de lignis olivarum quadrangulatos
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In the same way, for the entrance to the main hall he made doorframes out of olive wood that were one fourth of the width of the hall.
34 et duo ostia de lignis abiegnis altrinsecus et utrumque ostium duplex erat et se invicem tenens aperiebatur
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He also made two doors out of juniper wood, each having two leaves that turned in sockets.
35 et scalpsit cherubin et palmas et celaturas valde eminentes operuitque omnia lamminis aureis opere quadro ad regulam
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He carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers on them and overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.
36 et aedificavit atrium interius tribus ordinibus lapidum politorum et uno ordine lignorum cedri
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And he built the inner courtyard of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams.
37 anno quarto fundata est domus Domini in mense zio
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The foundation of the temple of the LORD was laid in the fourth year, in the month of Ziv.
38 et in anno undecimo mense bul ipse est mensis octavus perfecta est domus in omni opere suo et in universis utensilibus aedificavitque eam annis septem
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In the eleventh year in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in all its details according to its specifications. He had spent seven years building it.
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