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1 He made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
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Then he made a brass altar, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.
2 Then he made the molten sea; it was round, ten cubits from rim to rim, and five cubits high. A line of thirty cubits would encircle it completely.
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And he made the great water-vessel of metal, round in form, measuring ten cubits across from edge to edge; it was five cubits high and thirty cubits round.
3 Under it were panels all around, each of ten cubits, surrounding the sea; there were two rows of panels, cast when it was cast.
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And under it was a design of flowers all round it, ten to a cubit, circling the water-vessel in two lines; they were made from liquid metal at the same time as the water-vessel.
4 It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; the sea was set on them. The hindquarters of each were toward the inside.
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It was supported on twelve oxen, three facing to the north, three to the west, three to the south, and three to the east, the water-vessel resting on top of them; their back parts were all turned to the middle of it.
5 Its thickness was a handbreadth; its rim was made like the rim of a cup, like the flower of a lily; it held three thousand baths.
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It was as thick as a man's open hand, and the edge of it was curved like the edge of a cup, like a lily flower; it would take three thousand baths.
6 He also made ten basins in which to wash, and set five on the right side, and five on the left. In these they were to rinse what was used for the burnt offering. The sea was for the priests to wash in.
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And he made ten washing-vessels, putting five on the right side and five on the left; such things as were used in making the burned offering were washed in them; but the great water-vessel was to be used by the priests for washing themselves.
7 He made ten golden lampstands as prescribed, and set them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.
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And he made the ten gold supports for the lights, as directions had been given for them, and he put them in the Temple, five on the right side and five on the left.
8 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 basins of gold.
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He made ten tables, and put them in the Temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made a hundred gold basins.
9 He made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court; he overlaid their doors with bronze.
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Then he made the open space for the priests, and the great open space and its doors, plating the doors with brass.
10 He set the sea at the southeast corner of the house.
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He put the great water-vessel on the right side of the house to the east, facing south.
11 And Huram made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. Thus Huram finished the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of God:
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And Huram made all the pots and the spades and the basins. So he came to the end of all the work he did for King Solomon in the house of God:
12 the two pillars, the bowls, and the two capitals on the top of the pillars; and the two latticeworks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars;
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The two pillars, and the two crowns on the tops of the pillars, and the network covering the two cups of the crowns on the tops of the pillars;
13 the four hundred pomegranates for the two latticeworks, two rows of pomegranates for each latticework, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars.
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And the four hundred apples for the network, two lines of apples for the network covering the two cups of the crowns on the pillars.
14 He made the stands, the basins on the stands,
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And he made the ten bases and the ten washing-vessels which were on the bases;
15 the one sea, and the twelve oxen underneath it.
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The great water-vessel with the twelve oxen under it.
16 The pots, the shovels, the forks, and all the equipment for these Huram-abi made of burnished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the Lord.
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All the pots and the spades and the meat-hooks and their vessels, which Huram, who was as his father, made for King Solomon for the house of the Lord, were of polished brass.
17 In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.
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The king made them of liquid metal in the lowland of Jordan, in the soft earth between Succoth and Zeredah.
18 Solomon made all these things in great quantities, so that the weight of the bronze was not determined.
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So Solomon made all these vessels, a very great store of them, and the weight of the brass used was not measured.
19 So Solomon made all the things that were in the house of God: the golden altar, the tables for the bread of the Presence,
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And Solomon made all the vessels used in the house of God, the gold altar and the tables on which the holy bread was placed,
20 the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn before the inner sanctuary, as prescribed;
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And the supports for the lights with their lights, to be burning in the regular way in front of the inmost room, of the best gold;
21 the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of purest gold;
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The flowers and the vessels for the lights and the instruments used for them, were all of gold; it was the best gold.
22 the snuffers, basins, ladles, and firepans, of pure gold. As for the entrance to the temple: the inner doors to the most holy place and the doors of the nave of the temple were of gold.
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The scissors and the basins and the spoons and the fire-trays, of the best gold; and the inner doors of the house, opening into the most holy place, and the doors of the Temple, were all of gold.
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