5
The nave he lined with cypress, and covered it with fine gold, and made palms and chains on it.
6
He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold of Parva'im.
7
So he lined the house with gold--its beams, its thresholds, its walls, and its doors; and he carved cherubim on the walls.
8
And he made the most holy place; its length, corresponding to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and its breadth was twenty cubits; he overlaid it with six hundred talents of fine gold.
9
The weight of the nails was one shekel to fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
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