[1] Then he made a brass altar, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and
ten cubits high. [2] 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] 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 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] 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] 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] 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 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] Then he made the open space for the priests, and
the great open space and its doors, plating the doors with brass. [10] He
put the great water-vessel on the right side of the house to the east,
facing south. [11] 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, 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] 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] And he made the ten bases and the ten washing-vessels which
were on the bases; [15] The great water-vessel with the twelve oxen under
it. [16] 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] The king made them of liquid metal
in the lowland of Jordan, in the soft earth between Succoth and Zeredah.
[18] So Solomon made all these vessels, a very great store of them, and the
weight of the brass used was not measured. [19] 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] 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 and the vessels for the lights and the
instruments used for them, were all of gold; it was the best gold. [22] 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.
