1 Kings 7 Cross References - LEB

¹ Solomon built his house over thirteen years, and he finished all of his house. ² He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon; one hundred cubits its length, fifty cubits its width, and thirty cubits its height, on four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams atop the pillars. ³ It was covered with cedar above, and the supporting beams which were on the forty-five pillars, fifteen to the row. ⁴ There were three rows of specially designed windows; with window to window three times. ⁵ All of the doorways and the doorframes had four-sided casings, with opening to opposite opening three times. ⁶ The hall of pillars he made fifty cubits in its length and thirty cubits in its width, and a porch was _⌊in front of them_⌋,* with pillars and an overhang _⌊in front of them_⌋.* ⁷ He made the hall of the throne where he would pronounce judgment, the hall of justice, and it was covered with cedar from the floor to the rafters.* ⁸ His house where he would live in the next courtyard on the inside of the porch was like this work, and he would make a house like this porch for the daughter of Pharaoh whom Solomon had taken as wife. ⁹ All of these were of precious stones, according to the measurement of dressed stone, sawn with a saw _⌊on all sides_⌋;* from the foundation up to the eaves and from the outside up to the great courtyard. ¹⁰ The foundation was of precious stones, and large stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits ¹¹ with precious stones above, _⌊just the right size_⌋,* and cedar. ¹² The great courtyard all around had three rows of dressed stones and a row of cedar beams; for both the courtyard of the inner house* of Yahweh and for the porch of the house. ¹³ King Solomon invited and received Hiram from Tyre. ¹⁴ He was the son of a widow woman from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, an artisan of bronze. He was filled with wisdom and with ability and with the knowledge to do all the work with the bronze. And he came to King Solomon, and he did all of his work. ¹⁵ He cast the two pillars out of bronze; eighteen cubits was the height of the first, and a cord of twelve cubits would encircle the second pillar. ¹⁶ He made two capitals to place on the tops of the pillars out of molten bronze; the first capital was five cubits in height, and the second capital was five cubits in height. ¹⁷ A network of latticework and wreaths of chainwork with small chains were for the capitals which were on top of the pillars; seven for the first capital and seven for the second capital. ¹⁸ He also made the pillars with two rows around on the lattice, each to cover the capitals which were on top, out of the pomegranate-shaped ornaments, and thus he did for the second capital as well. ¹⁹ And on the capitals which were on top of the pillars in the porch were works of lilies four cubits high. ²⁰ And capitals were on the two pillars above near the bulging section which was beside the lattice, and two hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments were in rows all around on the second capital. ²¹ He set up the pillars for the porch of the main hall; he erected the pillar on the right and called its name Jakin, and he set up the pillar on the left and called its name Boaz. ²² On the top of the pillars was a work of lilies; and so the work of the pillars was finished. ²³ He also made the molten* sea, ten cubits _⌊in diameter_⌋,* and five cubits was its height. A measuring line of thirty cubits would encircle it all around. ²⁴ Gourds were under its rim surrounding it all around; ten to the cubit, surrounding the sea all around with two rows of gourds, which were cast when he cast the metal. ²⁵ The sea was standing on twelve oxen, with three facing to the north, three facing to the west, three facing to the south, and three facing to the east. The sea was on top of them, with all of their hindquarters turned to the inside. ²⁶ Its thickness was a handbreadth, but its rim was as the work on the brim of a cup, like the bud of a lily; it held two thousand baths. ²⁷ He made the ten stands of bronze; each stand was four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits in height. ²⁸ Now this was the construction of the stands: there were frames for them and frames between the crossbars, ²⁹ and on the frames which were between the crossbars were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the crossbars both above and beneath the lions and oxen were works of cascading wreaths. ³⁰ There were four bronze wheels for each of the stands, with bronze axles; the four support pedestals for these were under the basin, and the supports were decorated on each side with wreaths. ³¹ Its opening from the inside of the capital and above was a cubit; its pedestal was a round work of a cubit and a half; moreover, on its opening were the carvings with four-sided frames, not circular. ³² Four of the wheels were underneath the frames, and the axles of the wheels were on the stands. The height of each wheel was a cubit and a half. ³³ The construction of the wheel was like the construction of the wheel of the chariot; their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their naves were all cast. ³⁴ The four supports were the four corners of each stand, with the stand supporting it. ³⁵ On top of the stand was half a cubit deep, circular all around, and on the top of the stand were its supports and its frames. ³⁶ He engraved on the plates, on its supports, and on its frame cherubim, lions and images of a palm tree, according to the space for each, with wreaths all around. ³⁷ He made the ten stands like this in one cast, with the same measurement and shape for each of them. ³⁸ He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths; each basin was four cubits, one basin on each of the ten stands. ³⁹ He placed five of the stands on the south side of the house and five on the north side of the house, and the sea he set on the southeast side of the house. ⁴⁰ Hiram also made the basins and the shovels and the bowls for drinking wine; and so Hiram finished doing all of the work _⌊that he was to do_⌋* for King Solomon in the house of Yahweh: ⁴¹ the two pillars and the bowls of the capitals which were atop the two pillars, and the two lattice works to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were atop the pillars; ⁴² and the four hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments for the two lattice works, the two rows of pomegranate-shaped ornaments for each latticework to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the surface of the pillars; ⁴³ and the ten stands and the ten basins on the stands; ⁴⁴ and the one sea and the twelve oxen under the sea; ⁴⁵ and the pots, the shovels, and the bowls for drinking wine. All the vessels of the tent which Hiram had made for King Solomon for the house of Yahweh were polished bronze. ⁴⁶ The king had cast them in the plain of the Jordan with the casting mold set in the ground between Succoth and Zarethan. ⁴⁷ Solomon left all of the vessels unweighed because of their very great abundance, so the weight of the bronze could not be determined. ⁴⁸ Solomon also made all of the vessels which were in the house of Yahweh: the golden altar and the golden table on which was the bread of the presence; ⁴⁹ as well as the five lampstands of beaten gold at the south and five lampstands at the north before the presence of the inner sanctuary, with the flower-shaped ornaments, the lamps, and the pair of tongs all of gold. ⁵⁰ The cups, the snuffers, the bowls for drinking wine, the bowls for the incense, and the firepans were made from beaten gold; the facades for the doors of the inner house, for the _⌊most holy place_⌋,* for the doors of the main hall of the temple were of gold. ⁵¹ When all of the work which king Solomon did on the house of Yahweh was completed, Solomon brought out the holy objects of his father David, the silver and the gold and the vessels, which he put in the treasury rooms of the house of Yahweh.

¹ Solomon intermarried with Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and he took the daughter of Pharaoh and brought her to the city of David until he finished building his house, the house of Yahweh, and the walls of Jerusalem all around.

¹⁰ It happened at the end of twenty years in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Yahweh and the house of the king,

¹ And it happened that at the end of twenty years in which Solomon had built the house of Yahweh and his own house,

⁴ _⌊I accomplished great things_⌋.* I built for myself houses; I planted for myself vineyards. ⁵ I made for myself gardens and parks, and I planted all sorts of fruit trees in them.

³³ But seek first his kingdom and righteousness,* and all these things will be added to you.

¹⁹ and he also built all of the storage cities which were Solomon's, the cities for the chariots, the cities for the cavalry, and all of Solomon's desire that he wanted* to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his dominion.

¹⁷ Also he made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went up over each of the small shields; and the king put them into the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

²¹ All of the drinking vessels of King Solomon were gold, and all the vessels for the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver; it was not considered as something valuable in the days of Solomon.

¹⁶ And he made three hundred small shields of beaten gold; three hundred shekels went into each small shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

⁴ Your neck is like a tower of ivory; your eyes are pools in Heshbon at the gate of Beth Rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon _⌊looking out over Damascus_⌋.*

⁵ and he built a structure against the wall of the temple* running all along the walls of the house, for the outer sanctuary and for the inner sanctuary, and made side rooms all around.

⁴ And he made for the temple* specially designed framed windows,

⁵ All of the doorways and the doorframes had four-sided casings, with opening to opposite opening three times.

¹² And I will _⌊make_⌋* your battlements of ruby, and your gates of stones of beryl, and all your wall of precious stones.

¹⁶ And there were narrow windows for the alcoves and for their pilasters to the inside of the gate _⌊all the way around_⌋* it. And likewise with respect to the porticos and windows were _⌊all the way around_⌋* to the inside, and on a pilaster there were images of palm trees.*

²² And its windows and its porticos and its palm tree images were like the measurement of the gate that was _⌊facing toward the east_⌋;* and _⌊it had_⌋* seven steps that go up it, and there were porticos _⌊before them_⌋.*

²⁵ And there were for it windows and for its porticos _⌊all the way around it_⌋* like these windows; fifty cubits* long and twenty-five cubits* wide.

²⁹ And its alcoves and its pilasters and its porticos were just like these measurements. And it had windows for it and for its porticos* _⌊all the way around_⌋,* fifty cubits* along* its length, and twenty-five cubits* wide.

³³ And its alcoves and its pilasters and its porticos were also like these measurements, and windows were for it and for its porticos all around;* its length was fifty cubits,* and it was twenty-five cubits* wide.

³⁶ its alcoves, its pilasters and porticos, _⌊and its windows_⌋* _⌊all the way around_⌋,* and a length of fifty cubits* and twenty-five cubits wide.*

²⁶ And narrow windows and palm tree images _⌊were on either side_⌋,* and on the side walls of the portico, and the side rooms of the temple and their* overhang.

¹² The great courtyard all around had three rows of dressed stones and a row of cedar beams; for both the courtyard of the inner house* of Yahweh and for the porch of the house.

²⁵ And cherubim were made* on them, that is, on the doors of the temple and palm tree images like _⌊the ones prepared for the walls_⌋;* and an overhang of wood was on the surface of the porticos on the outside. ²⁶ And narrow windows and palm tree images _⌊were on either side_⌋,* and on the side walls of the portico, and the side rooms of the temple and their* overhang.

⁹ Give to your servant a listening heart to judge your people, to discern between good and bad, because who is able to judge this, your difficult people?"

²⁸ When all of Israel heard the judgment that the king had rendered, they _⌊stood in awe_⌋* of the king, because they realized that the wisdom of God was in him to execute justice.

³ The vestibule on the face of the main hall of the temple* was twenty cubits in its length, and the width of the temple* was ten cubits wide on the face of the temple.*

¹⁵ He lined the walls _⌊of the inside of the house_⌋* with boards of cedar; from the floor of the temple* up to the rafters of the ceiling he covered them with wood _⌊on the inside_⌋.* He also covered the floor of the temple* with cypress boards. ¹⁶ He built twenty cubits from the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor up to the ceiling, and he built for it an inner sanctuary on the inside, as the _⌊most holy place_⌋.*

¹⁸ The king also made a large ivory throne, and he overlaid it with fine gold. ¹⁹ Six steps led up to the throne, and there was a circular top to the throne behind it, and armrests were _⌊on each side of the seat_⌋,* with two lions standing beside the armrests. ²⁰ Twelve lions were standing there, six on each of the six steps _⌊on either side_⌋;* nothing like this was made for any of the kingdoms.

⁵ For there the thrones sit* for judgment, thrones of David's house.

⁸ A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.

⁷ _⌊His dominion will grow continually, and to peace there will be no end_⌋* on* the throne of David and over* his kingdom, to establish it* and sustain it with justice and righteousness now and forever. The zeal of Yahweh of hosts will do this.

²⁴ As soon as the daughter of Pharaoh went up from the city of David to her house which he* built for her, then he built the Millo.

⁴ Isaiah had not gone out from the middle of the city when the word of Yahweh came to him, saying,

¹¹ And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh from the city of David to the house that he had built for her, for he said, "My wife shall not dwell in the house of David, king of Israel, for those places to which the ark of Yahweh has come are holy.

¹⁷ When the king commanded, they quarried great stones and precious stones to lay the foundation of the house with hewn stones.

¹⁰ The foundation was of precious stones, and large stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits ¹¹ with precious stones above, _⌊just the right size_⌋,* and cedar.

¹⁶ Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this:
"Look! I am laying a stone in Zion, a _⌊tested_⌋* stone, a precious cornerstone, a founded foundation:
'The one who trusts will not _⌊panic_⌋.'*

¹¹ "O afflicted one, driven away, who is not consoled. Look! I am about to set your stones in hard mortar, and I will lay your foundation with sapphires.

¹⁰ According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building upon it. But each one must direct his attention to how he is building upon it. ¹¹ For no one is able to lay another foundation than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

¹⁹ The foundations of the wall of the city are adorned with every kind of precious stone: the first foundation jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, ²⁰ the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.

²⁰ built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,* ²¹ in whom the whole building, joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, ²² in whom you also are built up together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.*

⁵ And you yourselves, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

³⁶ Then he built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and a row of cedar beams.

⁶ The hall of pillars he made fifty cubits in its length and thirty cubits in its width, and a porch was _⌊in front of them_⌋,* with pillars and an overhang _⌊in front of them_⌋.*

²³ and Jesus was walking in the temple in the Portico of Solomon.

¹¹ And while* he was holding fast to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico called Solomon's, utterly astonished.

¹² Now many signs and wonders were being performed among the people through the hands of the apostles. And they were all together* in Solomon's Portico.

⁴⁰ Hiram also made the basins and the shovels and the bowls for drinking wine; and so Hiram finished doing all of the work _⌊that he was to do_⌋* for King Solomon in the house of Yahweh:

¹³ So now I have sent a skilled man, knowledgeable and with understanding: my master* Huram, ¹⁴ a son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, knowledgeable for working with gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, and with purple, blue, and crimson fabric, and with fine linen, for engraving any engraving and devising any plan that is given to him, with your skilled men and the skilled men of my lord David your father.

¹¹ And Huram* made the pots, the shovels, and the drinking bowls. So Hiram* finished making the work that he made on the house of God for King Solomon:

² "See, I have called by name* Bezalel the son of Uri the son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah. ³ And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom and with skill* and with knowledge and with every kind of craftsmanship, ⁴ to devise designs, to work with gold and with silver and with bronze, ⁵ and in stonecutting for setting and in cutting wood, for doing every kind of craftsmanship. ⁶ And, look, I have given with him Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, and I have put skill in the heart of all the skilled of heart, and they will make all that I have commanded you—

³⁰ And Moses said to the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* "See, Yahweh has called by name* Bezalel the son of Uri the son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah.

⁸ And all who were skilled of heart among the doers of the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue and purple and crimson yarns, with cherubim; he made them, the work of a skilled craftsman.

¹⁴ a son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, knowledgeable for working with gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, and with purple, blue, and crimson fabric, and with fine linen, for engraving any engraving and devising any plan that is given to him, with your skilled men and the skilled men of my lord David your father.

¹⁶ And Huram-abi made for King Solomon the pots, the shovels, the three-pronged meat forks, and all the utensils of polished bronze for the house of Yahweh.

²⁶ And his God instructs him about the prescription;* he teaches him.

²¹ He set up the pillars for the porch of the main hall; he erected the pillar on the right and called its name Jakin, and he set up the pillar on the left and called its name Boaz.

⁴¹ the two pillars and the bowls of the capitals which were atop the two pillars, and the two lattice works to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were atop the pillars;

¹⁶ The two pillars, the one sea, and the water cart which Solomon had made for the temple of Yahweh, there was no weighing to the bronze of all of these vessels. ¹⁷ The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; a bronze capital was on it, with the height of the capital being three cubits. The latticework and pomegranates on the capital all around were bronze, and likewise on the latticework for the second pillar.

¹⁵ And at the front of the house he made two columns, thirty-five cubits high, and the capital on their top was five cubits. ¹⁶ And he made decorative chains in the inner sanctuary and put them on top of the columns. And he made one hundred pomegranate ornaments, and put them on the chains. ¹⁷ And he erected the columns in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. He called the name of the southern one Jakin, and the name of the northern one Boaz.

¹² the two columns, the bowls, and the two capitals on top of the columns, and the two latticeworks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on top of the columns, ¹³ and the four hundred pomegranates for the two latticeworks, two rows of pomegranates for the latticework, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were before the columns. ¹⁴ And he made the water carts, and he made the basins on the water carts, ¹⁵ and the one sea and the twelve oxen underneath it. ¹⁶ And Huram-abi made for King Solomon the pots, the shovels, the three-pronged meat forks, and all the utensils of polished bronze for the house of Yahweh. ¹⁷ The king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay soil between Succoth and Zeredah. ¹⁸ Solomon made all these utensils in great abundance, for the weight of the bronze could not be determined. ¹⁹ So Solomon made all the objects that were in the house of God: the altar of gold; the tables upon which was the bread of the presence; ²⁰ the lampstands, and the lamps for burning according to the custom before the inner sanctuary, of solid gold; ²¹ and the blossoms, the lamps, and the tongs that were of solid gold; ²² and the snuffers, the drinking bowls, the dishes, and the firepans, of solid gold; and the entrance to the house, the inner doors to _⌊the most holy place_⌋, and the doors to the house of the temple were of gold.

¹³ And he burned the _⌊temple_⌋* of Yahweh, and the palace* of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house he burned with fire.

²¹ Now the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits,* and a thread of twelve cubits* surrounded it, and its thickness was four fingers, hollowed out.

³⁸ and the five pillars and their hooks, and he overlaid their tops and their connections with gold, and their five bases were bronze.

¹⁷ and the bases for the pillars were bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver, and the overlay of their tops was silver, and all the pillars of the courtyard were banded with silver.

¹⁹ and with their four pillars and their four bases of bronze, with their silver hooks and with their tops and their bands of silver.

²⁸ And from the thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and he overlaid their tops, and he made bands for them.

¹² the two columns, the bowls, and the two capitals on top of the columns, and the two latticeworks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on top of the columns, ¹³ and the four hundred pomegranates for the two latticeworks, two rows of pomegranates for the latticework, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were before the columns.

¹⁴ And you will make two braided chains of pure gold ornamental cord work, and you will put the chains of the ornamental cords on the filigree settings.

²² "And you will make on the breast piece braided chains, a work of pure gold ornamental cord.

²⁴ And you will put the two gold ornamental cords on the two rings on the edges of the breast piece. ²⁵ And you will put the two ends of the two ornamental cords on the two filigree settings, and you will put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it.

¹⁵ And they made on the breast piece braided chains, a work of pure gold ornamental cord. ¹⁶ And they made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and they put the two rings on the two edges of the breast piece. ¹⁷ And they put the two gold ornamental cords on the two rings on the edges of the breast piece. ¹⁸ And they put the two ends of the two ornamental cords on the two filigree settings, and they put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it.

¹⁷ The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; a bronze capital was on it, with the height of the capital being three cubits. The latticework and pomegranates on the capital all around were bronze, and likewise on the latticework for the second pillar.

¹⁸ with the cedar within the inner house having carvings of gourds and buds of flowers. It was entirely of cedar; there was not a stone visible.

³² On the two doors of olive wood he made carvings of cherubim and palm tree images and budding flowers, and he overlaid them with gold _⌊by beating_⌋* out the gold on the cherubim and the palm tree images. ³³ Thus he made doorframes of olive wood on four sides for the doorway of the main hall ³⁴ and two doors of cypress wood; one door with two folding panels and the second door with two folding panels. ³⁵ He carved cherubim and palm tree images and budding flowers and overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the carved work.

²² On the top of the pillars was a work of lilies; and so the work of the pillars was finished.

⁴² and the four hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments for the two lattice works, the two rows of pomegranate-shaped ornaments for each latticework to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the surface of the pillars;

¹⁶ And he made decorative chains in the inner sanctuary and put them on top of the columns. And he made one hundred pomegranate ornaments, and put them on the chains.

¹³ and the four hundred pomegranates for the two latticeworks, two rows of pomegranates for the latticework, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were before the columns.

²² And a capital upon it was bronze and the height of the one capital was five cubits, and latticework and pomegranates were on the capital on all sides, all of bronze. And like these was the second pillar with pomegranates. ²³ And there were ninety-six pomegranates _⌊on the sides_⌋;* all the pomegranates on the latticework on all sides were a hundred.

²¹ and Salmon fathered Boaz, and Boaz fathered Obed,

¹² When your days are full and you lie down with your ancestors,* I will raise up your offspring after you who will go out from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.

¹⁷ And he erected the columns in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. He called the name of the southern one Jakin, and the name of the northern one Boaz.

²⁴ 'Only in Yahweh,' one shall say to me, 'are righteousness and strength.' He shall come to him, and all those who were angry with him shall be ashamed.

⁴⁸ And he brought me to the portico of the temple, and he measured the pilaster of the portico, _⌊five cubits on each side_⌋,* and the width of the gate _⌊was three cubits on each side_⌋.* ⁴⁹ The length of the portico was twenty cubits* and its width eleven cubits,* and with ten steps they went up to it, and the _⌊pilasters had pillars_⌋,* _⌊one on each side_⌋.*

¹⁸ And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it!

⁹ and when James and Cephas and John—those thought to be pillars—acknowledged the grace given to me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, in order that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcision.

¹² The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will never go outside again, and I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that comes down from heaven from my God, and my new name.

¹⁸ "And you will make a basin of bronze and its bronze stand for washing, and you will put it between the tent of assembly and the altar, and you will put water there. ¹⁹ And Aaron and his sons will wash their hands and their feet with it. ²⁰ When they come to the tent of assembly, they will wash with water so that they do not die, or when they approach the altar to serve by turning to smoke an offering made by fire to Yahweh. ²¹ And they will wash their hands and their feet so that they do not die, and it will be a lasting rule for them—to him and to his offspring throughout their generations.

⁸ And he made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the entrance of the tent of assembly.

¹⁷ Then King Ahaz cut off the side panels of the water carts and removed from upon them the basin, and the sea he took down from the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone base.

¹³ The bronze pillars which were in the temple* of Yahweh, the water carts, and the bronze sea that was in the temple of Yahweh, the Chaldeans broke into pieces and carried their bronze to Babylon.

⁸ And from Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David captured very much bronze. Solomon made the bronze sea with it along with the columns and objects of bronze.

² Then he made the sea of molten metal, from brim to brim it was ten cubits, completely round. And it was five cubits in height, and _⌊its circumference measured_⌋* thirty cubits.

¹⁷ And the Chaldeans broke the pillars of bronze that were in the _⌊temple_⌋* of Yahweh, and the kettle stands and the sea of bronze that were in the _⌊temple_⌋* of Yahweh, and they carried all their bronze to Babylon.

²⁰ The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze oxen that were under the kettle stands which King Solomon had made for the _⌊temple_⌋* of Yahweh—there was not a weight for the bronze of all these vessels!

³¹ "And you will make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand will be made of hammered work—its base and its branch,* its cups, its buds, and its blossoms will be from it. ³² And six branches will be going out from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its second side. ³³ Three almond-flower cups will be on the one branch with a bud and a blossom, and three almond-flower cups will be on the one branch with a bud and a blossom—likewise for the six branches going out from the lampstand. ³⁴ And on the lampstand will be four almond-flower cups, with its buds and its blossoms. ³⁵ And a bud will be under the two branches that come from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, likewise for the six branches coming out from the lampstand. ³⁶ Their buds and their branches will be from it, all of it one piece of pure gold hammered work.

¹⁷ And he made the lampstand of pure gold; he made the lampstand of hammered work—its base and its branch, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms were _⌊all part of it_⌋.* ¹⁸ And six branches were going out from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its second side. ¹⁹ Three almond-flower cups were on the one branch with a bud and a blossom, and three almond-flower cups were on the one branch with a bud and a blossom—likewise for the six branches going out from the lampstand. ²⁰ And on the lampstand were four almond-flower cups, with its* buds and its blossoms. ²¹ And a bud was under the two branches that came from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, likewise for the six branches coming out from the lampstand. ²² Their buds and their branches were from it, all of it one piece of pure gold, hammered work.

³ Under it were figures of oxen all around it, ten cubits high, encircling the sea all around. The oxen were in two rows _⌊cast as one piece with it_⌋.* ⁴ It was standing upon twelve oxen, three facing north, and three facing west, and three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set upon them from above, and all their hindquarters faced _⌊inward_⌋.* ⁵ And its thickness was a handbreadth, and its brim was like the working of the lip of a cup, the blossom of a lily. And it held three thousand baths.

¹⁰ The likeness of their faces was the face of a human in front, and the face of a lion on the right _⌊of each of them_⌋,* and the face of an ox on the left _⌊of each of them_⌋,* and the face of an eagle _⌊for each of them_⌋.*

¹⁹ Therefore, go* and* make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

¹⁵ And he said to them, "Go* into all the world and* preach the gospel to all creation. ¹⁶ The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who refuses to believe will be condemned.

⁴⁷ and repentance and the forgiveness* of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all the nations,* beginning from Jerusalem.

⁹ For in the law of Moses it is written, "You must not muzzle an ox while it* is threshing."* It is not about oxen God is concerned, is it?*

⁶ And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, like crystal, and in the midst of the throne and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back. ⁷ And the first living creature was similar to a lion, and the second living creature was similar to an ox, and the third living creature had a face like a man's, and the fourth living creature was similar to an eagle flying.

³² On the two doors of olive wood he made carvings of cherubim and palm tree images and budding flowers, and he overlaid them with gold _⌊by beating_⌋* out the gold on the cherubim and the palm tree images.

³⁵ He carved cherubim and palm tree images and budding flowers and overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the carved work.

¹⁹ And on the capitals which were on top of the pillars in the porch were works of lilies four cubits high.

³⁸ He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths; each basin was four cubits, one basin on each of the ten stands.

⁵ And its thickness was a handbreadth, and its brim was like the working of the lip of a cup, the blossom of a lily. And it held three thousand baths.

¹⁴ And the quota of the olive oil, the bath of the olive oil, is the tenth part of a bath from a kor, which is ten baths, or a homer—for ten baths are equal to a homer.

¹⁶ The two pillars, the one sea, and the water cart which Solomon had made for the temple of Yahweh, there was no weighing to the bronze of all of these vessels.

¹⁴ And he made the water carts, and he made the basins on the water carts,

²⁴ So* he drove the man out, and placed cherubim east of the garden of Eden, and _⌊a flaming, turning sword_⌋* to guard the way to the tree of life.

¹⁸ And you will make two cherubim of gold; you will make them of hammered work at the two ends of the atonement cover.

⁷ And he made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the atonement cover.

²⁷ He placed the cherubim in the middle of the inner house, and they spread out the wings of the cherubim; the wing of the first cherub touched against the wall and the wing of the second cherub was touching against the second wall; their wings spread to the middle of the house and were touching wing to wing.

²⁵ The sea was standing on twelve oxen, with three facing to the north, three facing to the west, three facing to the south, and three facing to the east. The sea was on top of them, with all of their hindquarters turned to the inside.

¹⁴ And _⌊each one had four faces_⌋;* the face of the one was the face of a cherub, and the face of the second was the face of a human, and the face of the third was the face of a lion, and the fourth was the face of an eagle.

¹⁸ and it was made of cherubim and palm tree images; a palm tree image between cherub and cherub, and _⌊the cherub had two faces_⌋.* ¹⁹ And the face of a human _⌊was toward_⌋* the palm tree image _⌊on the one side_⌋,* and the face of a fierce strong lion _⌊faced_⌋* the palm tree image _⌊on the other side_⌋;* _⌊this work was executed_⌋* for the entire temple _⌊all the way around_⌋.*

¹⁴ Because I will be like a lion to Ephraim and like a fierce strong lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear and I will go; I will carry off, and there is no one who delivers.

⁵ And above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, about which it is not now possible to speak in detail.

⁵ And one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep! Behold, the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.

¹⁵ And I saw the living creatures, and look! A wheel was on the earth* beside _⌊each of the living creatures that had four faces_⌋.* ¹⁶ The appearance of the wheels and their construction was like the appearance of beryl,* and _⌊they all looked alike_⌋,* and their appearance and their construction was _⌊like a wheel within a wheel_⌋.* ¹⁷ When they moved, they went toward their four sides; they did not _⌊veer at all as they went_⌋.* ¹⁸ And their rims _⌊were high and awesome_⌋,* and _⌊all four of_⌋* their rims were full of eyes all around. ¹⁹ And at the going of the living creatures, the wheels next to them also went, and _⌊when the creatures were lifted from the ground_⌋* the wheels also rose. ²⁰ _⌊Wherever_⌋* the spirit went they would go there, and the wheels rose, for the spirit of the living creatures* was in the wheels. ²¹ At their* going, they* go, and at their standing, they stood, and at their being lifted up from on the earth,* the wheels rose,* for the spirit of the living creatures* was in the wheels.

¹³ And it was the sound of the wings of the living creatures touching lightly* _⌊one against the other_⌋,* and the sound of the wheels beside them and the sound of a great earthquake.

¹⁰ Their appearance* _⌊was the same for each of the four of them_⌋,* as if the wheel was in the midst of a wheel. ¹¹ _⌊When they went_⌋* to the four of their directions that they went, they did not change direction _⌊when they went_⌋,* for the place to which the head* turned, they went behind him; they did not change direction at their going. ¹² And _⌊their whole body_⌋,* and their rims, and their spokes, and their wings, and the wheels were full of eyes all around—_⌊the wheels for the four of them_⌋.* ¹³ Concerning the wheels, he was calling them "the wheelwork" _⌊in my hearing_⌋.*

¹⁶ The appearance of the wheels and their construction was like the appearance of beryl,* and _⌊they all looked alike_⌋,* and their appearance and their construction was _⌊like a wheel within a wheel_⌋.*

¹⁸ And their rims _⌊were high and awesome_⌋,* and _⌊all four of_⌋* their rims were full of eyes all around.

²⁹ On all of the walls around the house, he carved engravings of cherubim and palm tree images and budding flowers both inside and out.

²⁹ and on the frames which were between the crossbars were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the crossbars both above and beneath the lions and oxen were works of cascading wreaths.

³¹ And its porticos were to the outer courtyard, and palm tree images were on its pilasters, and eight steps were for its stairs.

³⁷ And its pilasters _⌊faced the outer courtyard_⌋,* and _⌊it had palm tree images on its pilasters_⌋* _⌊on each side_⌋;* and eight steps served as its stairs.

¹⁸ and it was made of cherubim and palm tree images; a palm tree image between cherub and cherub, and _⌊the cherub had two faces_⌋.* ¹⁹ And the face of a human _⌊was toward_⌋* the palm tree image _⌊on the one side_⌋,* and the face of a fierce strong lion _⌊faced_⌋* the palm tree image _⌊on the other side_⌋;* _⌊this work was executed_⌋* for the entire temple _⌊all the way around_⌋.* ²⁰ From the ground up to _⌊above_⌋* the doorway,* the cherubim and the palm tree images were made,* and also the outer wall of the temple.

¹⁷ And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

²⁸ and the altar of burnt offering and all its equipment and the basin and its stand.

¹¹ And you will anoint the basin and its stand, and you will consecrate it. ¹² And you will bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of assembly, and you will wash them with the water.

⁶ And he made ten basins. And he set five on the south and five on the north in which to wash; they washed off the work of the burnt offering in them, but the sea was for the priests to wash therein. ⁷ And he made ten golden lampstands according to their custom, and he set them in the temple, five on the south and five on the north. ⁸ And he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south and five on the north. And he made a hundred drinking bowls of gold. ⁹ And he made the courtyard of the priests and the great outer courtyard and the doors for the outer court. And he overlaid their doors with bronze. ¹⁰ And he set the sea at the southeast corner of the temple. ¹¹ And Huram* made the pots, the shovels, and the drinking bowls. So Hiram* finished making the work that he made on the house of God for King Solomon:

¹ " 'On that day a well will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, _⌊to cleanse them from sin and from impurity_⌋.*

¹⁰ concerning instead only food and drink and different washings, regulations of outward things imposed until the time of setting things right.

²² let us approach with a true heart in the full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

⁷ But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

¹⁴ And I said to him, "My lord, you know." And he said to me,
"These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

⁶ And he made ten basins. And he set five on the south and five on the north in which to wash; they washed off the work of the burnt offering in them, but the sea was for the priests to wash therein.

¹⁰ And he set the sea at the southeast corner of the temple.

⁶ And Moses took half of the blood, and he put it in bowls, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

³² And all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of assembly was finished, and the _⌊Israelites_⌋* had done according to all that Yahweh had commanded Moses; so they did. ³³ And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its equipment, its hooks, its frames,* its bars, and its pillars and its bases; ³⁴ and the covering of the red-dyed ram skins and the covering of fine leather and the curtain of the screen; ³⁵ the ark of the testimony and its poles and the atonement cover; ³⁶ the table, all its equipment, and the bread of the presence; ³⁷ the pure gold lampstand, its lamps—the lamps of the row—and all its equipment and the oil of the light; ³⁸ the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the screen of the entrance of the tent; ³⁹ the bronze altar, and the bronze grating that is for it, its poles, and all its equipment, the basin and its stand, ⁴⁰ the hangings of the courtyard, its pillars, and its bases; and the screen for the courtyard gate, its tent cords and its _⌊pegs_⌋;* and all the equipment of the service of the tabernacle for the tent of assembly, ⁴¹ the woven garments for serving in the sanctuary—the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests. ⁴² According to all that Yahweh had commanded Moses, so the _⌊Israelites_⌋* did all the work. ⁴³ And Moses saw all the work, and, indeed, they had done it as Yahweh had commanded; so they did, and Moses blessed them.

²⁸ Now this was the construction of the stands: there were frames for them and frames between the crossbars,

¹⁴ The pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the dishes, and the vessels of bronze with which they served there, they took. ¹⁵ The firepans and the basins, whatever was gold, the commander of the imperial guard took for the gold and whatever was silver, for the silver.

⁸ And he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south and five on the north. And he made a hundred drinking bowls of gold.

¹¹ And Huram* made the pots, the shovels, and the drinking bowls. So Hiram* finished making the work that he made on the house of God for King Solomon: ¹² the two columns, the bowls, and the two capitals on top of the columns, and the two latticeworks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on top of the columns, ¹³ and the four hundred pomegranates for the two latticeworks, two rows of pomegranates for the latticework, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were before the columns. ¹⁴ And he made the water carts, and he made the basins on the water carts, ¹⁵ and the one sea and the twelve oxen underneath it. ¹⁶ And Huram-abi made for King Solomon the pots, the shovels, the three-pronged meat forks, and all the utensils of polished bronze for the house of Yahweh.

¹⁸ And they took with them the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the sprinkling bowls, and the pans, and all the vessels of bronze which were used in temple service. ¹⁹ And the captain of the guard* took the bowls, and the firepans, and the sprinkling bowls, and the pots, and the lampstands, and the pans, and the libation bowls, _⌊those made of solid gold_⌋* and _⌊those made of solid silver_⌋.*

¹⁵ He cast the two pillars out of bronze; eighteen cubits was the height of the first, and a cord of twelve cubits would encircle the second pillar. ¹⁶ He made two capitals to place on the tops of the pillars out of molten bronze; the first capital was five cubits in height, and the second capital was five cubits in height. ¹⁷ A network of latticework and wreaths of chainwork with small chains were for the capitals which were on top of the pillars; seven for the first capital and seven for the second capital. ¹⁸ He also made the pillars with two rows around on the lattice, each to cover the capitals which were on top, out of the pomegranate-shaped ornaments, and thus he did for the second capital as well. ¹⁹ And on the capitals which were on top of the pillars in the porch were works of lilies four cubits high. ²⁰ And capitals were on the two pillars above near the bulging section which was beside the lattice, and two hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments were in rows all around on the second capital. ²¹ He set up the pillars for the porch of the main hall; he erected the pillar on the right and called its name Jakin, and he set up the pillar on the left and called its name Boaz. ²² On the top of the pillars was a work of lilies; and so the work of the pillars was finished.

¹² the two columns, the bowls, and the two capitals on top of the columns, and the two latticeworks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on top of the columns,

²⁰ And capitals were on the two pillars above near the bulging section which was beside the lattice, and two hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments were in rows all around on the second capital.

²³ He also made the molten* sea, ten cubits _⌊in diameter_⌋,* and five cubits was its height. A measuring line of thirty cubits would encircle it all around.

³ And you will make its pots for removing its fat-soaked ashes and its shovels and its sprinkling bowls and its forks* and its fire pans; you will make all its equipment with bronze.

³ And he made all the equipment of the altar—the pots and the shovels and the sprinkling bowls and the forks* and the fire pans—all its equipment he made with bronze.

³¹ Then* Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, "Boil the meat in the entrance to* the tent of assembly, and there you must eat it and the bread that is in the basket of the consecration offering, just as I have commanded, saying, 'Aaron and his sons must eat it,'

¹³ And the custom of the priests with the people was this: When any man _⌊brought a sacrifice_⌋,* as the meat was boiling, the servant of the priest would take a three-pronged meat fork in his hand ¹⁴ and would thrust it into the pan or into the kettle or into the cauldron or into the cooking pot. All that the meat fork brought up the priest would take for himself. This is what they used to do to all of the Israelites who came there at Shiloh.

²⁰ And he said to me, "This is the place where the priests will boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering in order not to bring them out to the outer courtyard to make the people holy. ²¹ And he brought me to the outer courtyard and led me past the four corners of the courtyard; and look, _⌊there was a courtyard in each corner of the courtyard_⌋.* ²² In the four corners of the courtyard were small* courtyards forty cubits in length and thirty cubits in width, each with _⌊the same measurements_⌋* for the four of them with corners.* ²³ And a row was all around inside* them, and cooking-places were made under the rows of stones* all around. ²⁴ And he said to me, "These are the houses for* cooking, where the ones serving the temple shall cook the sacrifices of the people."

²¹ And every cooking pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to Yahweh of hosts, and all those who sacrifice will come and will take from them, and will cook in them, and there will be no longer a _⌊trader_⌋* in the house* of Yahweh of hosts on that day.

¹⁷ But Jacob traveled on to Succoth, and he built for himself a house, and he made shelters for his livestock. Therefore he called the name of the place Succoth.

¹⁶ the waters flowing down from above stood still; they stood up in one heap very far from Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, while the waters flowing down to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea,* _⌊were completely cut off_⌋;* and the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

²⁷ in the valley of Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, Zaphon, and the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and its banks,* up to the lower end of the Kinnereth Sea* beyond the Jordan to the east.

¹² Baanah the son of Ahilud was in Taanach and Megiddo and all Beth-Shean which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, of Beth-Shean up to Abel-Meholah up to the other side of Jokmeam.

¹⁷ The king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay soil between Succoth and Zeredah.

³ And David provided much iron for nails for the doors of the gates and for the seams, and abundant copper that could not be weighed,

¹⁴ Now see, with great effort I have made provision for the house of Yahweh: 100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron that cannot be weighed, for there is an abundance. Also timber and stone I have provided, but to these you should add.

¹⁶ with gold, silver, bronze, and iron without number. Arise and work! Yahweh will be with you!"

¹⁸ Solomon made all these utensils in great abundance, for the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

²³ "And you will make a table of acacia wood, two cubits its length and a cubit its width and a cubit and a half its height. ²⁴ And you will overlay it with pure gold, and you will make for it a gold molding all around. ²⁵ And you will make for it a handbreadth rim all around, and you will make a gold molding for its rim all around. ²⁶ And you will make four gold rings for it, and you will put the rings on the four corners where its four _⌊legs_⌋* are. ²⁷ The rings will be near the rim as _⌊holders_⌋* for poles to carry the table. ²⁸ And you will make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and the table will be carried with them. ²⁹ And you will make its plates and its ladles* and its pitchers and its bowls with which libations will be poured; of pure gold you will make them. ³⁰ And you will put on the table the bread of presence to be before me continually.

¹ "And you will make an altar for burning incense; you will make it of acacia wood, ² a cubit its length and a cubit its width—it will be square—and two cubits its height, its horns _⌊of one piece with it_⌋.* ³ And you will overlay it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around and its horns, and you will make for it a gold molding all around. ⁴ And you will make two gold rings for it; under its molding _⌊on two opposite sides_⌋* you will make them as _⌊holders_⌋* for poles to carry it with them. ⁵ You will make the poles of acacia wood, and you will overlay them with gold.

¹⁰ And he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits its length and a cubit its width and a cubit and a half its height. ¹¹ And he overlaid it with pure gold, and he made for it a gold molding all around. ¹² And he made for it a handbreadth rim all around, and he made a gold molding for its rim all around. ¹³ And he cast for it four gold rings, and he put the rings on the four corners where its four _⌊legs_⌋* were. ¹⁴ The rings were near the rim as _⌊holders_⌋* for the poles to carry the table. ¹⁵ And he made the poles of acacia wood, and he overlaid them with gold to carry the table. ¹⁶ And he made the vessels that were on the table—its plates and its ladles,* and its bowls and its pitchers with which libations were poured—of pure gold.

²⁵ And he made the incense altar of acacia wood, a cubit its length and a cubit its width—a square—and two cubits its height; its horns were _⌊of one piece with it_⌋.* ²⁶ And he overlaid it with pure gold—its top and its sides all around and its horns—and he made for it a gold molding all around. ²⁷ And he made for it two gold rings under its molding _⌊on two opposite sides_⌋* as _⌊holders_⌋* for poles to carry it with them. ²⁸ And he made the poles of acacia wood, and he overlaid them with gold. ²⁹ And he made the holy anointing oil and the pure fragrant incense—work of a perfumer.

³⁶ the table, all its equipment, and the bread of the presence;

³⁸ the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the screen of the entrance of the tent;

²² And he put the table in the tent of assembly on the north side of the tabernacle outside the curtain. ²³ And he arranged on it an arrangement of bread before Yahweh, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

²⁶ And he placed the gold altar in the tent of assembly before the curtain.

⁵ "And you shall take finely milled flour, and you shall bake with it twelve ring-shaped bread cakes: each one shall be two-tenths of an ephah. ⁶ And you shall place them in two rows, six to the row, on the pure gold* table _⌊before_⌋* Yahweh. ⁷ And you shall put pure frankincense on each* row so that* it shall be for the bread as a memorial offering, an offering made by fire for Yahweh. ⁸ _⌊On every Sabbath_⌋* he shall arrange it in rows _⌊before_⌋* Yahweh continually; they are from the _⌊Israelites_⌋* as an everlasting* covenant. ⁹ And it shall be for Aaron and for his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place, because it is _⌊a most holy thing_⌋* for him from Yahweh's offerings made by fire—a _⌊lasting rule_⌋."*

¹⁹ So Solomon made all the objects that were in the house of God: the altar of gold; the tables upon which was the bread of the presence;

³⁹ And in the portico of the gate _⌊were two tables on each side_⌋* to slaughter the burnt offering on them and the sin offering and the guilt offering.

⁴² And four tables were for the burnt offering, and made of dressed stones, one cubit and a half* long and one cubit and a half wide and one cubit* high _⌊was their measurements_⌋,* and they placed the objects* with which they slaughtered the burnt offering on them and the sacrifice.

²² _⌊a wooden altar_⌋* that was three cubits* high, and its length was two cubits,* and its corners* for it and its length and its walls were of wood. And he spoke to me, "This is the table that is _⌊before_⌋* Yahweh."

¹⁶ "They shall come to my sanctuary, and they shall approach my table to serve me, and they will observe my requirement.

¹² "But you are profaning it by saying the table of the Lord is defiled, and its fruit—its food*—is despised!

²¹ You are not able to drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You are not able to share the table of the Lord and the table of demons.

³¹ "And you will make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand will be made of hammered work—its base and its branch,* its cups, its buds, and its blossoms will be from it. ³² And six branches will be going out from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its second side. ³³ Three almond-flower cups will be on the one branch with a bud and a blossom, and three almond-flower cups will be on the one branch with a bud and a blossom—likewise for the six branches going out from the lampstand. ³⁴ And on the lampstand will be four almond-flower cups, with its buds and its blossoms. ³⁵ And a bud will be under the two branches that come from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, likewise for the six branches coming out from the lampstand. ³⁶ Their buds and their branches will be from it, all of it one piece of pure gold hammered work. ³⁷ And you will make its seven lamps, and its lamps will be set up, and it will give light _⌊in the space in front of it_⌋.* ³⁸ And its snuffers and its fire pans will be pure gold. ³⁹ It will be made from a talent of pure gold, with all these pieces of equipment. ⁴⁰ And see and make all according to their pattern, which you were shown in the mountain.

¹⁷ And he made the lampstand of pure gold; he made the lampstand of hammered work—its base and its branch, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms were _⌊all part of it_⌋.* ¹⁸ And six branches were going out from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its second side. ¹⁹ Three almond-flower cups were on the one branch with a bud and a blossom, and three almond-flower cups were on the one branch with a bud and a blossom—likewise for the six branches going out from the lampstand. ²⁰ And on the lampstand were four almond-flower cups, with its* buds and its blossoms. ²¹ And a bud was under the two branches that came from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, likewise for the six branches coming out from the lampstand. ²² Their buds and their branches were from it, all of it one piece of pure gold, hammered work. ²³ And he made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its fire pans of pure gold. ²⁴ He made it from a talent of pure gold and all its pieces of equipment.

³⁷ the pure gold lampstand, its lamps—the lamps of the row—and all its equipment and the oil of the light;

²⁴ And he placed the lampstand in the tent of assembly opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle. ²⁵ And he set up the lamps before Yahweh, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

⁹ They will take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand for the light source, its lamps, a pair of its tongs, its small pans, and all the vessels of its oil with which they attend to it.

⁷ And he made ten golden lampstands according to their custom, and he set them in the temple, five on the south and five on the north.

²⁰ the lampstands, and the lamps for burning according to the custom before the inner sanctuary, of solid gold;

¹ And the angel who was talking with me returned, and he wakened me as one who is wakened from his sleep. ² And he said to me, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see, and look, _⌊a lampstand all of gold_⌋,* and a bowl was on its top, and its seven lamps on it, and seven lips on each of the lamps that are on its top. ³ And there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left."

¹¹ And I answered and said to him, "What are these two olive trees on the right of the lampstand and on its left?" ¹² And I replied a second time and asked him, "What are these two twigs of olive trees* on the right of the lampstand and on its left?" ¹³ And he replied to me, "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my lord." ¹⁴ And he said, "These are the two _⌊anointed ones_⌋* standing by the Lord of the whole earth."

¹⁴ You are the light of the world. A city located on top of a hill cannot be hidden, ¹⁵ nor do they light a lamp and place it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it shines on all those in the house. ¹⁶ In the same way let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

²⁰ As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lampstands—the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

²⁹ And you will make its plates and its ladles* and its pitchers and its bowls with which libations will be poured; of pure gold you will make them.

¹² And he shall take a* censer full of _⌊burning charcoal_⌋* from upon the altar from _⌊before_⌋* Yahweh and _⌊two handfuls_⌋* of incense of powdered fragrant perfumes, and he shall bring it _⌊from behind_⌋* the curtain,

⁸⁶ the twelve golden dishes filled with incense, each dish weighing ten shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, all the gold of the dishes one hundred and twenty;

³³ And he set up the courtyard all around the tabernacle and the altar, and he put up the screen of the gate of the courtyard, and Moses completed the work.

⁷ David took the small round gold shields which had _⌊belonged_⌋* to the servants of Hadadezer, and he brought them to Jerusalem. ⁸ From Betah and from Berothai, the towns of Hadadezer, King David took very many bronze items. ⁹ When Toi, the king of Hamath, heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer, ¹⁰ Toi sent Joram his son to King David _⌊to greet him_⌋* and to congratulate him because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him; _⌊for Hadadezer had often been at war with Toi_⌋.* _⌊He brought with him_⌋* objects of silver and objects of gold and objects of bronze. ¹¹ King David dedicated them also to Yahweh along with the silver and the gold that he had dedicated from all of the nations which he had subdued;

⁷ And David took small round shields of gold that were upon the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem. ⁸ And from Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David captured very much bronze. Solomon made the bronze sea with it along with the columns and objects of bronze.

¹⁰ he sent Hadoram his son to King David to ask him for peace and to bless him because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him, for Tou _⌊had been at war_⌋* with Hadadezer. And he brought with him all the objects of gold, silver, and bronze. ¹¹ King David dedicated these also to Yahweh, along with the silver and gold that he had taken from all the nations, from Edom, Moab, the sons of Ammon, the Philistines, and Amalek.

²⁶ That Shelomoth and his brothers were over all the treasuries of the sanctified objects that King David and the heads of the _⌊families_⌋* to the commanders of thousands and hundreds and the commanders of the army had dedicated. ²⁷ From the battles and from the spoil they had dedicated these things to strengthen the house of Yahweh. ²⁸ And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah had dedicated—all the dedicated gifts were under the hand of Shelomith and his brothers.

¹¹ Then David gave to Solomon his son the plan of the vestibule and of its houses, its treasuries, its upper rooms, its inner chambers, and of the house of the lid of the ark, ¹² and the plan of all _⌊that he had in mind_⌋* for the courtyards of the house of Yahweh and for all the surrounding storage rooms, the treasuries of the house of God, and the treasuries for sanctified objects, ¹³ and for the working groups of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of Yahweh, and for all the vessels for the service of the house of Yahweh, ¹⁴ and for the gold, according to the weight of the gold for all the vessels of the service, and the service of all the vessels of silver according to the weight of all the vessels _⌊for every kind of service_⌋.* ¹⁵ And the weight of the golden lampstands and the golden lamps, _⌊the weight of each lampstand and each lamp_⌋,* and the silver according to the weight of a lampstand and its lamp, according to the use of _⌊each lampstand_⌋,* ¹⁶ and the weight of gold for the tables of the arranged bread, _⌊each table_⌋,* and silver for the tables of silver, ¹⁷ and pure gold for the three-pronged meat forks, and the bowls and the pitchers, and for the golden bowls, by weight for _⌊each bowl_⌋,* and for the silver bowls, by weight for _⌊each bowl_⌋,* ¹⁸ and for the altar of incense made of refined gold, by weight, and gold for the plan for the chariot—the cherubim with outspread and covering wings over the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.

² So I have provided for the house of my God according to all my strength, the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, the bronze for the things of bronze, the iron for the things of iron, and the wood for the things of wood, along with an abundance of onyx stones, stones for settings, stones of turquoise, and variegated stones, and all kinds of precious stones and alabaster stones. ³ And moreover, with respect to my provisions for the house of my God I have a treasure of gold and silver that I have given to the house of my God above all that I have provided for the holy house: ⁴ three thousand talents of gold from the gold of Ophir and seven thousand talents of refined silver to overlay the walls of the houses, ⁵ gold for the golden things and silver for the silver things, for all the work by the hand of skilled craftsmen. Now who will offer willingly, _⌊consecrating himself_⌋* today to Yahweh?" ⁶ Then the commanders of the _⌊families_⌋,* the commanders of the tribes of Israel, and the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and the commanders of the work of the king offered themselves willingly. ⁷ And they gave for the service of the house of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and one hundred thousand talents of iron. ⁸ And whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of Yahweh under the authority* of Jehiel the Gershonite.

¹ When all the work that Solomon did for the house of Yahweh was finished, Solomon brought the holy objects of David his father: the silver, the gold, and all the objects he had put into the storehouses of the house of God.

¹⁵ This house was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

⁹ "The hands of Zerubbabel have founded this house, and his hands will finish it. And you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you.