| English Standard Version | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1He made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high. | 1He made a bronze altar 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high. |
| 2Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. | 2Then he made the cast metal basin, 15 feet from brim to brim, perfectly round. It was 7 1/2 feet high and 45 feet in circumference. |
| 3Under it were figures of gourds, for ten cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast. | 3The likeness of oxen was below it, completely encircling it, ten every half yard, completely surrounding the basin. The oxen were cast in two rows when the basin was cast. |
| 4It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set on them, and all their rear parts were inward. | 4It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The basin was on top of them and all their hindquarters were toward the center. |
| 5Its thickness was a handbreadth. And its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held 3,000 baths. | 5The basin was three inches thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup or a lily blossom. It could hold eleven thousand gallons. |
| 6He also made ten basins in which to wash, and set five on the south side, and five on the north side. In these they were to rinse off what was used for the burnt offering, and the sea was for the priests to wash in. | 6He made ten basins for washing and he put five on the right and five on the left. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the basin was used by the priests for washing. |
| 7And he made ten golden lampstands as prescribed, and set them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. | 7He made the ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and put them in the sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left. |
| 8He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. And he made a hundred basins of gold. | 8He made ten tables and placed them in the sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left. He also made a hundred gold bowls. |
| 9He made the court of the priests and the great court and doors for the court and overlaid their doors with bronze. | 9He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court, and doors for the court. He overlaid the doors with bronze. |
| 10And he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house. | 10He put the basin on the right side, toward the southeast. |
| 11Hiram also made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of God: | 11Then Huram made the pots, the shovels, and the bowls. So Huram finished doing the work that he was doing for King Solomon in God's temple: |
| 12the 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; | 12two pillars; the bowls and the capitals on top of the two pillars; the two gratings for covering both bowls of the capitals that were on top of the pillars; |
| 13and the 400 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. | 13the four hundred pomegranates for the two gratings (two rows of pomegranates for each grating covering both capitals' bowls on top of the pillars). |
| 14He made the stands also, and the basins on the stands, | 14He also made the water carts and the basins on the water carts. |
| 15and the one sea, and the twelve oxen underneath it. | 15The one basin and the twelve oxen underneath it, |
| 16The 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. | 16the pots, the shovels, the forks, and all their utensils--Huram-abi made them for King Solomon for the LORD's temple. All these were made of polished bronze. |
| 17In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah. | 17The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zeredah. |
| 18Solomon made all these things in great quantities, for the weight of the bronze was not sought. | 18Solomon made all these utensils in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was not determined. |
| 19So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God: the golden altar, the tables for the bread of the Presence, | 19Solomon also made all the equipment in God's temple: the gold altar; the tables on which to put the Bread of the Presence; |
| 20the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn before the inner sanctuary, as prescribed; | 20the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn in front of the inner sanctuary according to specifications; |
| 21the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of purest gold; | 21the flowers, lamps, and gold tongs--of purest gold; |
| 22the snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and fire pans, of pure gold, and the sockets of the temple, for the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and for the doors of the nave of the temple were of gold. | 22the wick trimmers, sprinkling basins, ladles, and firepans--of purest gold; and the entryway to the temple, its inner doors to the most holy place, and the doors of the temple sanctuary--of gold. |
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