| Holman Christian Standard Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1He made a bronze altar 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high. | 1Then he made a bronze altar, twenty cubits in length and twenty cubits in width and ten cubits in height. |
| 2Then he made the cast metal reservoir, 15 feet from brim to brim, perfectly round. It was 7 1/2 feet high and 45 feet in circumference. | 2Also he made the cast metal sea, ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits and its circumference thirty cubits. |
| 3The likeness of oxen was below it, completely encircling it, 10 every half yard, completely surrounding the reservoir. The oxen were cast in two rows when the reservoir was cast. | 3Now figures like oxen were under it and all around it, ten cubits, entirely encircling the sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast in one piece. |
| 4It stood on 12 oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The reservoir was on top of them and all their hindquarters were toward the center. | 4It stood on twelve oxen, three facing the north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east; and the sea was set on top of them and all their hindquarters turned inwards. |
| 5The reservoir was three inches thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup or a lily blossom. It could hold 11,000 gallons. | 5It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom; it could hold 3,000 baths. |
| 6He made 10 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 reservoir was used by the priests for washing. | 6He also made ten basins in which to wash, and he set five on the right side and five on the left to rinse things for the burnt offering; but the sea was for the priests to wash in. |
| 7He made the 10 gold lampstands according to their specifications and put them in the sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left. | 7Then he made the ten golden lampstands in the way prescribed for them and he set them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. |
| 8He made 10 tables and placed them in the sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left. He also made 100 gold bowls. | 8He 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 golden bowls. |
| 9He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court, and doors for the court. He overlaid the doors with bronze. | 9Then he made the court of the priests and the great court and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze. |
| 10He put the reservoir on the right side, toward the southeast. | 10He set the sea on the right side of the house toward the southeast. |
| 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: | 11Huram also made the pails, the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing the work which he performed for King Solomon in the house of God: |
| 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; | 12the two pillars, the bowls and the two capitals on top of the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on top of the pillars, |
| 13the 400 pomegranates for the two gratings (two rows of pomegranates for each grating covering both capitals' bowls on top of the pillars). | 13and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the pillars. |
| 14He also made the water carts and the basins on the water carts. | 14He also made the stands and he made the basins on the stands, |
| 15The one reservoir and the 12 oxen underneath it, | 15and the one sea with the twelve oxen under it. |
| 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. | 16The pails, the shovels, the forks and all its utensils, Huram-abi made of polished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the LORD. |
| 17The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zeredah. | 17On the plain of the Jordan the king cast them in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah. |
| 18Solomon made all these utensils in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was not determined. | 18Thus Solomon made all these utensils in great quantities, for the weight of the bronze could not be found out. |
| 19Solomon also made all the equipment in God's temple: the gold altar; the tables on which to put the bread of the Presence; | 19Solomon also made all the things that were in the house of God: even the golden altar, the tables with the bread of the Presence on them, |
| 20the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn in front of the inner sanctuary according to specifications; | 20the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary in the way prescribed; |
| 21the flowers, lamps, and gold tongs--of purest gold; | 21the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of gold, of purest 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. | 22and the snuffers, the bowls, the spoons and the firepans of pure gold; and the entrance of the house, its inner doors for the holy of holies and the doors of the house, that is, of the nave, of gold. |
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