The Temple's Furnishings
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Moreover he made a a bronze altar: twenty cubits was its length, twenty cubits its width, and ten cubits its height.
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b Then he made the Sea of cast bronze, ten cubits from one brim to the other; it was completely round. Its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.
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c And under it was the likeness of oxen encircling it all around, ten to a cubit, all the way around the Sea. The oxen were cast in two rows, when it was cast.
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It stood on twelve d oxen: three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; the Sea was set upon them, and all their back parts pointed inward.
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It was a handbreadth thick; and its brim was shaped like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It contained three thousand baths.
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He also made e ten lavers, and put five on the right side and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as they offered for the burnt offering they would wash in them, but the Sea was for the f priests to wash in.
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g And he made ten lampstands of gold h according to their design, and set them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left.
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i He 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 j bowls of gold.
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Furthermore k he made the court of the priests, and the l great court and doors for the court; and he overlaid these doors with bronze.
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m He set the Sea on the right side, toward the southeast.
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Then n Huram made the pots and the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing the work that he was to do for King Solomon for the house of God:
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the two pillars and o the bowl-shaped capitals that were on top of the two pillars; the two networks covering the two bowl-shaped capitals which were on top of the pillars;
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p four hundred pomegranates for the two networks (two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowl-shaped capitals that were on the pillars);
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he also made q carts and the lavers on the carts;
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one Sea and twelve oxen under it;
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also the pots, the shovels, the forks - and all their articles r Huram his master craftsman made of burnished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the LORD.
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In the plain of Jordan the king had them cast in clay molds, between Succoth and Zeredah.
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s And Solomon had all these articles made in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was not determined.
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Thus t Solomon had all the furnishings made for the house of God: the altar of gold and the tables on which was u the showbread;
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the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn v in the prescribed manner in front of the inner sanctuary,
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with w the flowers and the lamps and the wick-trimmers of gold, of purest gold;
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the trimmers, the bowls, the ladles, and the censers of pure gold. As for the entry of the sanctuary, its inner doors to the Most Holy Place, and the doors of the main hall of the temple, were gold.
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So a all the work that Solomon had done for the house of the LORD was finished; and Solomon brought in the things which his father David had dedicated: the silver and the gold and all the furnishings. And he put them in the treasuries of the house of God.
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Exodus 27:1
You shall make an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide - the altar shall be square - and its height shall be three cubits.
Exodus 27:2
You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it. And you shall overlay it with bronze.
2 Kings 16:14
He also brought the bronze altar which was before the LORD, from the front of the temple - from between the new altar and the house of the LORD - and put it on the north side of the new altar.
Ezekiel 43:13
These are the measurements of the altar in cubits (the cubit is one cubit and a handbreadth): the base one cubit high and one cubit wide, with a rim all around its edge of one span. This is the height of the altar:
Ezekiel 43:16
The altar hearth is twelve cubits long, twelve wide, square at its four corners.
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Exodus 30:17 - 21
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
1 Kings 7:23 - 26
And he made the Sea of cast bronze, ten cubits from one brim to the other; it was completely round. Its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.
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1 Kings 7:24 - 26
Below its brim were ornamental buds encircling it all around, ten to a cubit, all the way around the Sea. The ornamental buds were cast in two rows when it was cast.
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1 Kings 7:25
It stood on twelve oxen: three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; the Sea was set upon them, and all their back parts pointed inward.
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1 Kings 7:38
Then he made ten lavers of bronze; each laver contained forty baths, and each laver was four cubits. On each of the ten carts was a laver.
1 Kings 7:40
Huram made the lavers and the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing all the work that he was to do for King Solomon for the house of the LORD:
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Exodus 30:19 - 21
For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in water from it.
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1 Kings 7:49
The lampstands of pure gold, five on the right side and five on the left in front of the inner sanctuary, with the flowers and the lamps and the wick-trimmers of gold.
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Exodus 25:31
You shall also make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand shall be of hammered work. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its ornamental knobs, and flowers shall be of one piece.
1 Chronicles 28:12
And the plans for all that he had by the Spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, of all the chambers all around, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries for the dedicated things.
1 Chronicles 28:19
"All this, " said David, "the LORD made me understand in writing, by His hand upon me, all the works of these plans."
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1 Kings 7:48
Thus Solomon had all the furnishings made for the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold on which was the showbread.
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1 Chronicles 28:17
Also pure gold for the forks, the basins, the pitchers of pure gold, and the golden bowls - he gave gold by weight for every bowl; and for the silver bowls, silver by weight for every bowl.
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1 Kings 6:36
And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone and a row of cedar beams.
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2 Kings 21:5
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
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1 Kings 7:39
And he put five carts on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house. He set the Sea on the right side of the house, toward the southeast.
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1 Kings 7:40 - 51
Huram made the lavers and the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing all the work that he was to do for King Solomon for the house of the LORD:
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1 Kings 7:41
The two pillars, the two bowl-shaped capitals that were on top of the two pillars; the two networks covering the two bowl-shaped capitals which were on top of the pillars.
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1 Kings 7:20
The capitals on the two pillars also had pomegranates above, by the convex surface which was next to the network; and there were two hundred such pomegranates in rows on each of the capitals all around.
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1 Kings 7:27
He also made ten carts of bronze; four cubits was the length of each cart, four cubits its width, and three cubits its height.
1 Kings 7:43
The ten carts, and ten lavers on the carts.
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1 Kings 7:45
The pots, the shovels, and the bowls. All these articles which Huram made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of burnished bronze.
2 Chronicles 2:13
And now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, Huram my master craftsman
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1 Kings 7:47
And Solomon did not weigh all the articles, because there were so many; the weight of the bronze was not determined.
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1 Kings 7:48 - 50
Thus Solomon had all the furnishings made for the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold on which was the showbread.
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Exodus 25:30
And you shall set the showbread on the table before Me always.
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Exodus 27:20
And you shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually.
Exodus 27:21
In the tabernacle of meeting, outside the veil which is before the Testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening until morning before the LORD. It shall be a statute forever to their generations on behalf of the children of Israel.
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Exodus 25:31
You shall also make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand shall be of hammered work. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its ornamental knobs, and flowers shall be of one piece.
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1 Kings 7:51
So all the work that King Solomon had done for the house of the LORD was finished; and Solomon brought in the things which his father David had dedicated: the silver and the gold and the furnishings. He put them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
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