1Moreover he made an altar of brass , twenty cubits the length thereof , and twenty cubits the breadth thereof , and ten cubits the height thereof .
The Bronze Sea and Its Significance
2Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim , round in compass ; and the height thereof was five cubits ; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about . 3And under it was the likeness of oxen , which did compass it round about , for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about . The oxen were in two rows , cast when it was cast . 4It stood upon twelve oxen , three looking toward the north , and three looking toward the west , and three looking toward the south , and three looking toward the east : and the sea was set upon them above , and all their hinder parts were inward . 5And it was a handbreadth thick ; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup , like the flower of a lily : it received and held three thousand baths . 6He made also ten lavers , and put five on the right hand , and five on the left , to wash in them ; such things as belonged to the burnt-offering they washed in them ; but the sea was for the priests to wash in .
The Ten Basins and Their Purpose
7And he made the ten candlesticks of gold according to the ordinance concerning them ; and he set them in the temple , five on the right hand , and five on the left . 8He made also ten tables , and placed them in the temple , five on the right side , and five on the left . And he made a hundred basins of gold . 9Furthermore he made the court of the priests , and the great court , and doors for the court , and overlaid the doors of them with brass . 10And he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward , toward the south .
The Furnishings of the Temple
11And Huram made the pots , and the shovels , and the basins . So Huram made an end of doing the work that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of God: 12the two pillars , and the bowls , and the two capitals which were on the top of the pillars , and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the 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 that were upon the pillars . 14He made also the bases , and the lavers made he upon the bases ; 15one sea , and the twelve oxen under it . 16The pots also , and the shovels , and the flesh-hooks, and all the vessels thereof , did Huram his father make for king Solomon , for the house of Jehovah , of bright brass . 17In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah . 18Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance : for the weight of the brass could not be found out . 19And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God, the golden altar also , and the tables whereon was the showbread ; 20and the candlesticks with their lamps , to burn according to the ordinance before the oracle , of pure gold ; 21and the flowers , and the lamps , and the tongs , of gold , and that perfect gold ; 22and the snuffers , and the basins , and the spoons , and the firepans , of pure gold . And as for the entry of the house , the inner doors thereof for the most holy place , and the doors of the house , to wit , of the temple , were of gold .