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 a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim , round in compass , and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about . 3And under it was the similitude of oxen , which did compass it round about : ten in a cubit , compassing the sea round about . Two rows of oxen were 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 above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward . 5And the thickness of it was an handbreadth , and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup , with flowers of lilies ; and 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 they offered for 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 ten candlesticks of gold according to their form , and 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 an hundred basons 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 east end , over against the south .
The Furnishings of the Temple
11And Huram made the pots , and the shovels , and the basons . And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God ; 12To wit , the two pillars , and the pommels , and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars , and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars ; 13And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths ; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath , to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars . 14He made also bases , and lavers made he upon the bases ; 15One sea , and twelve oxen under it. 16The pots also, and the shovels , and the fleshhooks , and all their instruments , did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass . 17In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah . 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 for the house of God , the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set; 20Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps , that they should burn after the manner before the oracle , of pure gold ; 21And the flowers , and the lamps , and the tongs , made he of gold , and that perfect gold ; 22And the snuffers , and the basons , and the spoons , and the censers , of pure gold : and the entry of the house , the inner doors thereof for the most holy place , and the doors of the house of the temple , were of gold .