More Facts About the Temple
1Solomon made a bronze altar 30 feet long, 30 feet wide and 15 feet high. 2He made a huge metal bowl for washing. Its shape was round. It measured 15 feet from rim to rim. It was seven and a half feet high. And it was 45 feet around. 3Below the rim there was a circle of bull figures around the bowl. In every 18 inches around the bowl there were ten bulls. The bulls were arranged in two rows. They were made as part of the bowl itself.
4The bowl stood on 12 bulls. Three of them faced north. Three faced west. Three faced south. And three faced east. The bowl rested on top of them. Their rear ends were toward the center. 5The bowl was three inches thick. Its rim was like the rim of a cup. The rim was shaped like the bloom of a lily. The bowl held 18,000 gallons of water.
6Solomon made ten smaller bowls for washing. He placed five of them on the south side of the huge bowl. He placed the other five on the north side. The things used for the burnt offerings were rinsed in the smaller bowls. But the priests used the huge bowl for washing.
7Solomon made ten gold lampstands. He followed the pattern the Lord had given him. He placed the lampstands in the temple. He put five of them on the south side. He put the other five on the north side.
8He made ten tables. He placed them in the temple. He put five of them on the south side. He put the other five on the north side. He also made 100 gold sprinkling bowls.
9He made the courtyard of the priests. He also made the large courtyard. He made doors for it. He covered the doors with bronze. 10He placed the huge bowl on the south side of the courtyard. He put it at the southeast corner.
11And Huram also made the pots, shovels and sprinkling bowls.
So Huram finished the work he had started for King Solomon. Here’s what he made for God’s temple.
12He made the two pillars.
He made the two tops for the pillars. The tops were shaped like bowls.
He made the two sets of chains that were linked together. They decorated the two bowl-shaped tops of the pillars.
13He made the 400 pomegranates for the two sets of chains. There were two rows of pomegranates for each chain. They decorated the bowl-shaped tops of the pillars.
14He made the stands and their bowls.
15He made the huge bowl. He made the 12 bulls that were under it.
16He made the pots, shovels and meat forks. He also made all the things used with them.
Huram-Abi made all these objects for King Solomon for the Lord’s temple. He made them out of bronze. Then he shined them up. 17The king had them made in clay molds. It was done on the plains of the Jordan River between Sukkoth and Zarethan. 18Solomon made huge numbers of these things. There were too many of them to weigh. In fact, it was impossible to add up the weight of all the bronze.
19Solomon also made all the objects that were in God’s temple.
He made the golden altar.
He made the tables for the holy bread.
20He made the pure gold lampstands and their lamps. The lamps burned in front of the Most Holy Room, just as the law required.
21He made the gold flowers. He made the gold lamps and tongs. They were made out of solid gold.
22He made the wick cutters, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and shallow cups for burning incense. All of them were made out of pure gold. He made the gold doors of the temple. They were the inner doors to the Most Holy Room and the doors of the main hall.
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神殿の器具の製作
1王はさらに、長さと幅が二十キュビト、高さ十キュビトの青銅の祭壇を作りました。 2それから、直径が十キュビトもある大洗盤も作りました。その縁は床から五キュビトの高さにあり、縁の周囲は三十キュビトでした。 3その洗盤は二段に並んだ金属製の牛の背に載っていました。 4牛は全部で十二頭で、互いに尻尾を合わせるようにして立っていました。三頭ずつ、それぞれ顔を北、西、南、東に向けていました。 5洗盤の厚さは一手幅（七・四センチ）あり、容量は三千バテ（六十九キロリットル）。縁は杯のようにゆりの花をかたどっていました。
6次に、いけにえを洗う洗盤を十個作り、五個を右側に、五個を左側に置きました。大洗盤は、祭司たちが体をきよめる時に用いました。
7さらに規定に従って、金の燭台十個を念入りに鋳造し、五個を神殿内の右側に、五個を左側に置きました。 8机を十個作り、それも五個を神殿内の右側に、五個は左側に置きました。また、金の鉢を百個鋳造しました。 9さらに、祭司たち用の庭と大庭を作り、それぞれの入口の扉に青銅を張りました。 10大洗盤は神殿の外の南東の隅に置きました。
11フラム・アビは、いけにえをささげる時に用いる鉢、十能、灰つぼを作りました。こうして彼は、ソロモン王から受けた仕事を完成させたのです。
12-16それらは、二本の柱、二本の柱の上にある二つの柱頭、柱頭に取りつけられた二組の鎖、二組の柱頭の鎖から垂れ下がる四百個のざくろ、洗盤の台と、洗盤の本体、大洗盤と、それを載せる十二頭の牛、鉢、十能、肉刺し。
熟練した職工のフラム・アビは、ソロモン王のために、これらすべてのものをみがき上げた青銅で作りました。 17-18スコテとツェレダとの間にあるヨルダン渓谷の粘土層の地で、これらのものを鋳造したのです。用いられた青銅はあまりに大量で、重さを量りきれないほどでした。
19しかし、神殿内のものは金だけを使いました。祭壇、供えのパンを載せる机などの器具類は全部金で作るよう、王が指示したからです。 20-22燭台、ともしび皿、花模様の飾り、火ばし、芯切りばさみ、鉢、さじ、火皿なども、すべて純金で作りました。神殿の入口と扉、至聖所に通じる扉も、すべて金で作りました。
