It was a handbreadththick,and its brimwas madelike the brimof a cup,[as] a lilyblossom;it could holdtwo thousandbaths.
There was cedaron the housewithin,carved[in the shape] of gourdsand openflowers;allwas cedar,therewas nostoneseen.
So [he made] twodoorsof olivewood,and he carvedon them carvingsof cherubim,palmtrees,and openflowers,and overlaidthem with gold;and he spreadthe goldon the cherubimand on the palmtrees.
He carved[on it] cherubim,palmtrees,and openflowers;and he overlaid[them] with goldevenlyappliedon the engravedwork.
The capitalswhich[were] on the topof the pillarsin the porchwere of lilydesign,fourcubits.
It stoodon twelveoxen,threefacingnorth,threefacingwest,threefacingsouth,and threefacingeast;and the sea[was set] on topof them, and alltheir rearparts[turned] inward.
Then he madethe tenstandsof bronze;the lengthof eachstandwas fourcubitsand its widthfourcubitsand its heightthreecubits.
He madetenbasinsof bronze,onebasinheldfortybaths;eachbasin[was] fourcubits,[and] on eachof the tenstands[was] onebasin.
It was a handbreadththick,and its brimwas madelike the brimof a cup,[like] a lilyblossom;it could hold3000baths.
"You shall makefor it a rimof a handbreadtharound[it]; and you shall makea goldborderfor the rimaroundit.
As for the pillars,the heightof eachpillar[was] eighteencubits,and it [was] twelvecubitsin circumferenceand fourfingersin thickness,[and] hollow.
"The ephahand the bathshall be the samequantity,so that the bathwill containa tenthof a homerand the ephaha tenthof a homer;their standardshall be accordingto the homer.
and the prescribedportionof oil([namely], the bathof oil),a tenthof a bathfrom [each] kor([which is] tenbaths[or] a homer,for tenbathsare a homer);