The Furnishings for the Temple

4¹ And he maketh an altar of brass, twenty cubits its length, and twenty cubits its breadth, and ten cubits its height. ² And he maketh the molten sea; ten by the cubit, from its edge unto its edge, round in compass, and five by the cubit its height, and a line of thirty by the cubit doth compass it, round about. ³ And the likeness of oxen 'is' under it, all round about encompassing it, ten in the cubit, compassing the sea round about; two rows of oxen are cast in its being cast. ⁴ It is standing on twelve oxen, three facing the north, and three facing the west, and three facing the south, and three facing the east, and the sea 'is' upon them above, and all their hinder parts 'are' within. ⁵ And its thickness 'is' a handbreadth, and its lip as the work of the lip of a cup flowered with lilies; taking hold—baths three thousand it containeth. ⁶ And he maketh ten lavers, and putteth five on the right, and five on the left, to wash with them; the work of the burnt-offering they purge with them; and the sea 'is' for priests to wash with. ⁷ And he maketh the ten candlesticks of gold, according to their ordinance, and placeth in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left. ⁸ And he maketh ten tables, and placeth in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left; and he maketh bowls of gold a hundred. ⁹ And he maketh the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and their doors he hath overlaid with brass. ¹⁰ And the sea he hath placed on the right shoulder eastward, over-against the south.

¹¹ And Huram maketh the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls, and Huram finisheth to make the work that he made for king Solomon in the house of God; ¹² two pillars, and the bowls, and the crowns on the heads of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two bowls of the crowns that 'are' on the heads of the pillars; ¹³ and the pomegranates four hundred to the two wreaths, two rows of pomegranates to the one wreath, to cover the two bowls of the crowns that 'are' on the front of the pillars. ¹⁴ And the bases he hath made; and the lavers he hath made on the bases; ¹⁵ the one sea, and the twelve oxen under it, ¹⁶ and the pots, and the shovels, and the forks, and all their vessels, hath Huram his father made for king Solomon, for the house of Jehovah, of brass purified. ¹⁷ In the circuit of the Jordan hath the king cast them, in the thick soil of the ground, between Succoth and Zeredathah. ¹⁸ And Solomon maketh all these vessels in great abundance, that the weight of the brass hath not been searched out. ¹⁹ And Solomon maketh all the vessels that 'are for' the house of God, and the altar of gold, and the tables, and on them 'is' bread of the presence; ²⁰ and the candlesticks, and their lamps, for their burning according to the ordinance, before the oracle, of gold refined; ²¹ and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold—it 'is' the perfection of gold; ²² and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and the censers, of gold refined, and the opening of the house, its innermost doors to the holy of holies, and the doors of the house to the temple, of gold.

5¹ And all the work that Solomon made for the house of Jehovah is finished, and Solomon bringeth in the sanctified things of David his father, and the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels he hath put among the treasures of the house of God.

Solomon Brings the Ark into the Temple

² Then doth Solomon assemble the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, princes of the fathers of the sons of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah from the city of David—it 'is' Zion. ³ And assembled unto the king are all the men of Israel in the feast—it 'is' the seventh month; ⁴ and all the elders of Israel come in, and the Levites lift up the ark, ⁵ and they bring up the ark, and the tent of meeting, and all the vessels of the sanctuary that 'are' in the tent; brought them up have the priests, the Levites; ⁶ and king Solomon and all the company of Israel who are convened unto him before the ark are sacrificing sheep and oxen, that are not counted nor numbered from multitude. ⁷ And the priests bring in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah unto its place, unto the oracle of the house, unto the holy of holies, unto the place of the wings of the cherubs; ⁸ and the cherubs are spreading out wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubs cover over the ark, and over its staves, from above; ⁹ and they lengthen the staves, and the heads of the staves are seen out of the ark on the front of the oracle, and they are not seen without; and it is there unto this day. ¹⁰ There is nothing in the ark but the two tables that Moses gave in Horeb, where Jehovah covenanted with the sons of Israel, in their going out from Egypt.

¹¹ And it cometh to pass, in the going out of the priests from the sanctuary—for all the priests who are present have sanctified themselves, there is none to watch by courses, ¹² and the Levites, the singers, to all of them, to Asaph, to Heman, to Jeduthun, and to their sons, and to their brethren, clothed in white linen, with cymbals, and with psalteries, and harps, are standing on the east of the altar, and with them priests, to a hundred and twenty, blowing with trumpets— ¹³ yea, it cometh to pass, as one 'are' trumpeters and singers, to sound—one voice—to praise and to give thanks to Jehovah, and at the lifting up of the sound with trumpets, and with cymbals, and with instruments of song, and at giving praise to Jehovah, for good, for to the age 'is' His kindness, that the house is filled with a cloud—the house of Jehovah, ¹⁴ and the priests have not been able to stand to minister from the presence of the cloud, for the honour of Jehovah hath filled the house of God.

The Dedication of the Temple

6¹ Then said Solomon, 'Jehovah said—to dwell in thick darkness, ² and I—I have built a house of habitation for Thee, and a fixed place for Thy dwelling to the ages.' ³ And the king turneth round his face, and blesseth the whole assembly of Israel, and the whole assembly of Israel is standing, ⁴ and he saith, 'Blessed 'is' Jehovah, God of Israel, who hath spoken with His mouth with David my father, and with His hands hath fulfilled 'it', saying: ⁵ 'From the day that I brought out My people from the land of Egypt, I have not fixed on a city out of any of the tribes of Israel to build a house for my name being there, and I have not fixed on a man to be leader over My people Israel; ⁶ and I fix on Jerusalem for My name being there, and I fix on David to be over My people Israel. ⁷ 'And it is with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah God of Israel, ⁸ and Jehovah saith unto David my father, Because that it hath been with thy heart to build a house for My name, thou hast done well that it hath been with thy heart, ⁹ but thou dost not build the house, for thy son who cometh forth out from thy loins, he doth build the house for My name. ¹⁰ 'And Jehovah doth establish His word that He spake, and I rise up in the stead of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah spake, and I build the house for the name of Jehovah, God of Israel, ¹¹ and I place there the ark, where 'is' the covenant of Jehovah that He made with the sons of Israel.'

¹² And he standeth before the altar of Jehovah, over-against all the assembly of Israel, and spreadeth out his hand,— ¹³ for Solomon hath made a scaffold of brass, and putteth it in the midst of the court, five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth, and three cubits its height, and he standeth upon it, and kneeleth on his knees over-against all the assembly of Israel, and spreadeth forth his hands towards the heavens— ¹⁴ and saith, 'O Jehovah God of Israel, there is not like Thee a god in the heavens and in the earth, keeping the covenant and the kindness for Thy servants who are walking before Thee with all their heart; ¹⁵ who hast kept for Thy servant David my father that which Thou didst speak to him; yea, Thou dost speak with Thy mouth, and with Thy hand hast fulfilled 'it', as at this day. ¹⁶ 'And now, O Jehovah, God of Israel, keep for Thy servant David my father that which Thou didst speak to him, saying, There is not cut off to thee a man from before Me, sitting on the throne of Israel, only, if thy sons watch their way to walk in My law, as thou hast walked before Me. ¹⁷ 'And now, O Jehovah, God of Israel, is Thy word stedfast that Thou hast spoken to Thy servant, to David, ¹⁸ (for is it true?—God dwelleth with man on the earth! Lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens, do not contain Thee, how much less this house that I have built?) ¹⁹ 'And Thou hast turned unto the prayer of Thy servant, and unto his supplication, O Jehovah my God, to hearken unto the cry and unto the prayer that Thy servant is praying before Thee, ²⁰ for Thine eyes being open towards this house by day and by night, towards the place that Thou hast said to put Thy name there, to hearken unto the prayer that Thy servant prayeth towards this place. ²¹ 'And Thou hast hearkened unto the supplications of Thy servant, and of Thy people Israel, that they pray towards this place, and Thou dost hear from the place of Thy dwelling, from the heavens, and hast hearkened, and forgiven. ²² 'If a man doth sin against his neighbour, and he hath lifted up on him an oath to cause him to swear, and the oath hath come in before Thine altar in this house— ²³ then Thou dost hear from the heavens, and hast done, and hast judged Thy servants, to give back to the wicked, to put his way on his head, and to declare righteous the righteous, to give to him according to his righteousness. ²⁴ 'And if Thy people Israel is smitten before an enemy, because they sin against Thee, and they have turned back and confessed Thy name, and prayed and made supplication before Thee in this house— ²⁵ then Thou dost hear from the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy people Israel, and caused them to turn back unto the ground that Thou hast given to them, and to their fathers. ²⁶ 'In the heavens being restrained, and there is no rain, because they sin against Thee, and they have prayed towards this place, and confessed Thy name—from their sin they turn back because Thou dost afflict them— ²⁷ then Thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Israel, because Thou directest them unto the good way in which they walk, and hast given rain on Thy land that Thou hast given to Thy people for an inheritance. ²⁸ 'Famine, when it is in the land, pestilence, when it is, blasting, and mildew, locust, and caterpillar, when they are, when its enemies have distressed it in the land—its gates, any plague and any sickness; ²⁹ any prayer, any supplication that is for any man, and for all Thy people Israel, when they know each his own plague, and his own pain, and he hath spread out his hands towards this house: ³⁰ then Thou dost hear from the heavens, the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast forgiven, and hast given to each according to all his ways (because Thou knowest his heart, for Thou—Thou only—hast known the heart of the sons of men), ³¹ so that they fear Thee, to walk in Thy ways, all the days that they are living on the face of the ground that Thou hast given to our fathers. ³² 'And also, unto the stranger who is not of Thy people Israel, and he hath come from a land afar off for the sake of Thy great name, and Thy strong hand, and Thy stretched-out arm, and they have come in and prayed towards this house: ³³ then Thou dost hear from the heavens, from the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast done according to all that the stranger calleth unto Thee for: so that all the peoples of the earth do know Thy name, so as to fear Thee, as Thy people Israel, and to know that Thy name is called on this house that I have built. ³⁴ 'When Thy people doth go out to battle against its enemies in the way that Thou dost send them, and they have prayed unto Thee the way of this city that Thou hast fixed on, and the house that I have built for Thy name: ³⁵ then Thou hast heard from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and hast maintained their cause. ³⁶ 'When they sin against Thee—for there is not a man who sinneth not—and Thou hast been angry with them, and hast given them before an enemy, and taken them captive have their captors, unto a land far off or near; ³⁷ and they have turned 'it' back unto their heart in the land whither they have been taken captive, and have turned back, and made supplication unto Thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have done wickedly; ³⁸ yea, they have turned back unto Thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their captivity, whither they have taken them captive, and they have prayed the way of their land that Thou hast given to their fathers, and of the city that Thou hast chosen, and of the house that I have built for Thy name: ³⁹ then Thou hast heard from the heavens, from the settled place of Thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplications, and hast maintained their cause, and forgiven Thy people who have sinned against Thee. ⁴⁰ 'Now, my God, let, I beseech Thee, Thine eyes be open, and Thine ears attentive, to the prayer of this place: ⁴¹ and now, rise, O Jehovah God, to Thy rest, Thou, and the ark of Thy strength; Thy priests, O Jehovah God, are clothed with salvation, and Thy saints rejoice in the goodness, ⁴² O Jehovah God, turn not back the face of Thine anointed, be mindful of the kind acts of David Thy servant.'

²⁴ the Jews, therefore, came round about him, and said to him, 'Till when our soul dost thou hold in suspense? if thou art the Christ, tell us freely.' ²⁵ Jesus answered them, 'I told you, and ye do not believe; the works that I do in the name of my Father, these testify concerning me; ²⁶ but ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep, ²⁷ according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me, ²⁸ and life age-during I give to them, and they shall not perish—to the age, and no one shall pluck them out of my hand; ²⁹ my Father, who hath given to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck out of the hand of my Father; ³⁰ I and the Father are one.' ³¹ Therefore, again, did the Jews take up stones that they may stone him; ³² Jesus answered them, 'Many good works did I shew you from my Father; because of which work of them do ye stone me?' ³³ The Jews answered him, saying, 'For a good work we do not stone thee, but for evil speaking, and because thou, being a man, dost make thyself God.' ³⁴ Jesus answered them, 'Is it not having been written in your law: I said, ye are gods? ³⁵ if them he did call gods unto whom the word of God came, (and the Writing is not able to be broken,) ³⁶ of him whom the Father did sanctify, and send to the world, do ye say—Thou speakest evil, because I said, Son of God I am? ³⁷ if I do not the works of my Father, do not believe me; ³⁸ and if I do, even if me ye may not believe, the works believe, that ye may know and may believe that in me 'is' the Father, and I in Him.'

³⁹ Therefore were they seeking again to seize him, and he went forth out of their hand, ⁴⁰ and went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John was at first baptizing, and remained there, ⁴¹ and many came unto him, and said—'John, indeed, did no sign, and all things, as many as John said about this one were true;' ⁴² and many did believe in him there.