The forms of the brazen altar, 2. of the lavatory (or Sea) with figures of twelve oxen, 6. of other ten small lavatories, 7. ten candlesticks, 8. ten tables, and an hundred basins, a great bowl for the Priests, 10. and other vessel, and ornaments of the Temple are described.The formes of the brasen altar, 2. of the lauatorie (or Sea) with figuers of twelue oxen, 6. of other tenne smal lauatories, 7. tenne candlestickes, 8. tenne tables, and an hundred bassens, a great bal for the Priestes, 10. and other vessel, and ornamentes of the Temple are described.✦
He made also an altar of brass of twenty cubits in length, and of twenty cubits in breadth, and of ten cubits in height.HE made also an altar of brasse of twentie cubites in length, and of twentie cubites in bredth, and of ten cubites in height.Fecit quoque altare æneum viginti cubitorum longitudinis, et viginti cubitorum latitudinis, et decem cubitorum altitudinis.
2A Sea also cast, ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass: it had five cubits in height, and a cord of thirty cubits did compass it round about.A Sea also cast, ten cubites from brimme to brimme, round in compasse: it had fiue cubites in height, and a corde of thirtie cubites did compasse it round about.✦Mare etiam fusile decem cubitis a labio usque ad labium, rotundum per circuitum : quinque cubitos habebat altitudinis, et funiculus triginta cubitorum ambiebat gyrum ejus.
3There was also under it the similitude of oxen, and certain engravings of ten cubits on the outside compassed the belly of the Sea, as it were with two rows.There was also vnder it the similitude of oxen, and certaine engrauinges of ten cubites on the outside compassed the bealie of the Sea, as it were with two rewes.✦Similitudo quoque boum erat subter illud, et decem cubitis quædam extrinsecus cælaturæ, quasi duobus versibus alvum maris circuibant. Boves autem erant fusiles :
4And the oxen were cast: and the Sea itself was set upon the twelve oxen, of the which three looked toward the North, and other three to the West: moreover other three to the South, and the three that remained, to the East, having the Sea put upon them: and the hinder parts of the oxen were inward under the sea.And the oxen were cast: and the Sea it self was sette vpon the twelue oxen, of the which three looked toward the North, and other three to the West: moreouer other three to the South, and the three that remayned, to the East, hauing the Sea put vpon them: and the hinder partes of the oxen were inward vnder the sea.et ipsum mare super duodecim boves impositum erat, quorum tres respiciebant ad aquilonem, et alii tres ad occidentem : porro tres alii meridiem, et tres qui reliqui erant, orientem, habentes mare superpositum : posteriora autem boum erant intrinsecus sub mari.
5Moreover the thickness thereof had the measure of a palm, and the brim thereof was as it were the brim of a chalice, or of a repandi: curled, turned back lily: and it held three thousand metretas: a liquid measure, about nine gallons each.Moreouer the thicknesse therof had the measure of a palme, and the brimme therof was as it were the brimme of a chalice, or of a crisped lilie: and it held three thousand metretes.Porro vastitas ejus habebat mensuram palmi, et labium illius erat quasi labium calicis, vel repandi lilii : capiebatque tria millia metretas.
6He made also ten conchas: not privies but washing-vessels, lavers: and set five on the right hand, and five on the left, that they might wash in them all things, that they would offer for holocaust: moreover in the Sea the priests were washed.He made also ten lauatories: and set fiue on the right hand, and fiue on the left, that they might wash in them al thinges, that they would offer for holocaust: moreouer in the Sea the priestes were washed.Fecit quoque conchas decem : et posuit quinque a dextris, et quinque a sinistris, ut lavarent in eis omnia quæ in holocaustum oblaturi erant : porro in mari sacerdotes lavabantur.
7And he made also ten golden candlesticks, according to the fashion which they were commanded to be made by: and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.And he made also ten golden candlestickes, according to the fashion which they were commanded to be made by: and he set them in the temple, fiue on the right hand, & fiue on the left.Fecit autem et candelabra aurea decem secundum speciem qua jussa erant fieri : et posuit ea in templo, quinque a dextris, et quinque a sinistris.
8Moreover also ten tables: and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left. Phials also of gold an hundred.Moreouer also ten tables: and he set them in the temple, fiue on the right hand, and fiue on the left. Phials also of gold an hundred.Necnon et mensas decem : et posuit eas in templo, quinque a dextris, et quinque a sinistris : phialas quoque aureas centum.
9He made also the court of the priests, and a great hall: and doors in the hall, which he covered with brass.He made also the court of the priestes, and a great hal: and doores in the hal, which he couered with brasse.✦Fecit etiam atrium sacerdotum, et basilicam grandem : et ostia in basilica, quæ texit ære.
10Moreover he set the Sea on the right side against the East toward the South.Moreouer he set the Sea on the right side agaynst the East toward the South.Porro mare posuit in latere dextro contra orientem ad meridiem.
11And Hiram made cauldrons, and flesh hooks, and phials: and accomplished all the king's work in the house of God:And Hiram made cauldrons, and flesh hookes, and phials: and accomplished al the kinges worke in the house of God:Fecit autem Hiram lebetes, et creagras, et phialas : et complevit omne opus regis in domo Dei :
12that is to say, two pillars, and the capita: the capitals, the carved tops of the pillars, and the heads, and as it were certain little nets, which should cover the heads over the chapiters.that is to say, two pillers, and the * chapiters, and the heades, and as it were certayne litle nettes, which should couer the heades ouer the chapiters.hoc est, columnas duas, et epistylia, et capita, et quasi quædam retiacula, quæ capita tegerent super epistylia.
13Pomegranates also four hundred, and two little nets, so that two rows of the pomegranates were joined to each little net, which covered the pommels, and the heads of the pillars.Pomegranates also foure hundred, and two litle nettes, soe that two rewes of the pomegranates were ioyned to ech litle nette, which couered the pommels, and the heades of the pillers.Malogranata quoque quadringenta, et retiacula duo ita ut bini ordines malogranatorum singulis retiaculis jungerentur, quæ protegerent epistylia, et capita columnarum.
14He made feet also, and lavatories, which he put upon the feet:He made feete also, and lauatories, which he put vpon the feete:Bases etiam fecit, et conchas, quas superposuit basibus :
15one sea, also twelve oxen under the sea.one sea, also twelue oxen vnder the sea.mare unum, boves quoque duodecim sub mari,
16And the cauldrons, and flesh hooks, and phials. All the vessels did Hiram his father make for Salomon in the house of our Lord of most pure brass.And the cauldrons, and flesh hookes, and phials. Al the vessels did Hiram his father make for Salomon in the house of our Lord of most pure brasse.et lebetes, et creagras, et phialas. Omnia vasa fecit Salomoni Hiram pater ejus in domo Domini ex ære mundissimo.
17In the country of Jordan did the king cast them, in a clay ground between Socot and Saredatha.In the countrie of Iordan did the king cast them, in a clay ground bewen Socot and Saredatha.In regione Jordanis, fudit ea rex in argillosa terra inter Sochot et Saredatha.
18And the multitude of vessels was innumerable, so that the weight of the brass was not known.And the multitude of vessels was innumerable, so that the weight of the brasse was not knowen.Erat autem multitudo vasorum innumerabilis, ita ut ignoraretur pondus æris.
19And Salomon made all the vessels of the house of God, and the golden altar, and the tables, and upon them the loaves of propositionis: the showbread set before God,And Salomon made al the vessels of the house of God, and the golden altar, and the tables, & vpon them the loaues of proposition,Fecitque Salomon omnia vasa domus Dei, et altare aureum, et mensas, et super eas panes propositionis :
20the candlesticks also with their lamps to give light before the oraculum: not a soothsayer but the inner sanctuary, the holy of holies, according to the rite, of most pure gold:the candlestickes also with their lampes to giue light before the oracle, according to the rite, of most pure gold:candelabra quoque cum lucernis suis ut lucerent ante oraculum juxta ritum ex auro purissimo :
21and certain florentia: blossom-shaped ornaments things, and lamps, and golden tongs all were made of most fine gold.and certayne florishing thinges, and lampes, and golden tonges al were made of most fine gold.✦et florentia quædam, et lucernas, et forcipes aureos : omnia de auro mundissimo facta sunt.
22The vessels also of perfume and censers, and phials, and little mortars, of most pure gold. And he graved the doors of the inner temple, that is, in Sancta sanctorum: and the doors of the temple without of gold. And so all the work was finished which Salomon made in the house of our Lord.The vessels also of perfume and censars, and phials, and litle mortars, of most pure gold. And he graued the doores of the inner temple, that is, in Sancta sanctorum: and the doores of the temple without of gold. And so al the worke was finishd which Salomon made in the house of our Lord.Thymiateria quoque, et thuribula, et phialas, et mortariola ex auro purissimo. Et ostia cælavit templi interioris, id est, in Sancta sanctorum : et ostia templi forinsecus aurea. Sicque completum est omne opus quod fecit Salomon in domo Domini.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.