Make a rim 3 inches wide around it and a gold border around the rim.

Cover its top, all four sides, and its projections with pure gold, and put a gold border around it.

With these stones he rebuilt the altar for the worship of the LORD. He dug a trench around it, large enough to hold about four gallons of water.

Do not build an altar for me with steps leading up to it; if you do, you will expose yourselves as you go up the steps.

So he took me to the inner courtyard of the Temple. There near the entrance of the sanctuary, between the altar and the porch, were about twenty-five men. They had turned their backs to the sanctuary and were bowing low toward the east, worshiping the rising sun.

Then he went to the gateway that faced east. He went up the steps, and at the top he measured the entrance; it was 10 feet deep.

The entrance to the lowest story of the annex was on the south side of the Temple, with stairs leading up to the second and third stories.

There was a platform for the Levites, and on it stood Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani. They prayed aloud to the LORD their God.