It [was] a handbreadth thick; and its brim was shaped like the brim of a cup, [like] a lily blossom. It contained three thousand baths.

" You shall also make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand shall be of hammered work. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its [ornamental] knobs, and flowers shall be [of one piece.]

"Three bowls [shall be] made like almond [blossoms] on one branch, [with] an [ornamental] knob and a flower, and three bowls made like almond [blossoms] on the other branch, [with] an [ornamental] knob and a flower -- and so for the six branches that come out of the lampstand.

"And [there shall be] a knob under the [first] two branches of the same, a knob under the [second] two branches of the same, and a knob under the [third] two branches of the same, according to the six branches that extend from the lampstand.

"You shall make seven lamps for it, and they shall arrange its lamps so that they give light in front of it.

"It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these utensils.

And on the lampstand itself [were] four bowls made like almond [blossoms, each with] its [ornamental] knob and flower.

The inside of the temple was cedar, carved with ornamental buds and open flowers. All [was] cedar; there was no stone [to be] seen.

Then he carved all the walls of the temple all around, both the inner and outer [sanctuaries,] with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.

Then he carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers [on them,] and overlaid [them] with gold applied evenly on the carved work.