They made ten gold lampstands according to the usual pattern, and ten tables, and placed them in the main room of the Temple, five lampstands and five tables on each side. They also made a hundred gold bowls.

"Make a lampstand of pure gold. Make its base and its shaft of hammered gold; its decorative flowers, including buds and petals, are to form one piece with it.

Each of the six branches is to have three decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.

There is to be one bud below each of the three pairs of branches.

Make seven lamps for the lampstand and set them up so that they shine toward the front.

"Command the people of Israel to bring you the best olive oil for the lamp, so that it can be lit each evening.

Aaron and his sons are to set up the lamp in the Tent of my presence outside the curtain which is in front of the Covenant Box. There in my presence it is to burn from evening until morning. This command is to be kept forever by the Israelites and their descendants.

Against the outside walls, on the sides and the back of the Temple, a three-storied annex was built, each story 7 1/2 feet high.

An inner room, called the Most Holy Place, was built in the rear of the Temple. It was 30 feet long and was partitioned off by cedar boards reaching from the floor to the ceiling.

The room in front of the Most Holy Place was 60 feet long.

Then the priests carried the Covenant Box into the Temple and put it in the Most Holy Place, beneath the winged creatures.

Hear me when I cry to you for help, when I lift my hands toward your holy Temple.