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3:5 He paneled the main hall with boards made from evergreen trees and plated it with fine gold , decorated with palm trees and chains . 3:6 He decorated the temple with precious stones ; the gold he used came from Parvaim . 3:7 He overlaid the temple’s rafters , thresholds , walls and doors with gold ; he carved decorative cherubim on the walls . 3:8 He made the most holy place ; its length was 30 feet , corresponding to the width of the temple , and its width 30 feet . He plated it with 600 talents of fine gold . 3:9 The gold nails weighed 50 shekels ; he also plated the upper areas with gold . 3:10 In the most holy place he made two images of cherubim and plated them with gold . 3:11 The combined wing span of the cherubs was 30 feet . One of the first cherub’s wings was seven and one-half feet long and touched one wall of the temple ; its other wing was also seven and one-half feet long and touched one of the second cherub’s wings . 3:12 Likewise one of the second cherub’s wings was seven and one-half feet long and touched the other wall of the temple ; its other wing was also seven and one-half feet long and touched one of the first cherub’s wings . 3:13 The combined wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet . They stood upright , facing inward . 3:14 He made the curtain out of violet , purple , crimson , and white fabrics , and embroidered on it decorative cherubim . 3:15 In front of the temple he made two pillars which had a combined length of 52½ feet , with each having a plated capital seven and one-half feet high. 3:16 He made ornamental chains and put them on top of the pillars . He also made one hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments and arranged them within the chains . 3:17 He set up the pillars in front of the temple , one on the right side and the other on the left . He named the one on the right Jachin , and the one on the left Boaz .

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