The pavement was beside the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement.

There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right of the receptacle and the other on the left.”

His royal court was so large because he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River from Tiphsah to Gaza; he was at peace with all his neighbors.

And for the back of the tabernacle on the west he made six frames.

You are to overlay it with pure gold – its top, its four walls, and its horns – and make a surrounding border of gold for it.

At the same time the men who had taken the city came out to fight, and the men of Ai were trapped in the middle. The Israelites struck them down, leaving no survivors or refugees.

They went to the entrance of Gedor, to the east of the valley, looking for pasture for their sheep.

He overlaid it with pure gold – its top, its four walls, and its horns – and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.

The Jordan River borders it on the east. These were the borders of the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans.

Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering its body.

Their northern border started at the Jordan, went up to the slope of Jericho on the north, ascended westward to the hill country, and extended to the desert of Beth Aven.

And for the back of the tabernacle on the west you will make six frames.

Then Moses selected three cities in the Transjordan, toward the east.

“On the south will be the divisions of the camp of Reuben under their standard. The leader of the people of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur.

“On the west will be the divisions of the camp of Ephraim under their standard. The leader of the people of Ephraim is Elishama son of Amihud.

“On the north will be the divisions of the camp of Dan, under their standards. The leader of the people of Dan is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

He made ten tables and set them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left. He also made one hundred gold bowls.

Do not go out into the countryside. Do not travel on the roads. For the enemy is there with sword in hand. They are spreading terror everywhere.”

Manasseh was allotted ten shares of land, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan east of the Jordan,

Next I asked the messenger, “What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the menorah?”