²² So he overlaid the whole interior with gold. He also overlaid with gold the altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary.

³ Overlay the top and all the sides and the horns with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it.^(A)

The Altar of Incense^(A)

30 “Make an altar^(B) of acacia wood for burning incense.^(C)

⁷ He overlaid the ceiling beams, doorframes, walls and doors of the temple with gold, and he carved cherubim^(A) on the walls.

⁸ He built the Most Holy Place,^(B) its length corresponding to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. He overlaid the inside with six hundred talents^[a] of fine gold. ⁹ The gold nails^(C) weighed fifty shekels.^[b] He also overlaid the upper parts with gold.

¹⁰ For the Most Holy Place he made a pair^(D) of sculptured cherubim and overlaid them with gold. ¹¹ The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits^[c] long and touched the temple wall, while its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the other cherub. ¹² Similarly one wing of the second cherub was five cubits long and touched the other temple wall, and its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the first cherub. ¹³ The wings of these cherubim^(E) extended twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main hall.^[d]

¹⁴ He made the curtain^(F) of blue, purple and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim^(G) worked into it.

²⁰ The inner sanctuary^(A) was twenty cubits long, twenty wide and twenty high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.^(B)

⁵ Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.^{(A) 6} Put the altar in front of the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law—before the atonement cover^(B) that is over the tablets of the covenant law—where I will meet with you.