"And he cast two pillars of bronze; eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits encircled it; and so was the other pillar." — The *two bronze pillars* (*shnay *amudey nechoshet*) are *enormous*: *shmona-'esre amah* (eighteen cubits high, approximately 8 meters), with a *circumference of twelve cubits* (*kav shneim asar amah sovev otah*). The *pillars* mark the *entrance* to the temple proper, visible *from great distance*. Their *scale* emphasizes the *monumentality* of the sanctuary.

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