有十二头铜牛驮着铜海,三头向北,三头向西,三头向南,三头向东,牛尾向内。 铜海厚八厘米,边如杯边,又如百合花,容量为六万六千升。 他又造了十个盆,五个放右边,五个放左边,用来清洗献燔祭所用之物。但铜海只供祭司沐浴使用。

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The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east.(A) The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center. It was a handbreadth[a] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held three thousand baths.[b]

He then made ten basins(B) for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. In them the things to be used for the burnt offerings(C) were rinsed, but the Sea was to be used by the priests for washing.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 4:5 That is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters
  2. 2 Chronicles 4:5 That is, about 18,000 gallons or about 66,000 liters

It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.

He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

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It stood on twelve (A)oxen: three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; the Sea was set upon them, and all their back parts pointed inward. It was a handbreadth thick; and its brim was shaped like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It contained [a]three thousand baths.

He also made (B)ten lavers, and put five on the right side and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as they offered for the burnt offering they would wash in them, but the [b]Sea was for the (C)priests to wash in.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 4:5 About 8,000 gallons; two thousand, 1 Kin. 7:26
  2. 2 Chronicles 4:6 Great basin