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1 Kings 7:23-25
New Living Translation
1 Kings 7:23-25
New Living Translation
23 Then Huram cast a great round basin, 15 feet across from rim to rim, called the Sea. It was 7 1⁄2 feet deep and about 45 feet in circumference.[a] 24 It was encircled just below its rim by two rows of decorative gourds. There were about six gourds per foot[b] all the way around, and they were cast as part of the basin.
25 The Sea was placed on a base of twelve bronze oxen,[c] all facing outward. Three faced north, three faced west, three faced south, and three faced east, and the Sea rested on them.
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- 7:23 Hebrew 10 cubits [4.6 meters] across. . . . 5 cubits [2.3 meters] deep and 30 cubits [13.8 meters] in circumference.
- 7:24 Or 20 gourds per meter; Hebrew reads 10 per cubit.
- 7:25 Hebrew 12 oxen; compare 2 Kgs 16:17, which specifies bronze oxen.
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