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23 (A)And he made the sea of (B)cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits, and [a]thirty cubits in its circumference. 24 Now under its brim (C)gourds went around encircling it ten to a cubit, (D)entirely encircling the sea; the gourds were in two rows, cast with the Sea when it was cast. 25 (E)It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; and the sea was set on top of them, and all their rear parts turned inward. 26 And it was a [b]handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, as a lily blossom; it could hold [c]two thousand baths.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:23 Lit a line of thirty cubits went around it
  2. 1 Kings 7:26 A handbreadth was approx. 3 in. or 7.6 cm
  3. 1 Kings 7:26 Approx. 12,000 gal. or 45,424 l, a bath was approx. 6 gal. or 23 l