^3 (A)And under it was the likeness of oxen encircling it all around, ten to a cubit, all the way around the Sea. The oxen were cast in two rows, when it was cast.

^7 (A)The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.

⁹ For it is written in the law of Moses, ^(A)“You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” Is it oxen God is concerned about? ¹⁰ Or does He say it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written, that ^(B)he who plows should plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should be partaker of his hope.

^14 (A)Each one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, the second face the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

¹⁰ As for ^(A)the likeness of their faces, each ^(B)had the face of a man; each of the four had ^(C)the face of a lion on the right side, ^(D)each of the four had the face of an ox on the left side, ^(E)and each of the four had the face of an eagle.

²⁴ Below its brim were ornamental buds encircling it all around, ten to a cubit, ^(A)all the way around the Sea. The ornamental buds were cast in two rows when it was cast. ²⁵ It stood on ^(B)twelve 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. ²⁶ It was a handbreadth thick; and its brim was shaped like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It contained ^[a]two thousand baths.