24 Under its brim (A)gourds went around encircling it ten to a cubit, (B)completely surrounding the Sea; the gourds were in two rows, cast [a]with the rest. 25 (C)It was standing 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]hand width thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom; it could hold [c]two thousand baths.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:24 Lit in its casting
  2. 1 Kings 7:26 About 3 in. or 7.6 cm
  3. 1 Kings 7:26 About 12,000 gallons or 45,424 liters

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