1 Kings 7:23-26

New American Standard Bible 1995

^23 (A)Now 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 circumference. ²⁴ Under its brim ^(C)gourds went around encircling it ten to a cubit, ^(D)completely surrounding the sea; the gourds were in two rows, cast ^[b]with the rest. ^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 It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, as a lily blossom; it could hold two thousand baths.