⁵ It was a handbreadth^[a] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held three thousand baths.^[b]

⁶ He then made ten basins^(A) for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. In them the things to be used for the burnt offerings^(B) were rinsed, but the Sea was to be used by the priests for washing.