2 Chronicles 4:5-7

The Voice

^2-5 A large basin, called “the sea,” was cast—15 feet in diameter, 90 inches deep, 45 feet in circumference, and 3 inches thick. The brim was shaped like a lily blossom or like the lip of a cup with figures^[a] cast in two rows all around it, 10 figures every 18 inches, and held 18,000 gallons.^[b] The basin was supported by a rectangular stand made of 15-foot-tall statues resembling oxen. The 12 oxen were in two rows, three facing each direction with their hind ends at the center of the stand, all cast in one piece. ⁶ The priests used the sea to cleanse themselves, but offerings were washed in other basins. Ten smaller basins flanked the sea, five on the right and five on the left, and the burnt offerings were cleansed in those before they were sacrificed.

⁷ Ten golden lampstands were cast according to God’s requirements, and they were in the temple, five on the right and five on the left.