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2 Chronicles 4:3-5
New Living Translation
2 Chronicles 4:3-5
New Living Translation
3 It was encircled just below its rim by two rows of figures that resembled oxen. There were about six oxen per foot[a] all the way around, and they were cast as part of the basin.
4 The Sea was placed on a base of twelve bronze oxen, all facing outward. Three faced north, three faced west, three faced south, and three faced east, and the Sea rested on them. 5 The walls of the Sea were about three inches[b] thick, and its rim flared out like a cup and resembled a water lily blossom. It could hold about 16,500 gallons[c] of water.
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