1 Kings 7:23–29

^23aNow he made the sea of ^bcast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits, and ¹thirty cubits in circumference.

²⁴Under its brim ^agourds went around encircling it ten to a cubit, ^bcompletely surrounding the sea; the gourds were in two rows, cast ¹with the rest.

^25aIt 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.

²⁶It 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.

²⁷Then ^ahe made the ten stands of bronze; the length of each stand was four cubits and its width four cubits and its height three cubits.

²⁸This was the design of the stands: they had borders, even borders between the ¹frames,

²⁹and on the borders which were between the ¹frames were lions, oxen and cherubim; and on the frames there was a pedestal above, and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.