1 Kings 7:23–39

^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.

³⁰Now each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and its four feet had supports; beneath the basin were cast supports with wreaths at each side.

³¹Its opening inside the crown at the top was a cubit, and its opening was round like the design of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on its opening there were engravings, and their borders were square, not round.

³²The four wheels were underneath the borders, and the axles of the wheels were on the stand. And the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half.

³³The workmanship of the wheels was like the workmanship of a chariot wheel. Their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast.

³⁴Now there were four supports at the four corners of each stand; its supports were part of the stand itself.

³⁵On the top of the stand there was a circular form half a ¹cubit high, and on the top of the stand its ²stays and its borders were part of it.

³⁶He engraved on the plates of its stays and on its borders, cherubim, lions and palm trees, according to the clear space on each, with wreaths all around.

^37aHe made the ten stands like this: all of them had one casting, one measure and one form.

^38aHe made ten basins of bronze, one basin held forty baths; each basin was four cubits, and on each of the ten stands was one basin.

³⁹Then he set the stands, five on the right side of the house and five on the left side of the house; and he set the sea of cast metal on the right side of the house eastward toward the south.