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1 Kings 7:38–39

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7:38He also made ten bronze basins, each of which could hold about 240 gallons.65 Each basin was six feet in diameter;66 there was one basin for each stand. 7:39He put five basins on the south side of the temple and five on the north side. He put “The Sea” on the south side, in the southeast corner.

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  1. 65 Heb “forty baths” (a bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons).
  2. 66 Heb “four cubits, each basin.” It is unclear which dimension is being measured.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he made ten basins of bronze. Each basin held forty baths, each basin measured four cubits, and there was a basin for each of the ten stands. And he set the stands, five on the south side of the house, and five on the north side of the house. And he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He then made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin to go on each of the ten stands. He placed five of the stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north. He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then he made ten bronze basins—each basin held 220 gallons and each was six feet wide—one basin for each of the ten water carts. He set five water carts on the right side of the temple and five on the left side. He put the basin near the right side of the temple toward the southeast.

NLTNew Living Translation

Huram also made ten smaller bronze basins, one for each cart. Each basin was six feet across and could hold 220 gallons of water. He set five water carts on the south side of the Temple and five on the north side. The great bronze basin called the Sea was placed near the southeast corner of the Temple.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths; each basin was four cubits, one basin on each of the ten stands. He placed five of the stands on the south side of the house and five on the north side of the house, and the sea he set on the southeast side of the house.

KJV 1900King James Version

Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver. And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south.