^23 (A)He also made the ^[a]Sea of ^(B)cast metal ^[b]ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in shape, and its height was five cubits, and ^[c]it was ^[d]thirty cubits in circumference. ²⁴ Under its brim ^(C)gourds went around encircling it ten to a cubit, ^(D)completely surrounding the Sea; the gourds were in two rows, cast ^[e]with the rest. ^25 (E)It was standing 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. ²⁶ And it was a ^[f]hand width thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom; it could hold ^[g]two thousand baths.

^2 (A)He also made the ^[a]Sea of cast metal, ^[b]ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was ^[c]five cubits and ^[d]its circumference ^[e]thirty cubits. ³ Now figures like oxen were under it and all around it, ^[f]ten cubits, entirely encircling the Sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast ^[g]in one piece. ⁴ It was standing 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 hindquarters turned inward.