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Now figures like oxen were under it and encircling it, ten cubits, entirely encircling the sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast [a]in one piece. It stood on twelve oxen, three facing the 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. And it was a [b]handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, as a lily blossom; it (A)could hold 3,000 baths.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 4:3 Lit in its casting
  2. 2 Chronicles 4:5 A handbreadth was approx. 3 in. or 7.6 cm