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And he made a cast metal sea as a water basin. It was round and ten cubits from edge to edge, five cubits high,[a] and a line of thirty cubits[b] measured its circumference. Figures like oxen were underneath it, going all the way around the sea basin, ten cubits[c] on each side.[d] There were two rows of oxen that were poured as cast metal.

It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set on them, and their back sides were facing inward.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 4:2 About 7½ feet, or 2.3 meters.
  2. 2 Chronicles 4:2 About 45 feet, or 14 meters.
  3. 2 Chronicles 4:3 About 18 inches, or 45 centimeters.
  4. 2 Chronicles 4:3 Or ten oxen for a cubit.