It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The basin was on top of them and all their hindquarters were toward the center. The basin was three inches[a] thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup or a lily blossom. It could hold eleven thousand gallons.[b]

He made ten basins for washing and he put five on the right and five on the left.(A) The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them,(B) but the basin was used by the priests for washing.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:5 Lit a handbreadth
  2. 4:5 Text emended; MT reads 3,000 baths in 1Kg 7:26

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