^2 (A)And he made the sea of cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits, and ^[a]thirty cubits in ^[b]its circumference. ³ Now figures like oxen were under it and encircling it, ten cubits, entirely encircling the sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast ^[c]in one piece. ⁴ 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.