⁶ He then made ten basins^(A) for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. In them the things to be used for the burnt offerings^(B) were rinsed, but the Sea was to be used by the priests for washing.

³⁸ He then made ten bronze basins,^(A) each holding forty baths^[a] and measuring four cubits across, one basin to go on each of the ten stands. ³⁹ He placed five of the stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north. He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple.