Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing,(A) each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.[a]

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  1. John 2:6 Or from about 75 to about 115 liters

And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.

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