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[a]Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings,(A) each holding twenty to thirty gallons.

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  1. 2:6 Twenty to thirty gallons: literally, “two or three measures”; the Attic liquid measure contained 39.39 liters. The vast quantity recalls prophecies of abundance in the last days; cf. Am 9:13–14; Hos 14:7; Jer 31:12.

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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