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1 Kings 7:23
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21 aThen he set up the pillars by the vestibule of the temple; he set up the pillar on the right and called its name1 Jachin, and he set up the pillar on the left and called its name2 Boaz.  
22 The tops of the pillars were in the shape of lilies. So the work of the pillars was finished.

The Sea and the Oxen

23 And he made athe Sea of cast bronze, ten cubits from one brim to the other; it was completely round. Its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.  
24 Below its brim were ornamental buds encircling it all around, ten to a cubit, aall the way around the Sea. The ornamental buds were cast in two rows when it was cast.  
25 It stood on atwelve oxen: three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; the Sea was set upon them, and all their back parts pointed inward.  
26 It was a handbreadth thick; and its brim was shaped like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It contained1 two thousand baths.  

The Carts and the Lavers

27 He also made ten1 carts of bronze; four cubits was the length of each cart, four cubits its width, and three cubits its height.  
28 And this was the design of the carts: They had panels, and the panels were between frames;
Verse Comparison: 1 Kings 7:23

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American Standard Version
And he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.

Amplified® Bible
He made a round molten Sea, ten cubits from brim to brim, five cubits high and thirty cubits in circumference.

Contemporary English Version
Hiram also made a large bowl called the Sea. It was seven and a half feet deep, about fifteen feet across, and forty-five feet around.

Darby English Version
And he made the sea, molten, ten cubits from brim to brim, round all about; and its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encompassed it round about.

Good News Bible
Huram made a round tank of bronze, 7 1/2 feet deep, 15 feet in diameter, and 45 feet in circumference.

King James Version
And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

New American Standard Bible
Now he made the sea of cast {metal} ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits, and thirty cubits in circumference.

New International Version
He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it.

New King James Version
And he made the Sea of cast bronze, ten cubits from one brim to the other; it was completely round. Its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now he made the sea of cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height measured five cubits, and thirty cubits in circumference.

Revised Standard Version
Then he made the molten sea; it was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.

Young's Literal Translation
And he maketh the molten sea, ten by the cubit from its edge unto its edge; `it is' round all about, and five by the cubit `is' its height, and a line of thirty by the cubit doth compass it round about;


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