1 Kings 7:23-39

The Furnishings for the Temple

²³ 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 e e . ²⁴ Under its brim gourds went around encircling it ten to a cubit , completely surrounding the sea ; the gourds were in two rows , cast with the rest . ²⁵ It stood on twelve e oxen , three facing 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 . ²⁶ It was a handbreadth thick , and its brim was made like the brim of a cup , as a lily blossom ; it could hold two thousand baths . ²⁷ Then he made the ten stands of bronze ; the length of each stand was four cubits and its width four cubits and its height three cubits . ²⁸ This was the design of the stands : they had borders , even borders between the frames , ²⁹ and on the borders which were between the frames were lions , oxen and cherubim ; and on the frames there was a pedestal above e , and beneath e the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work . ³⁰ Now each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles , and its four feet had supports ; beneath e the basin were cast supports with wreaths at each side . ³¹ Its opening inside e the crown at the top was a cubit , and its opening was round like the design of a pedestal , a cubit and a half ; and also on its opening there were engravings , and their borders were square , not round . ³² The four wheels were underneath the borders , and the axles of the wheels were on the stand . And the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half . ³³ The workmanship of the wheels was like the workmanship of a chariot wheel . Their axles , their rims , their spokes , and their hubs were all cast . ³⁴ Now there were four supports at the four corners of each stand ; its supports were part of the stand itself. ³⁵ On the top of the stand there was a circular form half a cubit high , and on the top of the stand its stays and its borders were part of it. ³⁶ He engraved on the plates of its stays and on its borders , cherubim , lions and palm trees , according to the clear space on each , with wreaths all around . ³⁷ He made the ten stands like this : all of them had one casting , one measure and one form . ³⁸ He made ten basins of bronze , one basin held forty baths ; each basin was four cubits , and on each of the ten stands was one basin . ³⁹ Then he set the stands , five on the right side of the house and five on the left side of the house ; and he set the sea of cast metal on the right side of the house eastward toward e the south .