The Bronze Water Carts
27 Then he made 10 bronze water carts. Each water cart was six feet long, six feet wide, and four and a half feet high.
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This was the design of the carts: They had frames; the frames were between the cross-pieces,
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and on the frames between the cross-pieces were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the cross-pieces there was a pedestal above, and below the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.
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Each cart had four bronze wheels with bronze axles. Underneath the four corners of the basin were cast supports, each next to a wreath.
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And the water cart's opening inside the crown on top was 18 inches wide. The opening was round, made as a pedestal 27 inches wide. On it were carvings, but their frames were square, not round.
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There were four wheels under the frames, and the wheel axles were part of the water cart; each wheel was 27 inches tall.
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The wheels' design was similar to that of chariot wheels: their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of cast metal.
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Four supports were at the four corners of each water cart; each support was one piece with the water cart.
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At the top of the cart was a band nine inches high encircling it; also, at the top of the cart, its braces and its frames were one piece with it.
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He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the plates of its braces and on its frames, wherever each had space, with encircling wreaths.
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In this way he made the 10 water carts using the same casting, dimensions, and shape for all of them.