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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.
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Under it were figures of gourds, for thirty cubits, compassing the sea round about; the gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast.
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It stood upon twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; the sea was set upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
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Its thickness was a handbreadth; and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily; it held over three thousand baths.
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He also made ten lavers in which to wash, and set five on the south side, and five on the north side. In these they were to rinse off what was used for the burnt offering, and the sea was for the priests to wash in.
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And he made ten golden lampstands as prescribed, and set them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.
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He also made ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. And he made a hundred basins of gold.
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He made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze;
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and he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house.
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Huram also made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Huram finished the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of God:
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the two pillars, the bowls, and the two capitals on the top of the pillars; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars;