Also he made a molten sea of ten cubitsfrombrim to brim, round in compass, and fivecubits the heightthereof; and a line of thirtycubits did compass it roundabout.
And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it roundabout: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea roundabout. Two rows of oxenwerecast, when it was cast.
It stoodupontwelveoxen, threelookingtoward the north, and threelookingtoward the west, and threelookingtoward the south, and threelookingtoward the east: and the sea was set aboveuponthem, and all theirhinderpartswereinward.
And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, withflowers of lilies; and it received and heldthreethousandbaths.
He madealso ten lavers, and put five on the righthand, and five on the left, to wash in them: suchthings as theyoffered for the burntofferingtheywashed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiterswhichwere on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiterswhichwere on the top of the pillars;
And fourhundredpomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on eachwreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiterswhichwereupon the pillars.
The potsalso, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all theirinstruments, did Huram his fathermake to kingSolomon for the house of the LORD of brightbrass.
And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of puregold: and the entry of the house, the innerdoorsthereof for the mostholyplace, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.