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1 Kings 7:21-28 World English Bible (WEB)

21. He set up the pillars at the porch of the temple. He set up the right pillar, and called its name Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called its name Boaz.

22. On the top of the pillars was lily work: so the work of the pillars was finished.

23. He made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in shape. Its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encircled it.

24. Under its brim around there were buds which encircled it for ten cubits, encircling the sea. The buds were in two rows, cast when it was cast.

25. It stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was set on them above, and all their hindquarters were inward.

26. It was a hand width thick. Its brim was worked like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held two thousand baths.

27. He made the ten bases of brass. The length of one base was four cubits, four cubits its width, and three cubits its height.

28. The work of the bases was like this: they had panels; and there were panels between the ledges;

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