1 Kings chapter 7 verses 23 through 51.

Then he made the sea of cast metal.

It was round, 10 cubits from brim to brim and 5 cubits high, and a line of 30 cubits measured

its circumference.

Under its brim were gourds for 10 cubits, compassing the sea all around. The

gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast. It stood on 12 oxen, three facing north,

three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set on them, and all their rear parts

were inward. Its thickness was a hand-breath, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup,

like the flower of a lily. It held 2,000 baths. He also made the ten stands of bronze. Each

stand was four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.

This was the construction of the stands. They had panels and the panels were set in the frames.

And on the panels that were set in the frames were lions, oxen, and cherubim.

On the frames, both above and below the lions and oxen, there were wreaths of beveled work.

Moreover, each sand had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze, and at the four corners were supports for a basin.

The supports were cast with wreaths at the side of each.

Its opening was within a crown that projected upward one cubit.

Its opening was round as a pedestal is made, a cubit and a half deep.

At its opening there were carvings and its panels were square, not round, and the four wheels were underneath the panels.

The axles of the wheels were of one piece with the stands, and the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half. The wheels were made like chariot wheels. Their axles, their rims,

their spokes and their hubs were all cast. There were four supports at the four corners

of each stand. The supports were of one piece with the stands. And on the top of the stand, there was a round band

half a cubit high, and on the top of the stand its stays and its panels were of one piece

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