1 Kings 7:26

²⁴ Below the rim, ornamental buds encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.

²⁵ The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.

It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold two thousand baths.

²⁷ In addition, he made ten movable stands of bronze, each four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.

²⁸ This was the design of the stands: They had side panels attached to uprights,

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BSB: It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold two thousand baths.
KJV: And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
WEB: 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.
ASV: And it was a handbreadth thick: and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it held two thousand baths.
DARBY: And its thickness was a hand-breadth, and its brim was like the work of the brim of a cup, with lily-blossoms; it held two thousand baths.
BLB: And it [was] a handbreadth thick, and its brim as the work of the brim of a cup, a lily blossom. It contained two thousand baths.

ÅB: Kummens tykkelse var en håndsbredd, og dens rand var som randen på et beger, lik en liljeblomst; den rommet to tusen bat.
OTB: Det var en håndsbredd tykt, og kanten var laget som kanten på en kopp, som en liljeblomst; det kunne romme to tusen bat.
B1930: Kummens tykkelse var en håndsbredd, og dens rand var som randen på et beger, lik en liljeblomst; den rummet to tusen bat.

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2 Chronicles 4:5
It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.
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1 Kings 7:38
He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.
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1 Kings 6:18
The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.
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1 Kings 6:35
He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold, hammered evenly over the carvings.
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Jeremiah 52:21
Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.
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Ezekiel 45:14
The prescribed portion of oil, measured by the bath, is a tenth of a bath from each cor (a cor consists of ten baths or one homer, since ten baths are equivalent to a homer).
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1 Kings 7:19
And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high.
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1 Kings 6:32
The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.
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