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2 Chronicles 4:3

1 He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.

2 He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.

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

4 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.

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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BSB
Below the rim, figures of oxen encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.
KJV
And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast.
WEB
Under it was the likeness of oxen, which encircled it, for ten cubits, encircling the sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
ASV
And under it was the likeness of oxen, which did compass it round about, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
DARBY
And under it was the similitude of oxen, encompassing it round about, ten in a cubit enclosing the sea round about, two rows of oxen, cast when it was cast.
BLB
And the likeness of oxen [was] under it encompassing it all around, ten to a cubit, encircling around the Sea. [In] two rows the oxen were cast in its being cast.
ÅB
Nedenfor dets rand var der bilder av okser rundt omkring; de gikk rundt omkring havet, ti på hver alen; det var to rader med okser, og de var støpt i ett med havet.
OTB
Under det var det noe som lignet figurer av okser som omkranset det,
ti på en alen, helt rundt Havet;
oksene var støpt i to rader da det ble støpt.
B1930
Nedenfor dets rand var der billeder av okser rundt omkring; de gikk rundt omkring havet, ti på hver alen; det var to rader med okser, og de var støpt i ett med havet.

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  • Revelation 4:7

    The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.

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  • Ezekiel 10:14

    Each of the cherubim had four faces: the first face was that of a cherub, the second that of a man, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle.

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  • 1 Corinthians 9:9–10

    For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?

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  • Ezekiel 1:10

    The form of their faces was that of a man, and each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and also the face of an eagle.

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  • 1 Kings 7:24–26

    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.

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