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2 Chronicles 4:3

1 Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.

2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

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.

4 It stood upon 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 above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

5 And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held 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

    And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.

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  • Ezekiel 10:14

    And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

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  • 1 Corinthians 9:9–10

    For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?

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  • Ezekiel 1:10

    As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.

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  • 1 Kings 7:24–26

    And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.

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