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.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Kings 7:25 in context
1 Kings 7:22–28
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On the tops of the pillars was lily work. So the work of the pillars was finished.
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He made the molten sea ten cubits from brim to brim, round in shape. Its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encircled it.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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He made the ten bases of bronze. The length of one base was four cubits, four cubits its width, and three cubits its height.
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The work of the bases was like this: they had panels; and there were panels between the ledges;
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