3 Under the brim a ring of figures of oxen encircled it for ten cubits, all the way around the compass of the sea; there were two rows of oxen cast in one mold with the sea.
4 This rested on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east, with their haunches all toward the center; upon them was set the sea.
5 It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim resembled that of a cup, being lily-shaped. It had a capacity of three thousand baths.
6 Then he made ten basins for washing, placing five of them to the right and five to the left. In these the victims for the burnt offerings were washed; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
7 He made the menorahs of gold, ten of them as was prescribed, and placed them in the nave, five to the right and five to the left.
8 He made ten tables and had them set in the nave, five to the right and five to the left; and he made a hundred golden bowls.
9 He made the court of the priests and the great courtyard and the gates of the courtyard; the gates he covered with bronze.