The basin was three inches[a] thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup or a lily blossom. It could hold eleven thousand gallons.[b]

He made ten basins for washing and he put five on the right and five on the left.(A) The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them,(B) but the basin was used by the priests for washing.

The Lampstands, Tables, and Courts

He made the ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and put them in the sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 4:5 Lit a handbreadth
  2. 4:5 Text emended; MT reads 3,000 baths in 1Kg 7:26

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