⁴ It stood on twelve oxen, three facing the north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east; and the sea was set on top of them and all their hindquarters turned inwards. ⁵ It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom; it ^(A)could hold 3,000 baths.

²⁰ The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze bulls that were under ^[a]the sea, and the stands, which King Solomon had made for the house of the Lord—the bronze of all these vessels was ^(A)beyond weight.