7:38 He also made ten bronze basins, each of which could hold about 240 gallons. 2 Each basin was six feet in diameter; 3 there was one basin for each stand.
1 tn Heb “two thousand baths” (a bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons).
2 tn Heb “forty baths” (a bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons).
3 tn Heb “four cubits, each basin.” It is unclear which dimension is being measured.
4 tc The translation reads מְשַׁח בַּתִּין (mÿshakh battin) rather than מְשַׁח בַּתִּין (battin mÿshakh) of the MT.
5 tn Aram “he did not write.”