7:23 He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.” 5 It measured 15 feet 6 from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet 7 high. Its circumference was 45 feet. 8
1 tn Heb “And its opening from the inside to the top and upwards [was] a cubit, and its opening was round, the work of a stand, a cubit-and-a-half.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.
2 tn Heb “also over its opening were carvings and their frames [were] squared, not round.”
3 tn Heb “and on top of the stand, a half cubit [in] height, round all around” (the meaning of this description is uncertain).
5 tn Heb “[There were] armrests on each side of the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.”
7 tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”
8 tn Heb “ten cubits.”
9 tn Heb “five cubits.”
10 tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”