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What does 1 Kings 7:38 mean?
"He made ten basins of brass. One basin contained forty baths; and every basin was four cubits; and on every one of the ten bases one basin."
— 1 Kings 7:38 (World English Bible)
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In the top of the base there was a round band half a cubit high; and on the top of the base its supports and its panels were of the same.
On the plates of its supports, and on its panels, he engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, each in its space, with wreaths all around.
He made the ten bases in this way: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one form.
He made ten basins of brass. One basin contained forty baths; and every basin was four cubits; and on every one of the ten bases one basin.
He set the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house. He set the sea on the right side of the house eastward and toward the south.
Hiram made the basins, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished doing all the work that he worked for king Solomon in Yahweh’s house:
the two pillars; the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars;
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