1 Kings 7:23
And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
KJV
Fecit quoque mare fusile decem cubitorum a labio usque ad labium, rotundum in circuitu : quinque cubitorum altitudo ejus, et resticula triginta cubitorum cingebat illud per circuitum.
Vulgate
κατ’ αὐτὴν ἐποίησεν πάσας τὰς δέκα μεχωνώθ, τάξιν μίαν καὶ μέτρον ἓν πάσαις.
LXX
And he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.
ASV
וַ/יַּ֥עַשׂ אֶת הַ/יָּ֖ם מוּצָ֑ק עֶ֣שֶׂר בָּ֠/אַמָּה מִ/שְּׂפָת֨/וֹ עַד שְׂפָת֜/וֹ עָגֹ֣ל סָבִ֗יב וְ/חָמֵ֤שׁ בָּֽ/אַמָּה֙ קוֹמָת֔/וֹ ו/קוה וְ/קָו֙ שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים בָּֽ/אַמָּ֔ה יָסֹ֥ב אֹת֖/וֹ סָבִֽיב
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Typology
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2130Nevertheless, already in the Old Testament, God ordained or permitted the making of images that pointed symbolically toward salvation by the incarnate Word: so it was with the bronze serpent, the ark of the covenant, and the cherubim.69
Cross-references
- 2Chr 4:2 — Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
- 2Kgs 25:13 — And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Bab
- Exod 30:18 — Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
- Jer 52:17 — Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.