1Ki 7:38-39 | NET2full | STEP | He also made 10 bronze basins , each of which could hold about 240 gallons . Each basin was 6 feet in diameter; there was one basin for each stand .

1 Kings 7:38-39

38 He also made 10 bronze basins, each of which could hold about 240 gallons. ^{▼▼tn Heb “forty baths” (a bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons).} Each basin was 6 feet in diameter; ^{▼▼tn Heb “4 cubits, each basin.” It is unclear which dimension is being measured.} there was one basin for each stand. 39 He put five basins on the south side of the temple and five on the north side. He put “The Sea” on the south side, in the southeast corner.