15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.

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15 He cast two bronze pillars,(A) each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.[a]

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  1. 1 Kings 7:15 That is, about 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference or about 8.1 meters high and 5.4 meters in circumference

The Bronze Pillars for the Temple(A)

15 And he [a]cast (B)two pillars of bronze, each one eighteen cubits high, and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of each.

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  1. 1 Kings 7:15 fashioned

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.

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23 He made the Sea(A) of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line(B) of thirty cubits[a] to measure around it.

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  1. 1 Kings 7:23 That is, about 45 feet or about 14 meters

The Sea and the Oxen

23 And he made (A)the Sea of cast bronze, ten cubits from one brim to the other; it was completely round. Its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.

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27 And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.

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27 He also made ten movable stands(A) of bronze; each was four cubits long, four wide and three high.[a]

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  1. 1 Kings 7:27 That is, about 6 feet long and wide and about 4 1/2 feet high or about 1.8 meters long and wide and 1.4 meters high

The Carts and the Lavers

27 He also made ten [a]carts of bronze; four cubits was the length of each cart, four cubits its width, and three cubits its height.

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  1. 1 Kings 7:27 Or stands

50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.

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50 the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes(A) and censers;(B)

and the gold sockets for the doors of the innermost room, the Most Holy Place, and also for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

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50 the basins, the trimmers, the bowls, the ladles, and the [a]censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner room (the Most Holy Place) and for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

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  1. 1 Kings 7:50 firepans