Catholic Public Domain Version
"In this manner, he made ten bases with the same casting and measure, and very similar engravings. "
— 1 Kings 7:37, Catholic Public Domain Version
“After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.”
“After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one form. ”
“In this way, he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one form.”
“He made the ten stands in this way. All of them were cast in one mold and were identical in measurements and shape.”
“After this manner, he made ten bases, of one casting and measure, and the like graving.”
“All the ten bases were made in this way, after the same design, of the same size and form.”
“After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.”
And the four little arms, which were at each corner of a base, were cast and joined together as part of the base itself.
And at the summit of the base, there was a round stand of one half cubit, fabricated so that the basin could be placed upon it, having its engravings, and various sculptures of its own.
He also engraved those plates, which were of brass. And at the corners were cherubim, and lions, and palm trees, standing out, as if in the likeness of a man, so that they seemed not to be engraved, but placed adjacent on all sides.
In this manner, he made ten bases with the same casting and measure, and very similar engravings.
He also made ten hand basins of brass. One hand basin contained four baths, and was of four cubits. And each basin he set upon a base, which is ten bases.
And he stationed the ten bases, five to the right side of the temple, and five to the left. And the sea he placed to the right side of the temple, opposite the east, toward the south.
Then Hiram made cooking pots, and trays, and small hooks. And he completed all the work of king Solomon in the temple of the Lord: