OLD TESTAMENT

1 Kings 7:23

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23

He made the molten sea ten cubits from brim to brim, round in shape. Its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encircled it.

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Verse 23. Brim, in diameter. The circumference was about 30 cubits; for it is not exactly three times as much as the diameter. Calmet.—The latter is as 7 to 22, with respect to the circumference. But the Scripture takes no notice of trifles. Menochius.

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