²² On the top of the pillars was a work of lilies; and so the work of the pillars was finished.

²³ He also made the molten^[a] sea, ten cubits in diameter,^[b] and five cubits was its height. A measuring line of thirty cubits would encircle it all around. ²⁴ Gourds were under its rim surrounding it all around; ten to the cubit, surrounding the sea all around with two rows of gourds, which were cast when he cast the metal.