It stoodon twelveoxen,threefacingnorth,threefacingwest,threefacingsouth,and threefacingeast;and the sea[was set] on topof them, and alltheir rearparts[turned] inward.
It was a handbreadththick,and its brimwas madelike the brimof a cup,[as] a lilyblossom;it could holdtwo thousandbaths.
and the oneseaand the twelveoxenunderthe sea;
Then KingAhazcutoffthe bordersof the stands,and removedthe laverfrom them; he also tookdownthe seafrom the bronzeoxenwhichwere underit and putit on a pavementof stone.
The twopillars,the onesea,and the twelvebronzebullsthat were underthe sea,[and] the stands,whichKingSolomonhad madefor the houseof the LORD--the bronzeof allthesevesselswas beyondweight.
As for the formof their faces,[each] had the faceof a man;all fourhad the faceof a lionon the rightand the faceof a bullon the left,and all fourhad the faceof an eagle.
"Gothereforeand make disciplesof allthe nations,baptizingthem in the nameof the Fatherand the Sonand the HolySpirit,
and that repentancefor forgivenessof sinswould be proclaimedin His nameto allthe nations,beginningfrom Jerusalem.
For it is writtenin the Lawof Moses,"YOU SHALL NOT MUZZLETHE OXWHILE HE IS THRESHING."Godis not concernedabout oxen,is He?
