31. Inside the bowl was an opening eighteen inches deep. The opening was round, measuring twenty-seven inches, with engravings. The panels of the stands were square rather than round.
32. There were four wheels beneath the panels. The axles of the wheels were attached to the stand. Each wheel was twenty-seven inches in height.
33. The construction of the wheels resembled chariot wheels. The axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all made of cast metal.
34. There was a handle on each of the four corners of every stand, projecting from the side of the stand.
35. The top of the stand had a band running around the perimeter that was nine inches deep. The stand had its own supports and panels.
36. On the surfaces of the supports and panels he carved winged otherworldly creatures, lions, and palm trees with wreaths everywhere.
37. In this manner he made ten stands, each one cast in a single mold of the same size and shape.
38. He made ten bronze washbasins, each able to hold forty baths. Every washbasin was six feet across, and there was one for each of the ten stands.
39. He placed five stands on the south of the temple and five on the north of the temple. He placed the Sea at the southeast corner of the temple.
40. Hiram made the basins, shovels, and bowls.And so Hiram finished his work on the Lord’s temple for King Solomon: