The CTo fpel of the Sea and Lavers in the Temple. 4. The Figure and Dimenfions of them. As to the Laver of the Ta- bernacle, it is not expreffed ; but it was but fmail, becaufe it was por- table ; but the molten Sea of the Temple was larger, the Diameter of it was ten Cubits, and the Circumference thirty, i Kings 7.23. which is not fet down in exa&Geometrical Proportion, which was one and thirty Cubits and an half; for theRule in Geometry is Peripheria eft tripla diametri ¢r Pere /efguifeptima. But the neareft round Number is ex- preffed inflead of the precife Number, as is ufual in Scripture. The Capacity of it was fo large, that it contained two thoufand Baths, r King. 7. 26. but in 2 Chron, 4.5. It is faid, it contained threerthoufand Baths, which are thus reconciled ; that two thoufand was ordinarily put thereinto, but if filled up to the brim, it might contain three thou- fand. A Bath contained about eight Gallons ; by which Account four Baths make a Barrel ; fo 'as this Sea could contain feven hundred and fifty Barrels of Water, and five hundred Barrels full were ordinarily put into it, Engl. Anna. on t Kings 7.26. the ten Lavers did contain forty Baths a piece. 5. They had feveral parts belonging to them, fomé for Ornament, and force for neceffary Ufe : As thofe rows of Knops, as r Kings 7.24.. or Pillures of Oxen, 2 Chron. 4. 3. in two rows round about the brim of the molten Sea, with the Floners ofLillies. And the Lavers had their Bor. tiers, Ledges, Under- fetters, d?'c. but that which is molt Remarkable is theBaits or Foot, upon which they flood, which is exprefly and of- ten mentioned by the Holy Ghoft, and feems to have fomething of special Emphafis put upon it. For of the Laver of the Tabernacle it is noted, that it had a Baits or a Foot of Brafs, and this Foot is mentioned exprefly as oft as the Laver is mentioned, which is five times in that Book of Exodus ; the Laver and his Foot, Exod. 30.18. and 31. 9. and 35. 16. and 39 39. and 4o. r I. and Levit. 8. r i. Of the molten Sea in the Temple it is noted, that it flood upon twelve Oxen : Thefe Oxen had their hinder parts inward under the Sea ; but their Faces looking towards all the four Quarters of the World ; three towards the North, and three towards the Well, and three towards the South, and three towards the Eafl, as 2 Chron. 4 4, The ten Lavers of the Temple flood upon Wheels, that fo they might be removed to any place of the Court, as occafion might re- quire ; each Laver had four Wheels. 6. The Place where they flood. As to the Laver of the Tabernacle, it 4s fail to have flood between the Tabernacle and the Altar, Exod. 30 . 18. bat as to the Place of the molten Sea, thus much is clear In general,
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