7:26a It was a handbreadth thick,

The reservoir/tank wall was as thick as a man’s palm/fist.
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The wall of the basin/container was four fingers thick.

7:26b and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom.

The rim resembled the brim of a cup and was shaped like a lily blossom.
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Its top edge was like that of a drinking container, and ⌊it curved out⌋ in the shape of a lily flower.

7:26c It could hold two thousand baths.

The size of the Hebrew measurement called “bath” is uncertain. The Sea could have held anywhere from five to twelve thousand gallons, or forty to eighty thousand liters.

The reservoir/tank held 2,000 liquid measures ⌊of water⌋.
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The tub/basin could contain about fifty thousand (50,000) liters ⌊of water⌋.

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