4:5a It was a handbreadth thick,

The thickness of the Sea was the width of a hand.
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The basin was ⌊about/approximately⌋ as thick as the width of a ⌊man’s⌋ fist.

4:5b and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup,

The lip of the Sea was made like the lip of a cup,
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The edge of the basin was shaped like the edge of a cup.

4:5c like a lily blossom.

like the blossom of a lily.
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It looked like the petals of a lily flower.

4:5d It could hold three thousand baths.

The Sea contained three thousands (3000) baths ⌊of water⌋.
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The volume of the basin was about sixty thousand (60,000) liters.
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The bowl could hold fifteen thousand (15,000) gallons.

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