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# Huram made
Huram would have commanded his workers to do this work. Alternate translation: "Huram also commanded them to make" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
# the round sea
This refers to a particular bronze tank or basin in the temple. It was very large and held a lot of water. It was called "the sea."
# cast metal
Huram melted the bronze and formed it in a mold.
# ten cubits ... five cubits ... thirty cubits
A cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate translation: "4.6 meters ... 2.3 meters ... 13.8 meters" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-bdistance]])
# from brim to brim
"from one edge to the other"
# in circumference
Circumference is the distance or measurement around a circular object or area.