1 Kings 7:24-26

24Under its brim were agourds, for ten cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast. 25It stood on btwelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set on them, and all their rear parts were inward. 26Its thickness was a handbreadth,
A  handbreadth was about 3 inches or 7.5 centimeters
and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held two thousand baths.
A  bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters


Ezekiel 1:10

10As for the likeness of their faces, eeach had a human face. The four had the face of a lion on the right side, the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four had the face of an eagle.

Ezekiel 10:14

14 fAnd every one had four faces: gthe first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was ha human face, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

1 Corinthians 9:9-10

9For it is written in the Law of Moses, i“You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain.” Is it for oxen that God is concerned? 10Does he not certainly speak for our sake? It was written jfor our sake, because kthe plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of sharing in the crop.

Revelation of John 4:7

7 lthe first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight.
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