6 Now there were six stone water jars there nfor the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty ogallons.
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John 3:25
Now a discussion arose between some of John’s disciples and a Jew over purification.
Mark 7:3–4
(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, holding to the tradition of the elders, and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.)
2 Chronicles 4:5
Its thickness was a handbreadth. And its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held 3,000 baths.
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