Holy Scripture
1 Kings 7:17
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“For the number seven is conventionally used to denote the grace of the Holy Spirit, as attested in the Apocalypse by John, who, after saying that he had seen "the lamb with seven horns and seven eyes," went on to add, by way of explanation, "which are the seven spirits of God sent into the whole world." This the proph…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
17And there were four brazen wheels to one base; and there were brazen bases, and their four sides answering to them, side pieces under the bases.
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15And this work of the bases was formed with a border to them, and there was a border between the ledges.
16And upon their borders between the projections were lions, and oxen, and cherubs: and on the projections, even so above, and also below were the places of lions and oxen, hanging work.
— 1 Kings 7:17 —
18And there were axles in the wheels under the base. And the height of one wheel was a cubit and a half.
19And the work of the wheels was as the work of chariot wheels: their axles, and their felloes, and the rest of their work, were all molten.