1 Kings 7:23

• §2130Article 1 · The First CommandmentRead at vatican.va

  “Nevertheless, already in the Old Testament, God ordained or permitted the making of images that pointed symbolically toward salvation by the incarnate Word: so it was with the bronze serpent, the ark of the covenant, and the cherubim.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Num 21:4-9; Wis 16:5-14; Jn 3:14-15; Ex 25:10-22; 1 Kings 6:23-28; 7:23-26.

• Gregory the Great, The Book of Pastoral Rule II.5Part II

  “Hence also it is that before the doors of the temple the brazen sea for washing the hands of those who enter, that is the laver, is supported by twelve oxen (1 Kings vii. 23, seq.), whose faces indeed stand out to view, but whose hinder parts are hidden.” — the author cites it

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• 2 Chronicles 4:2

  1 Kings 7:23 and 2 Chronicles 4:2 share the same wording (11 words).

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• Genesis 28:12

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