john 2:6 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. - Free Bible Online

john 2:6 Now there were six stone waterpots set there for the Jewish custom of purification, containing twenty or thirty gallons each.


      6. firkins--about seven and a half gallons in Jewish, or nine in Attic measure; each of these huge water jars, therefore, holding some twenty or more gallons, for washings at such feasts (Mr 7:4).

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