And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
And [or, 'Now' de (G1161 )] there were set there six water-pots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. The "firkin" here mentioned х metreetees (G3355)], when it stands for the Jewish "bath," is a measure containing about seven and a half gallons; in Attic measure it held nine and a half gallons. Each of these huge water-jars, then, must have held some 20 gallons; designed for "the purifying" of the Jews (see Mark 7:4).