Exodus 38:8

And he made the laver of brass, and the base of it of brass, from the mirrors of the women who fasted, who fasted by the doors of the tabernacle of witness, in the day in which he set it up.

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In The King James Version

And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

In Context

7And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to bear it; he made it hollow with planks.

9And he made the court. For the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits,

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Cross References

Exodus 30:17And LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Exodus 40:7And thou shall set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and shall put water in it.

1 Samuel 2:22Now Eli was very old. And he heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and how that they lay with the women who assembled at the door of the tent of meeting.

1 Kings 7:38And he made ten basins of brass. One basin contained forty baths. And every basin was four cubits. And upon every one of the ten bases one basin.

Psalms 26:6I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will encompass thine altar, O LORD,

Isaiah 3:23the hand-mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the veils.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 38:2-9

The Tabernacle and Its Furniture. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof. 2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass. 3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he… Read the whole commentary →

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