Exodus 38:8

And he made the washing-vessel of brass on a brass base, using the polished brass looking-glasses given by the women who did work at the doors of the Tent of meeting.

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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

7He put the rods through the rings at the opposite sides of the altar for lifting it; he made the altar hollow, boarded in with wood.

9To make the open space, he put hangings on the south side, of the best linen, a hundred cubits long:

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Cross References

Exodus 30:17And the Lord said to Moses,

Exodus 40:7And let the washing-vessel, with water in it, be put between the Tent of meeting and the altar.

1 Samuel 2:22Now Eli was very old; and he had news from time to time of what his sons were doing to all Israel.

1 Kings 7:38And he made ten brass washing-vessels, everyone taking forty baths, and measuring four cubits; one vessel was placed on every one of the ten bases.

Psalms 26:6I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;

Isaiah 3:23The looking-glasses, and the fair linen, and the high head-dresses, 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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