Exodus 38:8

He also made the washtub of brass, with its base made from the mirrors of the women who kept watch at the door of the tabernacle.

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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 drew them through the rings, which projected from the sides of the altar. But the altar itself was not solid, but hollow, made from panels and empty inside.

9He also made the atrium, at the south side of which were hangings of fine twisted linen of one hundred cubits and

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Cross References

Exodus 30:17And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Exodus 40:7The washtub shall stand between the altar and the tabernacle, and you shall fill it with water.

1 Samuel 2:22Now Eli was very old, and he heard all that his sons were doing to all of Israel, and how they were sleeping with the women who were waiting at the door of the tabernacle.

1 Kings 7:38He also made ten hand basins of brass. One hand basin contained four baths, and was of four cubits. And each basin he set upon a base, which is ten bases.

Psalms 26:6He has exalted me upon the rock, and now he has exalted my head above my enemies. I have circled around and offered a sacrifice of loud exclamation in his tabernacle. I will sing, and I will compose a psalm, to the Lord.

Isaiah 3:23and the mirrors, and scarves, and ribbons, and their sparse clothing.

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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