Exodus 38:8

Bezalel made the large bronze basin with a bronze stand. He made the basin out of mirrors belonging to the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

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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 poles through the rings on the sides of the altar, to carry it. He made the altar hollow, out of planks.

9He also made the courtyard. The hangings on the south side of the courtyard were of fine linen, one hundred cubits long.

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Cross References

Exodus 30:17Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Exodus 40:7You must put the large basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and you must put water in it.

1 Samuel 2:22Now Eli was very old; he heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they slept with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

1 Kings 7:38Huram made ten basins of bronze. One basin could hold forty baths of water. Each basin was four cubits across and there was one basin on each of ten stands.

Psalms 26:6I wash my hands in innocence, 1 and I go around your altar, Yahweh, 1

Isaiah 3:23the hand mirrors, the fine linen, the head pieces, and the wraps. 1

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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