Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
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Gill's Exposition
Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal,.... For Aaron, and his sons, and the priests in succession, to wash at before their entrance on their ministry; and…
Exo 38:8. The bronze for the “Laver of brass” and its foot was supplied from the bronze mirrors of the women who voluntarily gave up these articles of luxury. Bronze mirrors were much used by the…
Adam Clarke
A laver of brass - כיור kiyor sometimes signifies a caldron, Sa1 2:14; but it seems to signify any large round vessel or basin used for washing the hands and feet. There were doubtless cocks or…
Orders are here given, 1. For the making of a laver, or font, of brass, a large vessel, that would contain a good quantity of water, which was to be set near the door of the tabernacle, Exo 30:18. The…
Cambridge Bible
Thou shalt also make Heb. And thou shalt make.
brass bronze or copper, as always: see on Exo 25:3. The metal, according to Exo 38:8, was obtained from the mirrors of the women who -served in the host"…
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