Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver.
Then he made ten bronze basins for washing. Each basin could hold forty baths of water and was four cubits across. Each of the ten wheeled stands had one basin placed on top of it.
This verse describes Solomon having ten large bronze washing basins made for the temple, each holding about 240 gallons of water and mounted on wheeled stands.
📚 Historical Context
This is part of the detailed account of King Solomon building the first temple in Jerusalem around 960 BC. The master craftsman Hiram was creating all the bronze furnishings for the temple, including these washing basins that priests would use for ceremonial cleansing before offering sacrifices. These elaborate bronze works demonstrated both the wealth of Solomon's kingdom and the importance of ritual purity in temple worship.
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