1 Kings 7:38
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He made also ten lavers of brass: one laver contained four bates, and was of four cubits: and upon every base, in all ten, he put as many lavers.

ten lavers

Exodus 30:17-21,28 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: . . .

Exodus 38:8 He made also the laver of brass, with the foot thereof, of the mirrors of the women that watched at the door of the tabernacle.

Exodus 40:11,12 The laver with its foot: thou shalt consecrate all with the oil of unction, that they may be most holy. . . .

2 Chronicles 4:6 He made also ten lavers: and he set five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them all such things as they were to offer for holocausts: but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

Zechariah 13:1 In that day there shall be a fountain open to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem: for the washing of the sinner, and of the unclean woman.

Hebrews 9:10 And divers washings and justices of the flesh laid on them until the time of correction.

Hebrews 10:22 Let us draw near with a true heart, in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with clean water.

John 1:7 This man came for a witness, to give testimony of the light, that all men might believe through him.

Revelation 7:14 And I said to him: My Lord, thou knowest. And he said to me: These are they who are come out of great tribulation and have washed their robes and have made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Context
The Ten Bronze Basins
38He made also ten lavers of brass: one laver contained four bates, and was of four cubits: and upon every base, in all ten, he put as many lavers.39And he set the ten bases, five on the right side of the temple, and five on the left: and the sea he put on the right side of the temple, over against the east southward.…
Cross References
Exodus 30:18
Thou shalt make also a brazen laver with its foot to wash in: and thou shalt set it between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar. And water being put into it:

1 Kings 7:27
And he made ten bases of brass, every base was four cubits in length, and four cubits in breadth, and three cubits high.

1 Kings 7:39
And he set the ten bases, five on the right side of the temple, and five on the left: and the sea he put on the right side of the temple, over against the east southward.

2 Chronicles 4:6
He made also ten lavers: and he set five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them all such things as they were to offer for holocausts: but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

Lexicon
He also made
וַיַּ֛עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

ten
עֲשָׂרָ֥ה (‘ă·śā·rāh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6235: Ten

bronze
נְחֹ֑שֶׁת (nə·ḥō·šeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5178: Copper, something made of that metal, coin, a fetter, base

basins,
כִיֹּר֖וֹת (ḵî·yō·rō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3595: Pot, basin

each
הָאֶחָ֗ד (hā·’e·ḥāḏ)
Article | Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

holding
יָכִ֣יל ׀ (yā·ḵîl)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3557: To keep in, to measure, to maintain

forty
אַרְבָּעִ֨ים (’ar·bā·‘îm)
Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 705: Forty

baths
בַּ֜ת (baṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1324: A bath (a Hebrew measure)

and
אֶחָד֙ (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

measuring four
אַרְבַּ֤ע (’ar·ba‘)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 702: Four

cubits across,
בָּֽאַמָּה֙ (bā·’am·māh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

one
הָאַחַ֔ת (hā·’a·ḥaṯ)
Article | Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

basin
הַכִּיּ֣וֹר (hak·kî·yō·wr)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3595: Pot, basin

for each
הָאֶחָ֔ד (hā·’e·ḥāḏ)
Article | Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

of the ten
לְעֶ֖שֶׂר (lə·‘e·śer)
Preposition-l | Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6235: Ten

stands.
הַמְּכוֹנָ֣ה (ham·mə·ḵō·w·nāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4350: A fixed resting place, base


Additional Translations
He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and on every one of the ten bases one laver.

And he made ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths; and every laver was four cubits; and upon very one of the ten bases one laver.

And he made ten brazen lavers, each laver containing forty baths, and measuring four cubits, each laver placed on a several base throughout the ten bases.

And he made ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths; every laver was four cubits; upon every one of the ten bases one laver.

And he made 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 lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver.

He made ten basins of brass: one basin contained forty baths; and every basin was four cubits; and on every one of the ten bases one basin.

And he maketh ten lavers of brass; forty baths doth the one laver contain, four by the cubit is the one laver, one laver on the one base is to the ten bases;
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