Exodus 30:18

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.

Thou shalt also make {H6213} a laver {H3595} of brass {H5178}, and his foot {H3653} also of brass {H5178}, to wash {H7364} withal: and thou shalt put {H5414} it between the tabernacle {H168} of the congregation {H4150} and the altar {H4196}, and thou shalt put {H5414} water {H4325} therein.

"You are to make a basin of bronze, with a base of bronze, for washing. Place it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

“You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it,

Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, whereat to wash. And thou shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 40:7 (6 votes)

    And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein.

  • Exodus 38:8 (5 votes)

    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.

  • 2 Chronicles 4:14 (4 votes)

    He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;

  • 2 Chronicles 4:15 (4 votes)

    One sea, and twelve oxen under it.

  • 1 Kings 7:38 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Exodus 40:30 (4 votes)

    And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash [withal].

  • Exodus 40:32 (4 votes)

    When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.