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

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2 Chron. 4:6• ⁶He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in. (2 Chron. 4:6)

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Ex. 30:17‑21,28• ¹⁷And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
¹⁸Thou 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.
¹⁹For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
²⁰When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the Lord:
²¹So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
²⁸And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot. (Ex. 30:17‑21,28)

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Ex. 38:8• ⁸And 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. (Ex. 38:8)

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Ex. 40:11‑12• ¹¹And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.
¹²And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. (Ex. 40:11‑12)

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2 Chron. 4:6‑22• ⁶He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
⁷And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
⁸He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.
⁹Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
¹⁰And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south.
¹¹And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;
¹²To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;
¹³And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.
¹⁴He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;
¹⁵One sea, and twelve oxen under it.
¹⁶The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the Lord of bright brass.
¹⁷In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.
¹⁸Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
¹⁹And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the showbread was set;
²⁰Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
²¹And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;
²²And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold. (2 Chron. 4:6‑22)

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Zech. 13:1• ¹In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness. (Zech. 13:1)

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Heb. 9:10• ¹⁰Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. (Heb. 9:10)

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Heb. 10:22• ²²Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. (Heb. 10:22)

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1 John 1:7• ⁷But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7)

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Rev. 7:14• ¹⁴And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. (Rev. 7:14)

• The brazen sea served to cleanse the priests; the ten lavers, five on the right of the court and five on the left, served to “wash... such things as they offered for the burnt offering” (2 Chron. 4:6). In Leviticus 1:9 we see that the priest washed the inwards and the legs of the victim with water. This type must correspond to future reality—to the offering of Christ to God in perfect purity. He who offered Himself as an odor of a sweet smell was holiness itself and had no need to be washed, but the type must be washed in order to show the perfection of the offering of Christ. (“Hiram and the Court: 1 Kings 7:13-51” by H.L. Rossier)

• Ten lavers were needed to wash the victims; these were, we do not doubt, symbolic of the absolute purity of Christ. (“Hiram and the Court: 1 Kings 7:13-51” by H.L. Rossier)

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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.