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1 Kings 7:38

36 He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and panels, wherever each had space, with wreaths all around.

37 In this way he made the ten stands, each with the same casting, dimensions, and shape.

He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.

39 He set five stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north, and he put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple.

40 Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of the LORD:

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BSB
He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.
KJV
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.
WEB
He made ten basins of bronze. One basin contained forty baths. Every basin measured four cubits. One basin was on every one of the ten bases.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And he made ten basins of bronze. One basin contained forty baths; one basin [was] four by the cubit; one basin on one cart [was] to the ten carts.
ÅB
Så gjorde han ti kobberkar; hvert kar rommet førti bat og var fire alen i tverrmål; det var ett kar på hvert av de ti fotstykker.
OTB
Og han laget ti kummer av bronse, en kumme for hvert av de ti stativene; hver kumme rommet førti bat og var fire alen; og på hvert av de ti stativene var det en kumme.
B1930
Så gjorde han ti kobberkar; hvert kar rummet firti bat og var fire alen i tverrmål; det var ett kar på hvert av de ti fotstykker.

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  • Hebrews 10:22

    let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

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  • Exodus 30:17–21

    And the LORD said to Moses,

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  • Exodus 38:8

    Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

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  • Revelation 7:14

    “Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

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  • Zechariah 13:1

    “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.

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  • Exodus 30:28

    the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.

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  • Hebrews 9:10

    They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.

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  • 2 Chronicles 4:6–22

    He also made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the priests used the Sea for washing.

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