1 Kings 7:38

³⁶ For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.

³⁷ After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.

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.

³⁹ And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south.

⁴⁰ And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD:

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

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.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Hebrews 10:22
Let 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.
Read in context
Exodus 30:17–21
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Read in context
Exodus 38:8
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.
Read in context
Revelation 7:14
And 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.
Read in context
Zechariah 13:1
In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
Read in context
Exodus 30:28
And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.
Read in context
Hebrews 9:10
Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
Read in context
2 Chronicles 4:6–22
He 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.
Read in context