Teaching the Old Testament. Revealing Christ.
Teaching the Old Testament. Revealing Christ.
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Between the altar and the tent stood a basin of brass where the priests washed before they served.
Location
Between the altar and the tent
Size
Not given in Scripture
Material
Brass from the women's mirrors
Use
Washing hands and feet
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What the Bible says
King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
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.
For Aaron and his sons shall wash their feet thereat:
When 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:
So 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.
Exodus 30:17–21
Pointing to Christ
The priests who were already consecrated still had to wash daily. The laver pictures the ongoing cleansing of those who serve God.
“That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word.” Ephesians 5:26
Where it stood
Brazen Laver · Courtyard
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