1 Kings 7:38 “He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring…”

1 Kings 7:38

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

And he made 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then made he ten caldrons of brasse, one caldron conteyned fourty Baths: and euery caldron was foure cubites, one caldron was vpon one base throughout the ten bases.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

And he maketh ten lavers of brass; forty baths doth the one laver contain, four by the cubit [is] the one laver, one laver on the one base [is] to the ten bases;

Bible in Basic English

And he made ten brass washing-vessels, everyone taking forty baths, and measuring four cubits; one vessel was placed on every one of the ten bases.

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Cross references

“ten lavers”

Exodus 30:17–21 Exodus 30:28 Exodus 38:8 2 Chronicles 4:6–22 Zechariah 13:1 Hebrews 9:10

Exodus 30:17–21 · BSB

And the LORD said to Moses,

Exodus 30:28 · BSB

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

Exodus 38:8 · BSB

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.

2 Chronicles 4:6–22 · BSB

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.

Zechariah 13:1 · BSB

“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.

Hebrews 9:10 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

39He 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.

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