Exodus 30:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, whereat to wash. And thou shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעָשִׂ֜יתָ כִּיּ֥וֹר נְחֹ֛שֶׁת וְכַנּ֥וֹ נְחֹ֖שֶׁת לְרָחְצָ֑ה וְנָתַתָּ֣ אֹת֗וֹ בֵּֽין־אֹ֤הֶל מוֹעֵד֙ וּבֵ֣ין הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ וְנָתַתָּ֥ שָׁ֖מָּה מָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

wə-ʿāśîtā kiyyôr nəḥōšet wə-kannô nəḥōšet lərāḥṣāh wə-nātattā ʾōtô bên-ʾōhel môʿēd û-bên hammizbēaḥ wə-nātattā šāmmāh māyim

Grammar Details

*wə-ʿāśîtā*: conjunction + perfect verb, 2nd person masculine singular qal - and you shall make
*kiyyôr*: noun, masculine singular construct - basin of
*nəḥōšet*: noun, feminine singular - bronze
*wə-kannô*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and its base
*lərāḥṣāh*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - for washing
*wə-nātattā*: conjunction + perfect verb, 2nd person masculine singular qal - and you shall put
*ʾōtô*: direct object marker + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - it
*bên-ʾōhel*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - between tent of
*môʿēd*: noun, masculine singular - meeting
*û-bên*: conjunction + preposition - and between
*hammizbēaḥ*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the altar
*šāmmāh*: adverb - there
*māyim*: noun, masculine plural - water

Word Meanings

*kiyyôr*: basin, laver, washbasin
*nəḥōšet*: bronze, copper
*kan*: base, stand, pedestal
*rāḥṣāh*: washing, cleansing

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Referenced Verses

Exod 38:8 : 8 And he made the laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, of the mirrors of the ministering women that ministered at the door of the tent of meeting.
Exod 40:7 : 7 And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and shalt put water therein.
1 Kgs 7:38 : 38 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.
2 Chr 4:2 : 2 Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass; and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.
2 Chr 4:6 : 6 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as belonged to the burnt-offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
2 Chr 4:14-15 : 14 He made also the bases, and the lavers made he upon the bases; 15 one sea, and the twelve oxen under it.
Zech 13:1 : 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.
Titus 3:5 : 5 not by works [done] in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
1 John 1:7 : 7 but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus {G5547} his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Exod 40:30-32 : 30 And he set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water therein, wherewith to wash. 31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat; 32 when they went into the tent of meeting, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Lev 8:11 : 11 And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the laver and its base, to sanctify them.
1 Kgs 7:23 : 23 And he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.
Exod 31:9 : 9 and the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the laver and its base,

Similar Verses (AI)

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Exod 40:30-32
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30And he set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water therein, wherewith to wash.
31And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat;
32when they went into the tent of meeting, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Exod 40:6-7
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6And thou shalt set the altar of burnt-offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
7And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and shalt put water therein.
Exod 30:17
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17And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Exod 30:19-22
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19And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
20when they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.
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.
22Moreover Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Exod 30:26-29
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26And thou shalt anoint therewith the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony,
27and the table and all the vessels thereof, and the candlestick and the vessels thereof, and the altar of incense,
28and the altar of burnt-offering with all the vessels thereof, and the laver and the base thereof.
29And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
Exod 40:10-12
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10And thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and sanctify the altar: and the altar shall be most holy.
11And thou shalt anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it.
12And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tent of meeting, and shalt wash them with water.
Exod 35:16
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16the altar of burnt-offering, with its grating of brass, it staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base;
Exod 31:8-9
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8and the table and its vessels, and the pure candlestick with all its vessels, and the altar of incense,
9and the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the laver and its base,
Exod 39:39
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39the brazen altar, and its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base;
Exod 29:4
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4And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tent of meeting, and shalt wash them with water.
Exod 38:8
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8And he made the laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, of the mirrors of the ministering women that ministered at the door of the tent of meeting.
1 Kgs 7:38
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38And 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.
Exod 27:2-4
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2And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof; the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
3And thou shalt make its pots to take away its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its flesh-hooks, and its firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.
4And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof.
Exod 38:30
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30And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meeting, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grating for it, and all the vessels of the altar,
2 Chr 4:5-6
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5And it was a handbreadth thick; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand baths.
6He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as belonged to the burnt-offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
Exod 38:2-4
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2And he made the horns thereof upon the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of one piece with it: and he overlaid it with brass.
3And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, the flesh-hooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.
4And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up.
Lev 8:6
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6And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.
Lev 8:11
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11And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the laver and its base, to sanctify them.
2 Chr 4:1-2
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1Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
2Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass; and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.
1 Kgs 7:30
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30And every base had four brazen wheels, and axles of brass; and the four feet thereof had undersetters: beneath the laver were the undersetters molten, with wreaths at the side of each.
1 Kgs 7:26-27
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26And it was a handbreadth thick: and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it held two thousand baths.
27And he made the ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.
2 Chr 4:14
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14He made also the bases, and the lavers made he upon the bases;
Exod 27:6
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6And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with brass.
Lev 6:28
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28But the earthen vessel wherein it is boiled shall be broken; and if it be boiled in a brazen vessel, it shall be scoured, and rinsed in water.
Exod 30:3
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3And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.
Num 31:23-24
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23everything that may abide the fire, ye shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make to go through the water.
24And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
Exod 38:20
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20And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.
Num 8:7
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7And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of expiation upon them, and let them cause a razor to pass over all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.
Exod 27:18
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18The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
Lev 16:24
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24and he shall bathe his flesh in water in a holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt-offering and the burnt-offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people.