What does the Bible say about laver?
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The Bible presents the laver as a holy basin for ceremonial washing, teaching that those who draw near to God must be cleansed according to his appointed way. In Exodus 30:18-20, priests washed their hands and feet before serving at the altar, lest they die, underscoring God's holiness and human uncleanness. The laver stood between the tabernacle and altar, as Exodus 40:7 and 40:30-32 recounts, and was consecrated with the other furnishings in Exodus 30:28 and Leviticus 8:11. Solomon later made great basins for temple worship in 1 Kings 7. These outward washings pointed beyond themselves to the cleansing God provides, ultimately fulfilled in Christ, who makes his people clean to serve him.
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- Directions for making Exodus 30:18-20
- Situation of, in the tabernacle, tent of the congregation, and the altar Exodus 40:7
- Sanctified Exodus 30:28; Exodus 40:11; Leviticus 8:11
- Used for washing Exodus 40:30-32
- Brazen (bronze), made by Solomon for the temple 1 Kings 7
- Altered by Ahaz 2 Kings 16:17
- Broken and carried away to Babylon by the Chaldeans 2 Kings 25:13; 2 Kings 25:16; Jeremiah 52:17; Jeremiah 52:20
- FIGURATIVE Revelation 4:6; Revelation 15:2
- In connection with Exodus 38:8; 1 Kings 7:23
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