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The instructions given to Moses in the
Book of Exodus The Book of Exodus (from grc, Ἔξοδος, translit=Éxodos; he, שְׁמוֹת ''Šəmōṯ'', "Names") is the second book of the Bible. It narrates the story of the Exodus, in which the Israelites leave slavery in Biblical Egypt through ...
included the creation of a bronze laver ( ''kîyōr nəḥōšeṯ''), to be sited outside the Tabernacle of Meeting, between the Tabernacle door and the Altar of Burnt Offering, for Aaron, his sons and their successors as
priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in partic ...
s to wash their hands and their feet before making a sacrifice. Both the laver and its base were to be made of bronze. Bronze mirrors supplied by the Israelite women who served at the Tabernacle door were used to make the laver and its base, and they were then anointed with holy oil along with the Tabernacle, all its furnishings and the priests.Exodus 30:28 In
Solomon's Temple Solomon's Temple, also known as the First Temple (, , ), was the Temple in Jerusalem between the 10th century BC and . According to the Hebrew Bible, it was commissioned by Solomon in the United Kingdom of Israel before being inherited by th ...
, the laver was apparently superseded by the molten or brazen sea described in
1 Kings The Book of Kings (, '' Sēfer Məlāḵīm'') is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Kings) in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. It concludes the Deuteronomistic history, a history of Israel also including the book ...
7:23–26 and .


See also

* Molten Sea#The Laver of the Tabernacle * Bronze laver (Temple), ten lavers in Solomon's Temple


References

{{Reflist Hebrew Bible words and phrases Jewish ritual objects Solomon's Temple Tabernacle and Temples in Jerusalem Book of Exodus