Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 30:18

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18-21. Thou shalt . . . make a laver of brass —Though not actually forming a component part of the furniture of the tabernacle, this vase was closely connected with it; and though from standing at the entrance it would be a familiar object, it possessed great interest and importance from the baptismal purposes to which it was applied. No data are given by which its form and size can be ascertained; but it was probably a miniature pattern of Solomon's—a circular basin. his foot —supposed not to be the pedestal on which it rested, but a trough or shallow receptacle below, into which the water, let out from a cock or spout, flowed; for the way in which all Eastern people wash their hands or feet is by pouring upon them the water which falls into a basin. This laver was provided for the priests alone. But in the Christian dispensation, all believers are priests, and hence the apostle exhorts them how to draw near to God ( John 13:10 ; Hebrews 10:22 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-23" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-exo-30-003

절 (explains)

bible-text/exo-30-18

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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