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1 Kings 7:38

1 Kings 7:38 is verse 38 of 1 Kings chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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

40 baths is approximately 232 gallons or 880 liters.

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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.

1 bath is one tenth of a cor, or about 5.6 U. S. gallons or 21 liters, so 40 baths was about 224 gallons or 840 liters.

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1 Kings 7:36–40 · Berean Standard Bible

36 He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and panels, wherever each had space, with wreaths all around.

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

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

39 He 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.

40 Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of the LORD:

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Exodus 30:17

And the LORD said to Moses,

Exodus 30:18

“You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it,

Exodus 30:19

with which Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet.

Exodus 30:20

Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting an offering made by fire to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they will not die.

Exodus 30:21

Thus they are to wash their hands and feet so that they will not die; this shall be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants for the generations to come.”

Exodus 30:28

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

Exodus 38:8

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.

Exodus 40:11

Anoint the basin and its stand and consecrate them.

Exodus 40:12

Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.

2 Chronicles 4:6

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.

2 Chronicles 4:7

He made ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.

2 Chronicles 4:8

Additionally, he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold bowls.

2 Chronicles 4:9

He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze.

2 Chronicles 4:10

He put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.

2 Chronicles 4:11

Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of God:

2 Chronicles 4:12

the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;

2 Chronicles 4:13

the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars);

2 Chronicles 4:14

the stands; the basins on the stands;

2 Chronicles 4:15

the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;

2 Chronicles 4:16

and the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other articles. All these objects that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of polished bronze.

2 Chronicles 4:17

The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah.

2 Chronicles 4:18

Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

2 Chronicles 4:19

Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of God: the golden altar; the tables on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;

2 Chronicles 4:20

the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;

2 Chronicles 4:21

the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold—of purest gold;

2 Chronicles 4:22

the wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers of purest gold; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place as well as the doors of the main hall.

Zechariah 13:1

“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

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

Hebrews 10:22

let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

1 John 1:7

But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

Revelation 7:14

“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

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