laver

noun

«laver» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In Jewish tradition

The priests washed their hands and feet in the laver before serving at the altar or entering the Tent. Tradition sees this as a lesson in being clean before holy work. In Solomon's Temple there were ten smaller lavers on wheeled bases, each holding forty baths of water.

Meaning

A large bronze basin for washing, used by the priests in the Tabernacle. tree →

Examples

And thou shalt anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it. (Torah EXO.40.11, JPS 1917) tree →
and the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the laver and its base; (Torah EXO.31.9, JPS 1917) tree →
and the altar of burnt-offering with all the vessels thereof, and the laver and the base thereof. (Torah EXO.30.28, JPS 1917) tree →
and the ten bases, and the ten lavers on the bases; (Prophets 1KI.7.43, JPS 1917) tree →
He made also the bases, and the lavers made he upon the bases; (Writings 2CH.4.14, JPS 1917) tree →
And he made 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. (Prophets 1KI.7.38, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

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