Translations
Modern
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.
Traditional
He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
Literal
And He made ten basins, and he put five on the right side and five on the left, to wash in them; the work of the burnt offering they would wash in them. And the Sea was for the priests to wash in.
Latin
Fecit quoque conchas decem: et posuit quinque a dextris, et quinque a sinistris, ut lavarent in eis omnia quæ in holocaustum oblaturi erant: porro in mari sacerdotes lavabantur.
Original
Hebrew
English
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.
Notes
The sea had the same purpose as the bronze washbasin in the tabernacle (see Exodus 30:18–19).
Theme notes and profiles
Parallels
Glossary
Bronze Sea Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Laver Minerals and Metals Temple
Topics
Ablution of Burnt offerings Ablution of Priests Purification: Scriptures Relating To Purification: Washing Parts of Animal Sacrifices in Water Purifications or Baptisms of Priests Performed in the Brazen Laver Purifications or Baptisms of Things for Burnt-Offerings Temple: Solomon's: The Ten Lavers