1 Kings 7:38

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He also made ten bronze basins, each of which could hold about 240 gallons. Each basin was six feet in diameter; there was one basin for each stand.

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  • Exod 30:17-21 : 17 The Bronze Laver The LORD spoke to Moses: 18 “You are also to make a large bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. You are to put it between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it, 19 and Aaron and his sons must wash their hands and their feet from it. 20 When they enter the tent of meeting, they must wash with water so that they do not die. Also, when they approach the altar to minister by burning incense as an offering made by fire to the LORD, 21 they must wash their hands and their feet so that they do not die. And this will be a perpetual ordinance for them and for their descendants throughout their generations.”
  • Exod 30:28 : 28 the altar for the burnt offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its base.
  • Exod 38:8 : 8 He made the large basin of bronze and its pedestal of bronze from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
  • Exod 40:11-12 : 11 You must also anoint the large basin and its pedestal, and you are to sanctify it. 12 “You are to bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.
  • 2 Chr 4:6-9 : 6 He made ten washing basins; he put five on the south side and five on the north side. In them they rinsed the items used for burnt sacrifices; the priests washed in“The Sea.” 7 He made ten gold lampstands according to specifications and put them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left. 8 He made ten tables and set them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left. He also made one hundred gold bowls. 9 He made the courtyard of the priests and the large enclosure and its doors; he plated their doors with bronze. 10 He put“The Sea” on the south side, in the southeast corner. 11 Huram Abi made the pots, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on God’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon. 12 He made the two pillars, the two bowl-shaped tops of the pillars, the latticework for the bowl-shaped tops of the two pillars, 13 the four hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments for the latticework of the two pillars(each latticework had two rows of these ornaments at the bowl-shaped top of the pillar), 14 the ten movable stands with their ten basins, 15 the big bronze basin called“The Sea” with its twelve bulls underneath, 16 and the pots, shovels, and meat forks. All the items King Solomon assigned Huram Abi to make for the LORD’s temple were made from polished bronze. 17 The king had them cast in earth foundries in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan. 18 Solomon made so many of these items they did not weigh the bronze. 19 Solomon also made these items for God’s temple: the gold altar, the tables on which the Bread of the Presence was kept, 20 the pure gold lampstands and their lamps which burned as specified at the entrance to the inner sanctuary, 21 the pure gold flower-shaped ornaments, lamps, and tongs, 22 the pure gold trimming shears, basins, pans, and censers, and the gold door sockets for the inner sanctuary(the most holy place) and for the doors of the main hall of the temple.
  • Zech 13:1 : 1 The Refinement of Judah“In that day there will be a fountain opened up for the dynasty of David and the people of Jerusalem to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
  • Heb 9:10 : 10 They served only for matters of food and drink and various ritual washings; they are external regulations imposed until the new order came.
  • Heb 10:22 : 22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.
  • 1 John 1:7 : 7 But if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
  • Rev 7:14 : 14 So I said to him,“My lord, you know the answer.” Then he said to me,“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!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 7:23-31
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    23He also made the large bronze basin called“The Sea.” It measured 15 feet from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet high. Its circumference was 45 feet.

    24Under the rim all the way around it were round ornaments arranged in settings 15 feet long. The ornaments were in two rows and had been cast with“The Sea.”

    25“The Sea” stood on top of twelve bulls. Three faced northward, three westward, three southward, and three eastward.“The Sea” was placed on top of them, and they all faced outward.

    26It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold about 12,000 gallons.

    27He also made ten bronze movable stands. Each stand was six feet long, six feet wide, and four-and-a-half feet high.

    28The stands were constructed with frames between the joints.

    29On these frames and joints were ornamental lions, bulls, and cherubim. Under the lions and bulls were decorative wreaths.

    30Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and four supports. Under the basin the supports were fashioned on each side with wreaths.

    31Inside the stand was a round opening that was a foot-and-a-half deep; it had a support that was two and one-quarter feet long. On the edge of the opening were carvings in square frames.

  • 1 Kgs 7:37
    86%

    37He made the ten stands in this way. All of them were cast in one mold and were identical in measurements and shape.

  • 1 Kgs 7:43-45
    3 verses
    85%

    43the ten movable stands with their ten basins,

    44the big bronze basin called“The Sea” with its twelve bulls underneath,

    45and the pots, shovels, and bowls. All these items King Solomon assigned Hiram to make for the LORD’s temple were made from polished bronze.

  • 2 Chr 4:14-15
    2 verses
    83%

    14the ten movable stands with their ten basins,

    15the big bronze basin called“The Sea” with its twelve bulls underneath,

  • 2 Chr 4:5-9
    5 verses
    82%

    5It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold 18,000 gallons.

    6He made ten washing basins; he put five on the south side and five on the north side. In them they rinsed the items used for burnt sacrifices; the priests washed in“The Sea.”

    7He made ten gold lampstands according to specifications and put them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left.

    8He made ten tables and set them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left. He also made one hundred gold bowls.

    9He made the courtyard of the priests and the large enclosure and its doors; he plated their doors with bronze.

  • 1 Kgs 7:39-40
    2 verses
    80%

    39He put five basins on the south side of the temple and five on the north side. He put“The Sea” on the south side, in the southeast corner.

    40Hiram also made basins, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on the LORD’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 4:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1He made a bronze altar, 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.

    2He also made the big bronze basin called“The Sea.” It measured 15 feet from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven and one-half feet high. Its circumference was 45 feet.

    3Images of bulls were under it all the way around, ten every eighteen inches all the way around. The bulls were in two rows and had been cast with“The Sea.”

  • Exod 30:18
    77%

    18“You are also to make a large bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. You are to put it between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it,

  • Exod 39:39
    76%

    39the bronze altar and its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils; the large basin with its pedestal;

  • Exod 38:8
    76%

    8He made the large basin of bronze and its pedestal of bronze from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

  • Exod 38:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2He made its horns on its four corners; its horns were part of it, and he overlaid it with bronze.

    3He made all the utensils of the altar– the pots, the shovels, the tossing bowls, the meat hooks, and the fire pans– he made all its utensils of bronze.

  • Exod 40:30
    76%

    30Then he put the large basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing.

  • Exod 40:7
    75%

    7You are to put the large basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it.

  • Exod 38:29-30
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    29The bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels.

    30With it he made the bases for the door of the tent of meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, and all the utensils of the altar,

  • Exod 30:28
    74%

    28the altar for the burnt offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its base.

  • Ezra 1:10
    74%

    1030 gold bowls, 410 other silver bowls, and 1,000 other vessels.

  • 1 Kgs 7:15
    73%

    15He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference.

  • Exod 35:16
    73%

    16the altar for the burnt offering with its bronze grating that is on it, its poles, and all its utensils; the large basin and its pedestal;

  • 1 Chr 28:17
    73%

    17for the pure gold used for the meat forks, bowls, and jars, for the small gold bowls, including the weight for each bowl, for the small silver bowls, including the weight for each bowl,

  • Exod 38:10
    73%

    10with their twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with the hooks of the posts and their bands of silver.

  • Jer 52:20
    73%

    20The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the LORD’s temple(including the two pillars, the large bronze basin called“The Sea,” the twelve bronze bulls under“The Sea,” and the movable stands) was too heavy to be weighed.

  • Exod 38:5
    72%

    5He cast four rings for the four corners of the bronze grating, to provide places for the poles.

  • Exod 38:19
    72%

    19with four posts and their four bronze bases. Their hooks and their bands were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver.

  • Ezra 8:27
    72%

    2720 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two exquisite vessels of gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold.

  • Exod 27:3
    72%

    3You are to make its pots for the ashes, its shovels, its tossing bowls, its meat hooks, and its fire pans– you are to make all its utensils of bronze.

  • 1 Kgs 7:34
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    34Each stand had four supports, one per side projecting out from the stand.

  • 2 Kgs 25:16
    72%

    16The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the LORD’s temple– including the two pillars, the big bronze basin called“The Sea,” the twelve bronze bulls under“The Sea,” and the movable stands– was too heavy to be weighed.

  • Exod 31:9
    72%

    9the altar for the burnt offering with all its utensils, the large basin with its base,

  • Exod 40:11
    71%

    11You must also anoint the large basin and its pedestal, and you are to sanctify it.

  • Exod 37:24
    71%

    24He made the lampstand and all its accessories with seventy-five pounds of pure gold.