Lièwángjìshang 7:38

38 Yòu yòng tóng zhìzào shí gè pén , mĕi pén kĕ róng sì shí bā tè . pén jìng sì zhǒu , zaì nà shí zuò shàng , mĕi zuò ān shè yī pén .

Lièwángjìshang 7:38 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 7:38

Then made he ten lavers of brass
There was but one in the tabernacle of Moses, and what became of that is not known: some Jewish writers ^F3 say it was placed in Solomon's temple, and these lavers, five on the right and five on the left of it; however, here were enough provided for the purpose for the priests to wash their burnt offerings in, ( 2 Chronicles 4:6 ) and were typical of the large provision made in the blood of Christ for the cleansing of his people; whose works, services, and sacrifices, as well as persons and garments, need continual washing in that blood; see ( Romans 12:1 ) ( Revelation 7:13 ) ,

one laver contained forty baths;
and a bath, according to Bishop Cumberland ^F4 held seven wine gallons, and two quarts and half a pint:

and every laver was four cubits:
that is, square; this was the diameter of it:

and upon every of the ten bases one laver;
for which they were made, even to set the lavers on, and were exactly of the same measure.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Targum, Jarchi, and Kimchi, in 2 Chron. iv. 6.
F4 Scripture Weights and Measures, c. 3. p. 70, 71.

Lièwángjìshang 7:38 In-Context

36 Zaì chēng zǐ hé xīn zǐ shàng kè zhe Jīlùbǎi , shīzi , hé zōng shù , zhōuwéi yǒu yīng luò .

37 Shí gè pén zuò dōu shì zhèyàng , zhù fǎ , chǐcùn , yàngshì xiāngtóng .

38 Yòu yòng tóng zhìzào shí gè pén , mĕi pén kĕ róng sì shí bā tè . pén jìng sì zhǒu , zaì nà shí zuò shàng , mĕi zuò ān shè yī pén .

39 Wǔ gè ān zaì diàn mén de yòubiān , wǔ gè fàng zaì diàn mén de zuǒbiān . yòu jiāng hǎi fàng zaì diàn mén de yòu páng , jiù shì nánbiān .

40 Hù lán yòu zào le pén , chǎnzi , hé pánzi . zhèyàng , tā wèi Suǒluómén wáng zuò wán le Yēhéhuá diàn de yīqiè gōng .