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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/exodus/38.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/exodus/38.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />They made the bronze basin and its bronze stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/38.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Bezalel made the bronze washbasin and its bronze stand from bronze mirrors donated by the women who served at the entrance of the Tabernacle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/38.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />He made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze, from the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered in the entrance of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/38.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/38.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he made the laver <i>of</i> brass, and the foot of it <i>of</i> brass, of the lookingglasses of <i>the women</i> assembling, which assembled <i>at</i> the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/38.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />He made the laver of bronze and its base of bronze, from the bronze mirrors of the serving women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/38.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Moreover, he made the basin of bronze with its base of bronze, from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/38.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Moreover, he made the laver of bronze with its base of bronze, from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/38.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Moreover, he made the laver of bronze with its base of bronze, from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/38.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Moreover, he made the laver of bronze with its base of bronze, from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/38.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Bezalel made the basin and its base of bronze from the mirrors of the attending women who served <i>and</i> ministered at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/38.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He made the bronze basin and its stand from the bronze mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/38.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He made the bronze basin and its stand from the bronze mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/38.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he made the laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, of the mirrors of the ministering women that ministered at the door of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/38.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Bezalel made a large bowl and a stand out of bronze from the mirrors of the women who helped at the entrance to the sacred tent. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/38.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he made the laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, of the mirrors of the serving women which served at the door of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/38.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He made the basin and stand out of the bronze mirrors given by the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/38.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He made the bronze basin and its bronze base out of the mirrors belonging to the women who served at the entrance of the Tent of the LORD's presence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/38.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He made the bronze basin and its bronze base from mirrors contributed by the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/38.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/38.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/38.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He made the basin of bronze, and its base of bronze, out of the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered at the door of the Tent of Meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/38.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the looking-glasses of the women assembling, who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/38.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He made the basin of bronze, and its base of bronze, out of the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered at the door of the Tent of Meeting. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/38.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And he makes the laver of bronze, and its base of bronze, with the mirrors of the women assembling, who have assembled at the opening of the Tent of Meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/38.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And he maketh the laver of brass, and its base of brass, with the looking-glasses of the women assembling, who have assembled at the opening of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/38.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will make the wash-basin of brass, and its foot of brass, in the sight of those coming who came to the door of the tent of appointment.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/38.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He made also the laver of brass, with the foot thereof, of the mirrors of the women that watch at the door of the tabernacle. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/38.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />He also made the washtub of brass, with its base made from the mirrors of the women who kept watch at the door of the tabernacle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/38.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The bronze basin, with its bronze stand, was made from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance of the tent of meeting. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/38.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He made the basin of bronze with its stand of bronze, from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/38.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he placed the laver of brass and its base of brass at the assembly house, for the women who came to pray at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/38.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he made the basin of brass and its base of brass in the house of visions of the women who come to pray in the door of the Time Tabernacle.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/38.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And he made the laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, of the mirrors of the serving women that did service at the door of the tent of meeting.He made the brazen laver, and the brazen base of it of the mirrors of the women that fasted, who fasted by the doors of the tabernacle of witness, in the day in which he set it up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/38-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=10006" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/38.htm">The Bronze Basin</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: way·ya·‘aś (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">Next he made</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5178.htm" title="5178: nə·ḥō·šeṯ (N-fs) -- Copper, bronze. For nchuwshah; copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. Coin, a fetter; figuratively, base.">the bronze</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’êṯ (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3595.htm" title="3595: hak·kî·yō·wr (Art:: N-ms) -- Pot, basin. ">basin</a> <a href="/hebrew/3653.htm" title="3653: kan·nōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A stand, pedestal, station. The same as ken, used as a noun; a stand, i.e. Pedestal or station.">and its stand</a> <a href="/hebrew/5178.htm" title="5178: nə·ḥō·šeṯ (N-fs) -- Copper, bronze. For nchuwshah; copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. Coin, a fetter; figuratively, base."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4759.htm" title="4759: bə·mar·’ōṯ (Prep-b:: N-fpc) -- A vision, a mirror. Feminine of mar'eh; a vision; also a mirror.">from the mirrors</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">of the women who</a> <a href="/hebrew/6633.htm" title="6633: ṣā·ḇə·’ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To wage war, serve. A primitive root; to mass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6633.htm" title="6633: haṣ·ṣō·ḇə·’ōṯ (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-fp) -- To wage war, serve. A primitive root; to mass.">served</a> <a href="/hebrew/6607.htm" title="6607: pe·ṯaḥ (N-msc) -- Opening, doorway, entrance. From pathach; an opening, i.e. Door or entrance way.">at the entrance</a> <a href="/hebrew/168.htm" title="168: ’ō·hel (N-msc) -- A tent. From 'ahal; a tent.">to the Tent</a> <a href="/hebrew/4150.htm" title="4150: mō·w·‘êḏ (N-ms) -- Appointed time, place, or meeting. ">of Meeting.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-23.htm">1 Kings 7:23-26</a></span><br />He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference. / Below the rim, ornamental buds encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea. / The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-6.htm">2 Chronicles 4:6</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/4-14.htm">Numbers 4:14</a></span><br />and place on it all the vessels used to serve there: the firepans, meat forks, shovels, and sprinkling bowls—all the equipment of the altar. They are to spread over it a covering of fine leather and insert the poles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/8-11.htm">Leviticus 8:11</a></span><br />He sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times, anointing the altar and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand, to consecrate them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-22.htm">1 Samuel 2:22</a></span><br />Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/12-9.htm">2 Kings 12:9</a></span><br />Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/24-8.htm">2 Chronicles 24:8-10</a></span><br />At the king’s command a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the house of the LORD. / And a proclamation was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they were to bring to the LORD the tax imposed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness. / All the officers and all the people rejoiced and brought their contributions, and they dropped them in the chest until it was full.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-38.htm">1 Kings 7:38-39</a></span><br />He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands. / 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-14.htm">2 Chronicles 4:14-15</a></span><br />the stands; the basins on the stands; / the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-40.htm">1 Kings 7:40</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-11.htm">2 Chronicles 4:11</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-55.htm">Matthew 27:55-56</a></span><br />And many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to minister to Him. / Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/15-40.htm">Mark 15:40-41</a></span><br />And there were also women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome. / These women had followed Jesus and ministered to Him while He was in Galilee, and there were many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/8-2.htm">Luke 8:2-3</a></span><br />as well as some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, / Joanna the wife of Herod’s household manager Chuza, Susanna, and many others. These women were ministering to them out of their own means.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/19-25.htm">John 19:25</a></span><br />Near the cross of Jesus stood His mother and her sister, as well as Mary the wife of Clopas and Mary Magdalene.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the mirrors of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.</p><p class="hdg">the laver</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/30-18.htm">Exodus 30:18-21</a></b></br> Thou shalt also make a laver <i>of</i> brass, and his foot <i>also of</i> brass, to wash <i>withal</i>: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/40-7.htm">Exodus 40:7,30-32</a></b></br> And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/7-23.htm">1 Kings 7:23-26,38</a></b></br> And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: <i>it was</i> round all about, and his height <i>was</i> five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about… </p><p class="hdg">looking glasses.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/2-22.htm">1 Samuel 2:22</a></b></br> Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled <i>at</i> the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/8-34.htm">Proverbs 8:34</a></b></br> Blessed <i>is</i> the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/26-69.htm">Matthew 26:69</a></b></br> Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/35-1.htm">Assembled</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-25.htm">Assembling</a> <a href="/exodus/37-17.htm">Base</a> <a href="/exodus/35-16.htm">Basin</a> <a href="/exodus/38-6.htm">Brass</a> <a href="/exodus/35-21.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/exodus/38-6.htm">Copper</a> <a href="/acts/19-33.htm">Crowded</a> <a href="/acts/21-30.htm">Crowds</a> <a href="/exodus/36-37.htm">Door</a> <a href="/revelation/22-14.htm">Doors</a> <a href="/exodus/36-37.htm">Doorway</a> <a href="/exodus/36-37.htm">Entrance</a> <a href="/exodus/35-16.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/exodus/35-16.htm">Laver</a> <a href="/exodus/35-21.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/genesis/40-4.htm">Ministered</a> <a href="/exodus/35-19.htm">Ministering</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-18.htm">Mirrors</a> <a href="/exodus/36-35.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/exodus/35-15.htm">Opening</a> <a href="/exodus/23-25.htm">Served</a> <a href="/exodus/36-5.htm">Service</a> <a href="/exodus/14-5.htm">Serving</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-12.htm">ses</a> <a href="/exodus/35-16.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/exodus/36-37.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/exodus/36-37.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/exodus/38-4.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/exodus/22-18.htm">Using</a> <a href="/exodus/35-16.htm">Washing-Vessel</a> <a href="/exodus/35-29.htm">Women</a> <a href="/exodus/37-29.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/8-4.htm">Assembled</a> <a href="/numbers/10-7.htm">Assembling</a> <a href="/exodus/38-27.htm">Base</a> <a href="/exodus/39-39.htm">Basin</a> <a href="/exodus/38-10.htm">Brass</a> <a href="/exodus/38-25.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/exodus/38-10.htm">Copper</a> <a href="/judges/16-27.htm">Crowded</a> <a href="/matthew/4-25.htm">Crowds</a> <a href="/exodus/38-30.htm">Door</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-5.htm">Doors</a> <a href="/exodus/38-14.htm">Doorway</a> <a href="/exodus/38-14.htm">Entrance</a> <a href="/exodus/39-39.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/exodus/39-39.htm">Laver</a> <a href="/exodus/38-30.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/numbers/3-4.htm">Ministered</a> <a href="/exodus/39-1.htm">Ministering</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-23.htm">Mirrors</a> <a href="/exodus/39-1.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/exodus/39-23.htm">Opening</a> <a href="/numbers/3-4.htm">Served</a> <a href="/exodus/38-21.htm">Service</a> <a href="/numbers/4-24.htm">Serving</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-28.htm">ses</a> <a href="/exodus/39-39.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/exodus/38-20.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/exodus/38-20.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/exodus/39-5.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-5.htm">Using</a> <a href="/exodus/39-39.htm">Washing-Vessel</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-22.htm">Women</a> <a href="/exodus/38-18.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 38</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/38-1.htm">The altar of burnt offering</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/38-8.htm">The laver of brass</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/38-9.htm">The court, and its hangings</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/38-21.htm">The sum of what the people offered, and the use to which it was applied</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It was used by the priests for ceremonial washing before they performed their duties, symbolizing purification and the need for holiness when approaching God. The use of bronze, a durable and reflective material, signifies judgment and strength. The basin's construction follows the detailed instructions given to Moses on Mount Sinai, emphasizing the importance of obedience to God's commands in worship practices.<p><b>from the mirrors of the women</b><br>The mirrors mentioned here were likely made of polished bronze, as glass mirrors were not common in the ancient Near East. These mirrors were personal items, indicating a significant sacrifice by the women who donated them. This act of giving up personal possessions for the service of God reflects a heart of devotion and willingness to contribute to the communal worship life of Israel. It also highlights the role of women in the religious life of the community, showing their active participation and dedication.<p><b>who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting</b><br>The women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting were likely involved in some form of ministry or service, although the exact nature of their duties is not specified. Their presence at the entrance suggests a role in maintaining the sanctity and order of the worship space. This service can be seen as a precursor to the New Testament concept of the priesthood of all believers, where both men and women are called to serve God. The Tent of Meeting, also known as the Tabernacle, was the central place of worship for the Israelites during their wilderness journey, symbolizing God's dwelling among His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/b/bezalel.htm">Bezalel</a></b><br>The chief artisan of the Tabernacle, appointed by God to oversee its construction, including the making of the bronze basin.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/w/women_who_served.htm">Women who served</a></b><br>These women contributed their mirrors for the making of the basin, indicating their dedication and service at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/bronze_basin.htm">Bronze Basin</a></b><br>A significant piece of the Tabernacle used for ceremonial washing by the priests, symbolizing purification.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/tent_of_meeting.htm">Tent of Meeting</a></b><br>The sacred place where God met with Moses and where the Israelites worshiped during their wilderness journey.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/mirrors.htm">Mirrors</a></b><br>Made of polished bronze, these were valuable personal items that the women willingly gave up for the construction of the basin.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/sacrificial_giving.htm">Sacrificial Giving</a></b><br>The women gave up their valuable mirrors for the construction of the basin, teaching us about the importance of sacrificial giving for God's work.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/purification_and_holiness.htm">Purification and Holiness</a></b><br>The bronze basin symbolizes the need for purification before approaching God, reminding us of the importance of spiritual cleanliness and holiness in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_women_in_ministry.htm">Role of Women in Ministry</a></b><br>The contribution of the women highlights the significant role women play in ministry and service to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/transformation_through_service.htm">Transformation through Service</a></b><br>Just as the mirrors were transformed into a basin, our lives can be transformed through service and dedication to God's purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reflecting_god's_glory.htm">Reflecting God's Glory</a></b><br>The mirrors, once used for personal reflection, became a tool for divine service, encouraging us to reflect God's glory in our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_38.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 38</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_mirrors_fit_ancient_tech_practices.htm">Exodus 38:8 describes the use of women’s mirrors in creating the bronze basin; how does this detail align with known technological practices of that era?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/purpose_of_the_bronze_laver.htm">What was the purpose of the bronze laver?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible_on_mutual_consent_in_marriage.htm">What was the laver's purpose in the tabernacle?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_was_the_laver's_role.htm">What was the laver's purpose in the tabernacle?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/38.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">He made the laver of brass.</span>--Comp. <a href="/context/exodus/30-18.htm" title="You shall also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash with: and you shall put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and you shall put water therein.">Exodus 30:18-21</a>, where the laver is commanded, and the uses whereto it was to be applied are laid down. By "brass" we must understand "bronze" in this place, as in others.<p><span class= "bld">Of the lookingglasses.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">mirrors. </span>The mirrors used in ancient times were not of glass, but of burnished metal. Bronze was the metal ordinarily employed for the purpose, and was in common use in Egypt, where mirrors were bronze plates, round or oval, with a handle, like our fire-screens. The Etruscan women employed similar articles in their toilets, and had them often delicately chased with engravings.<p><span class= "bld">Of the women assembling.</span>--It would seem that these women--the women wont to frequent the "tent of meeting" which Moses had recently set up (<a href="/exodus/33-7.htm" title="And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out to the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.">Exodus 33:7</a>), and to flock thither in troops--offered voluntarily for the service of God the mirrors, which were among the most highly prized of their possessions. Moses, to mark his approval of their devotion, formed their offerings into the most honourable of all the brazen vessels, and recorded the fact to the women's credit.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/38.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Of the looking-glasses of the women</span>. This interesting fact has not been previously mentioned. Bronze plates, circular or oval, admitting of a high polish, were used by the Egyptian women as mirrors from a very early date, and may be seen in the Egyptian collection of the British Museum. They have handles like those of our fire-screens, generally also of bronze. It was natural that the Hebrew women should possess similar articles, and should have taken care to bring them with them out of Egypt. The sacrifice of them for a sacred purpose is rather to be ascribed to their own serf-denying piety than to any command issued by Moses (Spencer). <span class="cmt_word">Which assembled</span>. Literally, "who came by troops." Women assembled themselves by troops at the entrance of the "tent of meeting" set up lay. Moses (<a href="/exodus/33-7.htm">Exodus 33:7</a>), as at a later date we find Hannah (<a href="/1_samuel/1-9.htm">1 Samuel 1:9-12</a>) and other women who were less worthy (<a href="/1_samuel/2-22.htm">1 Samuel 2:22</a>) doing. The women who showed this zeal were those that made the sacrifice of their mirrors for God's service. There is no reason to suppose (with Hengstenberg and others) that they constituted a regular "order." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/38-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Next, he made</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּ֗עַשׂ</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘aś)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the bronze</span><br /><span class="heb">נְחֹ֔שֶׁת</span> <span class="translit">(nə·ḥō·šeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5178.htm">Strong's 5178: </a> </span><span class="str2">Copper, something made of that metal, coin, a fetter, base</span><br /><br /><span class="word">basin</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכִּיּ֣וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kî·yō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3595.htm">Strong's 3595: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pot, basin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and its stand</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּנּ֣וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(kan·nōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3653.htm">Strong's 3653: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stand, pedestal, station</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the mirrors</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמַרְאֹת֙</span> <span class="translit">(bə·mar·’ōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4759.htm">Strong's 4759: </a> </span><span class="str2">A vision, a mirror</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the women who</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">served</span><br /><span class="heb">הַצֹּ֣בְאֹ֔ת</span> <span class="translit">(haṣ·ṣō·ḇə·’ōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6633.htm">Strong's 6633: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wage war, serve</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at the entrance</span><br /><span class="heb">פֶּ֖תַח</span> <span class="translit">(pe·ṯaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6607.htm">Strong's 6607: </a> </span><span class="str2">An opening, door, entrance way</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the Tent</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹ֥הֶל</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·hel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_168.htm">Strong's 168: </a> </span><span class="str2">A tent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Meeting.</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹעֵֽד׃</span> <span class="translit">(mō·w·‘êḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4150.htm">Strong's 4150: </a> </span><span class="str2">Appointed time, place, or meeting</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/38-8.htm">Exodus 38:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/38-8.htm">Exodus 38:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/38-8.htm">Exodus 38:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/38-8.htm">Exodus 38:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/38-8.htm">Exodus 38:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/38-8.htm">Exodus 38:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/38-8.htm">Exodus 38:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/38-8.htm">Exodus 38:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/38-8.htm">Exodus 38:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/38-8.htm">Exodus 38:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/38-8.htm">OT Law: Exodus 38:8 He made the basin of brass (Exo. 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