Exodus 38:8
New International Version
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.

New Living Translation
Bezalel made the bronze washbasin and its bronze stand from bronze mirrors donated by the women who served at the entrance of the Tabernacle.

English Standard Version
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.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

King James Bible
And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

New King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
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.

NASB 1995
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.

NASB 1977
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.

Legacy Standard Bible
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.

Amplified Bible
Bezalel made the basin and its base of bronze from the mirrors of the attending women who served and ministered at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting.

Christian Standard Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
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.

American Standard Version
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
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.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.

Contemporary English Version
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
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.

Good News Translation
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.

International Standard Version
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.

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Literal Standard Version
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.

Majority Standard Bible
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.

New American Bible
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.

NET Bible
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.

New Revised Standard Version
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.

New Heart English Bible
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

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Context
The Bronze Basin
8Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Cross References
Exodus 30:18
"You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it,

Exodus 31:9
the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its stand--

Exodus 38:7
Then he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar for carrying it. He made the altar with boards so that it was hollow.

1 Samuel 2:22
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.


Treasury of Scripture

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.

the laver

Exodus 30:18-21
Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein…

Exodus 40:7,30-32
And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein…

1 Kings 7:23-26,38
And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about…

looking glasses.

1 Samuel 2:22
Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Proverbs 8:34
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

Matthew 26:69
Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.

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Exodus 38
1. The altar of burnt offering
8. The laver of brass
9. The court, and its hangings
21. The sum of what the people offered, and the use to which it was applied














(8) He made the laver of brass.--Comp. Exodus 30:18-21, 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.

Of the lookingglasses.--Rather, mirrors. 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.

Of the women assembling.--It would seem that these women--the women wont to frequent the "tent of meeting" which Moses had recently set up (Exodus 33:7), 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.

Verse 8. - Of the looking-glasses of the women. 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). Which assembled. Literally, "who came by troops." Women assembled themselves by troops at the entrance of the "tent of meeting" set up lay. Moses (Exodus 33:7), as at a later date we find Hannah (1 Samuel 1:9-12) and other women who were less worthy (1 Samuel 2:22) 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."

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Hebrew
Next, he made
וַיַּ֗עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

the bronze
נְחֹ֔שֶׁת (nə·ḥō·šeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5178: Copper, something made of that metal, coin, a fetter, base

basin
הַכִּיּ֣וֹר (hak·kî·yō·wr)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3595: Pot, basin

and its stand
כַּנּ֣וֹ (kan·nōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3653: A stand, pedestal, station

from the mirrors
בְּמַרְאֹת֙ (bə·mar·’ōṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 4759: A vision, a mirror

of the women who
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

served
הַצֹּ֣בְאֹ֔ת (haṣ·ṣō·ḇə·’ōṯ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's 6633: To wage war, serve

at the entrance
פֶּ֖תַח (pe·ṯaḥ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6607: An opening, door, entrance way

to the Tent
אֹ֥הֶל (’ō·hel)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 168: A tent

of Meeting.
מוֹעֵֽד׃ (mō·w·‘êḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4150: Appointed time, place, or meeting


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