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Exd 38:8 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

the laver		Exd 30:18-21; Exd 40:7,30-32; 1Ki 7:23-26,38; Psa 26:6; Zec 13:1; Jhn 13:10; Tts 3:5,6; Hbr 9:10; 1Jo 3:7; Rev 1:5
lookingglasses		or, brazen glasses. The word maroth, from raah, to see, denotes reflectors, or mirrors, of any kind. That these could not have been looking glasses, as in our translation, is sufficiently evident, not only from the glass not being then in use, but also from the impossibility of making the brazen laver of such materials. The first mirrors known among men, were the clear fountain and unruffled lake. The first artificial ones were made of polished brass, afterwards of steel, and when luxury increased, of silver; but at a very early period, they were made of a mixed metal, particularly of tin and copper, the best of which, as Pliny informs us, were formerly manufactured at Brundusium. When the Egyptians went to their temples, according to St. Cyril, they always carried their mirrors with them. The Israelitish women probably did the same; and Dr. Shaw says, that looking-glasses are still part of the dress of Moorish women, who carry them constantly hung at their breasts.
assembling		Heb. assembling by troops. It is supposed that these women kept watch during the night. Among the ancients, women were generally employed as door-keepers. See 1Sa 2:22. Pro 8:34; Mat 26:69; Luk 2:37; Jhn 18:16; 1Ti 5:5

Correlating Passages

the laver

	Exd 30:18	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.
	Exd 30:19	For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
	Exd 30:20	When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:
	Exd 30:21	So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, [even] to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
	Exd 40:7	And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein.
	Exd 40:30	And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash [withal].
	Exd 40:31	And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:
	Exd 40:32	When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.
	1Ki 7:23	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.
	1Ki 7:24	And under the brim of it round about [there were] knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops [were] cast in two rows, when it was cast.
	1Ki 7:25	It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea [was set] above upon them, and all their hinder parts [were] inward.
	1Ki 7:26	And it [was] an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
	1Ki 7:38	Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: [and] every laver was four cubits: [and] upon every one of the ten bases one laver.
	Psa 26:6	I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
	Zec 13:1	In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
	Jhn 13:10	Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash [his] feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
	Tts 3:5	Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
	Tts 3:6	Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
	Hbr 9:10	[Which stood] only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed [on them] until the time of reformation.
	1Jo 3:7	Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
	Rev 1:5	And from Jesus Christ, [who is] the faithful witness, [and] the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

assembling

	1Sa 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.
	Pro 8:34	Blessed [is] the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
	Mat 26:69	Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.
	Luk 2:37	And she [was] a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served [God] with fastings and prayers night and day.
	Jhn 18:16	But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.
	1Ti 5:5	Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

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