He made ten bases of brass— That is, stands or tables, upon which the lavers mentioned, 1 Kings 7:38 were to be placed; and which were to be so situated, 1 Kings 7:39 that as soon as the priests entered they might have water to wash their hands and feet. For the other parts of the furniture of the temple, we refer to what has been said on the tabernacle furniture: see also Lightfoot on the temple, p. 228. The heathens had lustral water at the gate of their temples, to wash their hands before they offered their sacrifices. See Spencer de Leg. Heb. Diss. 3:
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1 Kings 7:27
27 And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.