In Solomon's Temple there were ten lavers (AV, RV, REB in 1 Kgs. 7: 30), which were ‘basins’ (NRSV, NJB, REB in Exod. 30: 18) of copper or bronze designed for priestly ablutions, made by order of Hiram of Tyre.
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"laver." In A Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online. May 25, 2013. <http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1100>.
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"laver." In A Dictionary of the Bible. , edited by W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online, http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1100 (accessed May 25, 2013).