Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and a basin resting on four supports, with wreaths at each side.
Parallel translations
- WEB Every base had four bronze wheels, and axles of brass; and the four feet of it had supports. The supports were cast beneath the basin, with wreaths at the side of each.
- KJV And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.
- NKJV Every cart had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze, and its four feet had supports. Under the laver were supports of cast bronze beside each wreath.
- NASB Now each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and its four feet had supports; beneath the basin were cast supports with wreaths at each side.
- NLT Each of these carts had four bronze wheels and bronze axles. There were supporting posts for the bronze basins at the corners of the carts; these supports were decorated on each side with carvings of wreaths.
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Quick answer
Each stand had four bronze wheels with axles, and supports cast to hold a basin. The carts could be moved as needed for temple work.
Overview
The wheels and supports made the stands mobile, allowing water to be brought where it was needed for washing sacrifices. The decorative wreaths again show that function and beauty went together. This thoughtful design served the priests in their ministry, all part of the ordered system God gave for approaching Him.
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Cross-references · 3
- Ezek 10:10–13As for their appearance, all four had the same form, like a wheel within a wheel.
- Ezek 3:13It was the sound of the wings of the living creatures brushing against one another and the sound of the wheels beside them, a great rumbling sound.
- Ezek 1:15–21When I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces.
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