A receptacle for liquids, often used for washing or purification rites.
Basins used as receptacles
Exodus 12:22 A basin is used to collect the blood of sacrifices. See also Exodus 24:6; Leviticus 14:5, Leviticus 14:50
Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.
Basins used for ritual washing
Between the altar and the Tent of Meeting
Exodus 30:18, Exodus 40:11, Exodus 40:30; Leviticus 8:11
In Solomon's temple
2 Chronicles 4:6 See also 1 Kings 7:30, 1 Kings 7:38 parallel 2 Chronicles 4:14; 2 Kings 16:171KI 2 Kings 7:40; Jeremiah 52:17–18
He also made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the priests used the Sea for washing.
A basin used for ritual washing
After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry them with the towel that was around Him.
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Dictionary of Bible Themes © 1999 Martin Manser, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Bible Aquifer. Formatted for this site, with Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible.