Chapter VII
THE LAVER OF BRASS
Christ--Our Cleanser
Exodus 30:17-21; 38:8; 39:39; 40:7, 11, 30-32
In our first lesson of this series we saw, in the bird's- eye-view of the Jewish tabernacle, that between the brazen altar and the door, just in line with the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant, stood the laver of brass. Thus the brazen laver became an impor- tant link in the prophetic outline of the cross, which was made by the God-given arrangement of the six pieces of furniture, placed in the outer court and in the two rooms of the sanctuary. The Holy Spirit has not recorded the specific details concerning the shape and size of the !aver. We know only that it was made of brass, from the looking-glasses of the women; that it had a foot or pedestal of brass; and that there the priests washed their hands and feet before they entered the Holy Place or returned to the brazen altar to serve God. "Aaron and his sons" washed their feet "thereat" (Exod. 30:19). The word "thereat" suggests that the water was taken out of the laver into a smaller vessel for this cleansing. The foot or pedestal of brass rested upon the desert sands, yet lifted the laver above the earth, suggestive of the fact that those who washed were pilgrims, "in the world," but "not of the world." They were on their way to the Promised Land, of which Canaan was but a type. The significance of this brazen laver is very plain. [162)
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