washbasin. In Solomon’s Temple, it was about 15 feet in radius and 7.5 feet deep (the exact size is not specified in the Tabernacle). The laver was where the priests washed in preparation for their various duties. And then they could enter the Tabernacle proper—a building made of acacia wood planks covered with gold and placed vertically. The base of these gold planks rested on silver sockets. The entire Tabernacle rested on silver (rested on the Blood, as it were). When first entering the Tabernacle proper,