A vessel containing water for the priests to wash their hands and feet before offering sacrifice. In the tabernacle it stood between the altar and the door (Ex. 30: 17-21). In Solomon's temple, besides the molten sea, there were ten lavers on wheels, with bases (1 Kgs. 7: 27-39), used for washing the animals that were to be sacrificed (2 Chr. 4: 6).