Hello Norma. Concerning the 'bases', this is covered more fully in 1 Kings 7:27-39 - you probably read all these verses - they speak of the same structures.
As part of the Temple's apparatus & in the Temple Court, were lavers, or basins. These were used for washing for the officiating priest & workers, & also for the washing of the sacrifices (separate basins, of course). Undergirding & supporting these basins, were bases & these were on wheels (probably for moving them about). So what you read of in verse 37, "After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size", indicates that from the earlier mention of these bases, all ten of them were made from the same mould (or, casting), one measurement, & one size - they all looked alike, as did the ten basins that sat on them. Their significance? Probably for uniformity sake, as all the Temple apparatus were made to the specifications given by God & set in special positions in the Court & in the Holy Place.
As part of the Temple's apparatus & in the Temple Court, were lavers, or basins. These were used for washing for the officiating priest & workers, & also for the washing of the sacrifices (separate basins, of course). Undergirding & supporting these basins, were bases & these were on wheels (probably for moving them about). So what you read of in verse 37, "After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size", indicates that from the earlier mention of these bases, all ten of them were made from the same mould (or, casting), one measurement, & one size - they all looked alike, as did the ten basins that sat on them. Their significance? Probably for uniformity sake, as all the Temple apparatus were made to the specifications given by God & set in special positions in the Court & in the Holy Place.
Let's hold onto our faith in God, in trying times.
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