He also made ten basins in which to wash, and he set five on the right side and five on the left to rinse things for the burnt offering; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.I can understand the need for ceremonial washing stations at the Temple. They're servicing a whole nation, so that makes sense. Ten doesn't seem like a very high number, given the volume of sacrifice that will come through the place.
However, why such a large washing item for the priests? The previous verse says it's 3,000 baths. I looked it up, and that's over 17,000 gallons. For that size, are the priests taking actual baths in it? Or is this the place they must go to purify themselves between each sacrifice, and therefore it much cleanse a huge amount of bodies?
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