Discovery BoxExodus 40:11 
Context40:11 You must also anoint the large basin and its pedestal, and you are to sanctify it. 1
Exodus 39:39
Context39:39 the bronze altar and its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils; the large basin with its pedestal;
Exodus 35:16
Context35:16 the altar for the burnt offering with its bronze grating that is on it, its poles, and all its utensils; the large basin and its pedestal;
Exodus 38:8
Context38:8 He made the large basin of bronze and its pedestal of bronze from the mirrors of the women who served 2 at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
1 sn U. Cassuto (Exodus, 480) notes that the items inside the tent did not need to be enumerated since they were already holy, but items in the courtyard needed special attention. People needed to know that items outside the tent were just as holy.
2 sn The word for “serve” is not the ordinary one. It means “to serve in a host,” especially in a war. It appears that women were organized into bands and served at the tent of meeting. S. R. Driver thinks that this meant “no doubt” washing, cleaning, or repairing (Exodus, 391). But there is no hint of that (see 1 Sam 2:22; and see Ps 68:11 [12 Hebrew text]). They seem to have had more to do than what Driver said.
