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Bowl

Objects & Symbols • Old Testament
A bowl was a dish or basin used for food, liquids, offerings, or other household purposes. In the tabernacle and temple it also referred to the ornamental cups of the lampstand and vessels associated with worship.
Biblical Usage
Bowls appear in the furnishings of the tabernacle, in Zechariah’s vision of the lampstand, in offerings, and in vessels used at banquets. Revelation uses the term for vessels formerly rendered “vials.”
Scripture References
Exodus 25:31 Exodus 25:33 Exodus 25:34 Genesis 44:2 Genesis 44:12 Genesis 44:16 Jeremiah 35:5 Zechariah 4:2 Zechariah 4:3 Exodus 25:29 Exodus 37:16