וְאַרְבָּעָה֩ אוֹפַנֵּ֨י נְחֹ֜שֶׁת לַמְּכוֹנָ֤ה הָֽאַחַת֙ וְסַרְנֵ֣י נְחֹ֔שֶׁת וְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה פַעֲמֹתָ֖יו כְּתֵפֹ֣ת לָהֶ֑ם מִתַּ֤חַת לַכִּיֹּר֙ הַכְּתֵפֹ֣ת יְצֻק֔וֹת מֵעֵ֥בֶר אִ֖ישׁ לֹיֽוֹת׃
And every base had four brazen wheels, and axles of brass; and the four feet thereof had undersetters; beneath the laver were the undersetters molten, with wreaths at the side of each.
The Third Beit HaMikdash
He made “four copper wheels for each stand.”2I Melachim 7:30. Each stand resembled a large wagon.3I.e., the stands resemble carriages in which the basins were placed. “Each wheel was one-and-one-half cubits high. The wheels were fashioned like chariot wheels.”4I Melachim 7:32-33. Each wheel was made up of two wheels, one inside the other,5Rashi, I Melachim 7:33. Rashi based his commentary on this verse on Yechezkel 1:16. in a crisscross. Thus, the person moving the stand could easily turn it in any direction without having to maneuver it extensively.