You shall also make a basin of bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing. You shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it...
#exodus 30:18
#kitisa

The bronze laver was placed between the bronze altar and the tabernacle. You can't get to the sanctuary without going through the cleansing of the altar and laver. The metaphorical implication of this is that repentance, justification, and a sanctified life are necessary preconditions for a life close to God.

Another thing implied by the laver's placement: Priests and rulers cannot serve God and the people effectively if they are not themselves living sanctified lives.

https://soilfromstone.blogspot.....com/2009/03/judgmen