Exodus 30:18
You are to make a brass washing-vessel, with a brass base; and put it between the Tent of meeting and the altar, with water in it;
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19That it may be used by Aaron and his sons for washing their hands and feet;
Cross References
Exodus 31:9And the altar of burned offerings with all its vessels, and the washing-vessel with its base,
Exodus 40:7And let the washing-vessel, with water in it, be put between the Tent of meeting and the altar.
Leviticus 8:11Seven times he put oil on the altar and on all its vessels, and on the washing-basin and its base, to make them holy.
1 Kings 7:38And he made ten brass washing-vessels, everyone taking forty baths, and measuring four cubits; one vessel was placed on every one of the ten bases.
2 Chronicles 4:6And he made ten washing-vessels, putting five on the right side and five on the left; such things as were used in making the burned offering were washed in them; but the great water-vessel was to be used by the priests for washing themselves.
Zechariah 13:1In that day there will be a fountain open to the family of David and to the people of Jerusalem, for sin and for that which is unclean.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 30:18-22
17 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. 19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: 20 When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the Lord : 21 So… Read the whole commentary →