Exodus 30:20
When they are going into the tabernacle of the testimony, and when they are to come to the altar, to offer on it incense to the Lord,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
19Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and feet in it:
21Lest perhaps they die. It shall be an everlasting law to him, and to his seed by successions.
Cross References
Leviticus 10:1And Nadab and Abiu, the sons of Aaron, taking their censers, put fire therein, and incense on it, offering before the Lord strange fire: which was not commanded them.
1 Samuel 6:19But he slew of the men of Bethsames, because they had seen the ark of the Lord: and he slew of the people seventy men, and fifty thousand of the common people. And the people lamented, because the Lord had smitten the people with a great slaughter.
Psalms 89:7For who in the clouds can be compared to the Lord: or who among the sons of God shall be like to God?
Acts 5:10Immediately she fell down before his feet, and gave up the ghost. And the young men coming in, found her dead: and carried her out, and buried her by her husband.
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 →