Exodus 30:18
Thou shalt also make a laver of copper, with its foot of copper, to wash withal: and thou shalt set it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put therein water.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
17And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,
19And Aaron and his sons shall wash out of it their hands and their feet.
Cross References
Exodus 31:9And the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the laver and its foot;
Exodus 40:7And thou shalt set the laver between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
Leviticus 8:11And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times; and he anointed the altar and all its vessels, also the laver and its foot, to sanctify them.
1 Kings 7:38Then made he ten lavers of copper; forty baths could each one laver contain; every laver was four cubits: each one laver was upon each one base of the ten bases.
2 Chronicles 4:6He made also ten lavers; and he placed five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: what belonged to the burnt-offering they rinsed off at them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
Zechariah 13:1On that day shall there be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for cleansing from sin and for purification.
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 →