Exodus 30:18
Thou shalt make a LAVER of brass, and its foundation of brass for purifying; and set it between the tabernacle of ordinance and the altar, and put water therein.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
17And the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying,
19And Aharon and his sons shall purify at it their hands and their feet.
Cross References
Exodus 31:9and the altar of burnt offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its foundation.
Exodus 40:7And thou shalt place the laver between the tabernacle of ordinance and the altar, and put water therein.
Leviticus 8:11And he sprinkled of it upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the laver and its base, to sanctify them.
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 →