Exodus 30:19
in Exodus 30with which Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet.
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ASV
And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
KJV
For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
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This verse in Exodus 30
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying
on Exodus 30:17-21
The third speech gives the only piece of the tabernacle whose size the text never fixes, since the laver is described by its metal and its use and by nothing else. Exodus 38:8 says what the brass came from, the looking glasses of the women assembling at the door of the tent. Aaron and his sons were already washed once at their consecration in Exodus 29:4, and this is a different thing, a washing of hands and feet repeated at every approach, with the reason given twice as that they die not. John 13:10 sets a bathed man needing only his feet washed.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
But many of the Jewish writers, and others from them, are of opinion that it was to be an annual tribute, only it was begun when Moses first numbered the people. This was that tribute-money which Christ paid, for fear of offending his adversaries ( Matt. xvii.
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For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat.
For this purpose clean water was put into the laver fresh every day. Though they washed themselves ever so clean at their own houses, that would not serve; they must wash at the laver, because that was appointed for washing, 2 Kings
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
This laver was provided for the priests alone. But in the Christian dispensation, all believers are priests, and hence the apostle exhorts them how to draw near to God (Joh 13:10;
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The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְרָחֲצ֛וּ | verachatzu | and they will wash | H7364 → | 72 times |
| אַהֲרֹ֥ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| וּבָנָ֖יו | uvanav | and sons his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מִמֶּ֑נּוּ | mimenu | from it | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְדֵיהֶ֖ם | yedeihem | hands their | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| רַגְלֵיהֶֽם׃ | ragleihem | feet their | H7272 → | 247 times |
וְרָחֲצ֛וּand they will wash
verachatzuH7364 →72 times
אַהֲרֹ֥ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
וּבָנָ֖יוand sons his
uvanavH1121 →4930 times
מִמֶּ֑נּוּfrom it
mimenuH4480 →1188 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יְדֵיהֶ֖םhands their
yedeihemH3027 →1618 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
רַגְלֵיהֶֽם׃feet their
ragleihemH7272 →247 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Titus 3:5He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 6:11
And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ephesians 2:8–9
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
- 2 Timothy 1:9
He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
- 1 Peter 3:21
And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- 1 Corinthians 6:11
Through
Hebrews 10:22let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 36:25
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- John 3:5
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
- Ephesians 5:26
to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
- Ezekiel 36:25
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.