Exodus 30:20 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 30:20

Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting an offering made by fire to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they will not die.

BSB

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ASV

when they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.

KJV

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:

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water,.... The laver standing near the door of the tabernacle, they washed at it as soon as they entered; and no man, we are told (c), entered into the court before he washed, even though he was clean; though he had contracted no filthiness, and even though he had washed his hands and feet at home, he was obliged to do it when he went into the tabernacle, before he attempted to perform any service.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

They shall wash with water, that they die not - This was certainly an emblematical washing; and as the hands and the feet are particularly mentioned, it must refer to the purity of their whole conduct. Their hands - all their works, their feet - all their goings, must be washed - must be holiness unto the Lord. And this washing must be repeated every time they entered into the tabernacle, or when they came near to the altar to minister.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בְּבֹאָ֞ם	be.vo.'Am	when go they	H935 →
אֶל־	'el-	into	H413 →
אֹ֧הֶל	'O.hel	[the] tent of	H168 →
מוֹעֵ֛ד	mo.'Ed	meeting	H4150 →
יִרְחֲצוּ־	yir.cha.tzu-	they will wash	H7364 →
מַ֖יִם	Ma.yim	water	H4325 →
וְלֹ֣א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
יָמֻ֑תוּ	ya.Mu.tu	they will die	H4191 →
א֣וֹ	'o	or	H176 →
בְגִשְׁתָּ֤ם	ve.gish.Tam	when draw near they	H5066 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙	ha.miz.Be.ach	the altar	H4196 →
לְשָׁרֵ֔ת	le.sha.Ret	to serve	H8334 →
לְהַקְטִ֥יר	le.hak.Tir	to make smoke	H6999 →
אִשֶּׁ֖ה	'i.Sheh	a fire offering	H801 →
לַֽיהוָֽה׃	la.Yah.weh	to Yahweh	H3068 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Chronicles 13:10
And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and He struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 15:15
  And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 15:13
  It was because you Levites were not with us the first time that the LORD our God burst forth in anger against us. For we did not consult Him about the proper order.”
- Numbers 4:15
  When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they…
- 1 Samuel 6:19
  But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them…
Through
Acts 5:5
On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened.
leads to
- Acts 5:10–11
  At that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
- Acts 2:43
  A sense of awe came over everyone, and the apostles performed many wonders and signs.
- Revelation 11:5
  If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.
- Acts 5:13
  Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Exodus

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Exodus