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Exodus 40:30

in Exodus 40

He placed the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing;

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And he set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water therein, wherewith to wash.

KJV

And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal.

This verse in Exodus 40

Commentary

2 notes on this verse
And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar,.... Of which position, see Exo 30:18. and put water there to wash withal; for the priests to wash their hands and feet with; a type of that laver or fountain opened for the house of David and inhabitants of Jerusalem to wash in, Zec 13:1.

This site's exposition

He placed the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar

on Exodus 40:30-32

The basin sits between the altar and the entrance, so a priest passes the place of blood and the place of water before entering. They washed whenever they entered the Tent of Meeting or approached the altar.

The words behind it

12 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיָּ֙שֶׂם֙and he put

    vaiyasemH7760 →584 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַכִּיֹּ֔רthe laver

    hakiyorH3595 →23 times

  • בֵּֽין־between

    bein-H996 →407 times

  • אֹ֥הֶל[the] tent of

    ʾohelH168 →345 times

  • מוֹעֵ֖דmeeting

    moedH4150 →223 times

  • וּבֵ֣יןand between

    uveinH996 →407 times

  • הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַthe altar

    hamizbeachH4196 →401 times

  • וַיִּתֵּ֥ןand he put

    vaiyitenH5414 →2011 times

  • שָׁ֛מָּהthere <towards>

    shamahH8033 →834 times

  • מַ֖יִםwater

    mayimH4325 →581 times

  • לְרָחְצָֽה׃for washing

    lerachetzahH7364 →72 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    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.

    it leads to

    • 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.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Hebrews 10:22

      let 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.

    • Jeremiah 33:8

      And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me.

    • 1 John 1:7

      But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

    • Titus 3:5–6

      He 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.

  • Through

    Hebrews 10:22

    let 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.

    • Ephesians 5:26

      to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

    • 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,

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.
The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.

This page draws on Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.