The Bronze Basin
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The Lord said to Moses,
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"You shall also make a b basin of bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing. b You shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it,
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with which Aaron and his sons c shall wash their hands and their feet.
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When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn a food offering to the Lord, they shall wash with water, so that they may not die.
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They shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they may not die. It shall d be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his offspring throughout their generations."
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Cross References
Exodus 40:7
And place the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
Exodus 40:30
He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it for washing.
1 Kings 7:38
And he made ten basins of bronze. Each basin held forty baths, each basin measured four cubits, and there was a basin for each of the ten stands.
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Cross References
Exodus 40:7
And place the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
Exodus 40:30
He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it for washing.
1 Kings 7:38
And he made ten basins of bronze. Each basin held forty baths, each basin measured four cubits, and there was a basin for each of the ten stands.
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Cross References
Exodus 40:31 - 32
With which Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet.
Psalms 26:6
I wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, O Lord.
Isaiah 52:11
Depart, depart, go out from there; touch no unclean thing; go out from the midst of her; purify yourselves, you who bear the vessels of the Lord.
Hebrews 10:22
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
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Cross References
Exodus 27:21
In the tent of meeting, outside the veil that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a statute forever to be observed throughout their generations by the people of Israel.
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