The Bronze Basin

Exodus 30

17 The Lord said to Moses, 18 "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, 19 with which Aaron and his sons c shall wash their hands and their feet. 20 When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn a food offering 1 to the Lord, they shall wash with water, so that they may not die. 21 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."

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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