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Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet there.
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Cleansing for Service
Commentators explain that the washing of hands and feet at the bronze laver was a required act of purification for the priests before they could minister. This ritual cleansing symbolized the holiness required to approach a holy God and serve in His presence, as instructed in Exodus 30.
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Exodus
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19th Century
Anglican
These verses are parenthetical. They interrupt the narrative of what Moses did “on the first day of the first month,” informing us of the use to wh…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Moses, and Aaron, and his sons, washed their hands and their feet there. This laver was for the priests, and Moses, o…
Presbyterian
When the tabernacle and its furnishings were prepared, they did not delay setting it up until they came to Canaan; but, in obedience to the will of…