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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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Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 40:31–32
19th Century
Bishop
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…
John Gill
On Exodus 40:31
17th Century
Pastor
And Moses, and Aaron, and his sons, washed their hands and their feet there. This laver was for the priests, and Moses, o…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 40:16–33
17th Century
Minister
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…