For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
Parallel translations
- WEB Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in it.
- BSB with which Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet.
- NKJV for Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in water from it.
- NASB Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet from it;
- NLT Aaron and his sons will wash their hands and feet there.
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Quick answer
Aaron and his sons were to wash their hands and feet at the basin. Service to God requires practical, ongoing purity.
Overview
The washing of hands and feet symbolized cleansing from the defilement gathered in everyday ministry. Atonement granted access, but cleansing was needed for continued fellowship and service. Jesus pictured this when He washed the disciples' feet, teaching that the cleansed still need ongoing washing (John 13:10).
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 52:11Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.
- Exod 40:31–32And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:
- Ps 26:6I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
- Heb 10:22Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
- Heb 9:10Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
- 1 Cor 6:9–11Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
- Titus 3:5Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
- John 13:8–10Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
- Rev 1:5–6And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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