for Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in water from it.
Parallel translations
- WEB Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in it.
- KJV For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
- BSB with which Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet.
- 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
Cross-references · 9
- Isa 52:11Depart, depart, go out from there; touch no unclean thing! Go out from among her! Cleanse yourselves, you who carry Yahweh’s vessels.
- Exod 40:31–32Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet there.
- Ps 26:6I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, Yahweh;
- Heb 10:22let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,
- Heb 9:10being only (with meats and drinks and various washings) fleshly ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.
- 1 Cor 6:9–11Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,
- Titus 3:5not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,
- John 13:8–10Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I don’t wash you, you have no part with me.”
- Rev 1:5–6and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his 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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