Exodus 40:31

31 In it the hands and feet of Moses and Aaron and his sons were washed,

Exodus 40:31 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 40:31

And Moses, and Aaron, and his sons, washed their hands and
their feet thereat.
] This laver was for the priests, and Moses, officiating as a priest, washed in it, with Aaron, and his sons, whom he was now about to consecrate to the priest's office, and invest with it by offering sacrifice for them; Jarchi says this was on the eighth day of the consecration.

Exodus 40:31 In-Context

29 And at the door of the House of the Tent of meeting, he put the altar of burned offerings, offering on it the burned offering and the meal offering, as the Lord had given him orders.
30 And between the altar and the Tent of meeting he put the vessel with water in it for washing.
31 In it the hands and feet of Moses and Aaron and his sons were washed,
32 Whenever they went into the Tent of meeting, and when they came near the altar, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.
33 And he put up the hangings forming the open space round the House and the altar, and put the curtain over the doorway. So Moses made the work complete.
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