Exodus 30:17

The Bronze Basin

17 The LORD said to Moses,

Exodus 30:17 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 30:17

And the Lord spake unto Moses
Again, at another time, and upon another subject:

saying,
as follows.

Exodus 30:17 In-Context

15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when you give the LORD's offering to make atonement for your lives.

16 You shall take the atonement money from the people of Israel and shall give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may bring the people of Israel to remembrance before the LORD, so as to make atonement for your lives."

17 The LORD said to Moses,

18 "You shall also make a basin of bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing. You shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it,

19 with which Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet.