Exodus 40:30

30 And he set the laver between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar and put water in it, to wash with.

Exodus 40:30 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 40:30

And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation
and the altar
Of which position, see ( Exodus 30:18 )

and put water there to wash [withal];
for the priests to wash their hands and feet with; a type of that laver or fountain opened for the house of David and inhabitants of Jerusalem to wash in, ( Zechariah 13:1 ) .

Exodus 40:30 In-Context

28 In the same manner he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.

29 And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle, of the tabernacle of the testimony, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the present, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

30 And he set the laver between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar and put water in it, to wash with.

31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons would wash their hands and their feet in it.

32 When they would enter into the tabernacle of the testimony and when they would come near unto the altar, they washed themselves, as the LORD had commanded Moses.