Exodus 40:32

32 both when they went in to the tabernacle of witnesse, or whe they went to the alter, as the Lorde comaunded Moses.

Exodus 40:32 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 40:32

When they went into the tent of the congregation
Not only at this time, but at all other times:

and when they came near unto the altar, they washed;
to the altar of burnt offering to offer sacrifice; and also to the altar of incense, and burn incense on that; for before whatever service they performed in the tabernacle they washed:

as the Lord commanded Moses;
( Exodus 30:20 ) this phrase is near twenty times expressed in this and the preceding chapter, to show that everything was done by the workmen, and everything put in its proper place by Moses, exactly according to the will of God; no one pursuing his own fancy and private judgment, but all consulting the mind of God, and acting according to that.

Exodus 40:32 In-Context

30 And he set the lauer betwene the tabernacle of witnesse and the alter, and poured water there in to wash with all.

31 And both Moses Aaron and his sonnes washed their hades and their fete there at:

32 both when they went in to the tabernacle of witnesse, or whe they went to the alter, as the Lorde comaunded Moses.

33 And he rered vp the courte rounde aboute the habitacion and the alter, and set vp the hanginge of the courte gate: and so Moses fynished the worke.

34 And the clowde couered the tabernacle of witnesse, and the glorye of the Lorde fylled the habitacion: