Exodus 40:30

30 And he placed the basin between the tent of assembly and the altar, and he put there water for washing.

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 And he set up the entrance screen for the tabernacle.

29 And the altar of burnt offering he placed [at] the entrance of the tabernacle of the tent of assembly, and he offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

30 And he placed the basin between the tent of assembly and the altar, and he put there water for washing.

31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet from it.

32 At their going into the tent of assembly and at their approaching the altar, they washed, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.