Exodus 40:31

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

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 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.

33 And he set up the courtyard all around the tabernacle and the altar, and he put up the screen of the gate of the courtyard, and Moses completed the work.