Exodus 30:18-28

18 Make a brazen laver, and a brazen base for it, for washing; and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of witness and the altar, and thou shalt pour forth water into it.
19 And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet with water from it.
20 Whensoever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness, they shall wash themselves with water, so they shall not die, whensoever they advance to the altar to do service and to offer the whole burnt-offerings to the Lord.
21 They shall wash their hands and feet with water, whensoever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness; they shall wash themselves with water, that they die not; and it shall be for them a perpetual statute, for him and his posterity after him.
22 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
23 Do thou also take sweet herbs, the flower of choice myrrh five hundred shekels, and the half of this two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling cinnamon, and two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling calamus,
24 and of cassia five hundred shekels of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil.
25 And thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfumed ointment by the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.
26 And thou shalt anoint with it the tabernacle of witness, and the ark of the tabernacle of witness,
27 and all its furniture, and the candlestick and all its furniture, and the altar of incense,
28 and the altar of whole burnt-offerings and all its furniture, and the table and all its furniture, and the laver.

Exodus 30:18-28 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 30

This chapter treats of the altar of incense, its form and use, Ex 30:1-10 of the ransom of the Israelites, with the half shekel when numbered, Ex 30:11-16 of the laver for the priests to wash their hands and feet at before service, Ex 30:17-21 of the anointing oil, the ingredients of it, and what was to be done with it, Ex 30:22-33, and of the perfume, the composition and use of it, Ex 30:34-38.

Footnotes 3

The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.