Exodus 40:31

31 and Moses and Aaron and his sons used it to wash their hands and feet.

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Exodus 40:31 in Other Translations

KJV

31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:

ESV

31 with which Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet.

NLT

31 Moses and Aaron and Aaron’s sons used water from it to wash their hands and feet.

MSG

31 Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and feet there.

CSB

31 Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Exodus 40:31 In-Context

29 He set the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, and offered on it burnt offerings and grain offerings, as the LORD commanded him.

30 He placed the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing,

31 and Moses and Aaron and his sons used it to wash their hands and feet.

32 They washed whenever they entered the tent of meeting or approached the altar, as the LORD commanded Moses.

33 Then Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and altar and put up the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard. And so Moses finished the work.

Cross References 1

1. Exodus 30:19-21