Bible Strands
Exodus 30:19
with which Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God instructs Moses to position the bronze basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar so Aaron and his sons may use it for ritual washing.
The words — וְרָחֲצוּ (ve./ra.cha.Tzu) translates as "and they will wash," and יְדֵיהֶם וְרַגְלֵיהֶם (ye.dei.hem ve.rag.lei.hem) means "their hands and their feet."
The thread — Exodus 40:31 records the practical fulfillment of this command, while Isaiah 52:11 and Psalm 26:6 extend the washing motif to general purity and altar approach.
Why it lands — It establishes that sacred service requires deliberate physical cleansing before entering the presence or handling offerings, framing holiness as a boundary that must be maintained.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
Cross-references
- Isaiah 52:11 Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
- Exodus 40:31 and from it Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and feet.
- Psalms 26:6 I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
- Hebrews 10:22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
- Titus 3:5 He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
- Hebrews 9:10 They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.
- John 13:8 “Never shall You wash my feet!” Peter told Him. Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.”
- Revelation 1:5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,