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Exodus 40:7

5 Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.

6 Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

And place the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

8 Set up the surrounding courtyard and hang the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard.

9 Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings, and it shall be holy.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And place the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
KJV
And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein.
WEB
You shall set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and shall put water therein.
ASV
And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and shalt put water therein.
DARBY
And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and shalt put water in it.
BLB
And you shall set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and between the altar, and you shall set water there.
ÅB
Og vaskekaret skal du sette mellom sammenkomstens telt og alteret og ha vann i det.
OTB
Sett karet mellom møteteltet og alteret, og fyll det med vann.
B1930
Og tvettekaret skal du sette mellem sammenkomstens telt og alteret og ha vann i det.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 26:6

    I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

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  • 1 John 1:7

    But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

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  • 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.

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  • Zechariah 13:1

    “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.

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  • 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.

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  • Exodus 30:18–21

    “You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it,

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  • Exodus 40:30–32

    He placed the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing;

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  • Exodus 38:8

    Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

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