Exodus 30:19 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Exodus 30:19

The Bronze Laver

17 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

18 ^a“You shall also make a¹ laver of bronze, with its base also of bronze, for washing. You shall ^bput it between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. And you shall put water in it,

19 for Aaron and his sons ^ashall wash their hands and their feet in water from it.

20 When they go into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to the Lord, they shall wash with water, lest they die.

21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, lest they die. And ^ait shall be a statute forever to them—to him and his descendants throughout their generations.”

The Holy Anointing Oil

22 Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

23 “Also take for yourself ^aquality spices—five hundred shekels of liquid ^bmyrrh, half as much sweet-smelling cinnamon (two hundred and fifty shekels), two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling ^ccane,

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Exodus 30:18-21

Thou shalt . . . make a laver of brass—Though not actually forming a component part of the furniture of the tabernacle, this vase was closely connected with it; and though from standing at the entrance it would be a familiar object, it possessed great interest and importance from the baptismal purposes to which it was applied. No data are given by which its form and size can be ascertained; but it was probably a miniature pattern of Solomon's—a circular basin.

his foot—supposed not to be the pedestal on which it rested, but a trough or shallow receptacle below, into which the water, let out from a cock or spout, flowed; for the way in which all Eastern people wash their hands or feet is by pouring upon them the water which falls into a basin. This laver was provided for the priests alone. But in the Christian dispensation, all believers are priests, and hence the apostle exhorts them how to draw near to God (John 13:10; Hebrews 10:22).

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