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Setting Up the Tabernacle

Exodus 40:30

In 10 translations

BSB
He placed the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing;
KJV
¶ And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal.
WEB
He set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water therein, with which to wash.
ASV
And he set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water therein, wherewith to wash.
LSV
And he puts the laver between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and puts water [in] there for washing,
YLT
And he putteth the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and putteth water there for washing,
DBY
And he set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it for washing.
DRC40:28
And he set the laver between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, filling it with water.
GNV
Likewise he set the Lauer betweene the Tabernacle of the Congregation and the Altar, and powred water therein to wash with.
JPS
And he set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water therein, wherewith to wash;

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּ֨שֶׂם֙ אֶת־הַכִּיֹּ֔ר בֵּֽין־אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵ֖ד וּבֵ֣ין הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ וַיִּתֵּ֥ן שָׁ֛מָּה מַ֖יִם לְרָחְצָֽה׃

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 40:7And place the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
  • Hebrews 10:22let 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.
  • 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, with which Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet. Whenever they…
  • Ezekiel 36:25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
  • Exodus 38:8Next 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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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 40:28 in some Bibles
  • 40:30 in most Bibles

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