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Exodus 30:20 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" When they go into the Tent of Meeting, they shall wash with water, that they don’t die; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to the LORD. "
Exodus 30:20
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18 “You shall also make a basin of bronze, and its base of bronze, in which to wash. You shall put it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.
19 Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in it.
20 When they go into the Tent of Meeting, they shall wash with water, that they don’t die; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to the LORD.
21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they not die. This shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his descendants throughout their generations.”
22 Moreover the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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Exodus 30:1
"“You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of acacia wood."
Exodus 30:2
"Its length shall be a cubit, and its width a cubit. It shall be square, and its height shall be two cubits. Its horns shall be of one piece with it."
Exodus 30:3
"You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top, its sides around it, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding around it."
Exodus 30:4
"You shall make two golden rings for it under its molding; on its two ribs, on its two sides you shall make them; and they shall be for places for poles with which to bear it."
Exodus 30:5
"You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold."
Exodus 30:6
"You shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the covenant, before the mercy seat that is over the covenant, where I will meet with you."
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