Focused Passage

Exodus 30:17-21

Incense, Atonement Money, Washing, Anointing Oil, and Holy Incense

The chapter moves from the altar of incense and its regular priestly service, to atonement money given during a census, to the bronze basin for priestly washing, to the sacred anointing oil used to consecrate the tabernacle and priests, and finally to the holy incense that must be made and used only for the LORD.

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17And the LORD said to Moses,

18“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,

19with which Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet.

20Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting a food offering to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they will not die.

21Thus they are to wash their hands and feet so that they will not die; this shall be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants for the generations to come.”

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References and Original Words

Verse 17

Original words

And the LORDיְהוָ֖הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularsaidוַיְדַבֵּ֥רH1696Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singulartoאֶל־H413PrepositionMosesמֹשֶׁ֥הH4872Noun - proper - masculine singular-לֵּאמֹֽר׃H559Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Verse 18

Original words

You are to makeוְעָשִׂ֜יתָH6213Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singulara bronzeנְחֹ֛שֶׁתH5178Noun - feminine singularbasinכִּיּ֥וֹרH3595Noun - masculine singular constructwith a bronzeנְחֹ֖שֶׁתH5178Noun - feminine singularstandוְכַנּ֥וֹH3653Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularfor washingלְרָחְצָ֑הH7364Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singularSetוְנָתַתָּ֣H5414Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular-אֹת֗וֹH853Direct object marker | third person masculine singularit betweenבֵּֽין־H996Prepositionthe Tentאֹ֤הֶלH168Noun - masculine singular constructof Meetingמוֹעֵד֙H4150Noun - masculine singular. . .וּבֵ֣יןH996Conjunctive waw | Prepositionand the altarהַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַH4196Article | Noun - masculine singularand putוְנָתַתָּ֥H5414Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularwaterמָֽיִם׃H4325Noun - masculine pluralin itשָׁ֖מָּהH8033Adverb | third person feminine singular
Verse 19

Original words

with whichמִמֶּ֑נּוּH4480Preposition | third person masculine singularAaronאַהֲרֹ֥ןH175Noun - proper - masculine singularand his sonsוּבָנָ֖יוH1121Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularare to washוְרָחֲצ֛וּH7364Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluraltheir handsיְדֵיהֶ֖םH3027Noun - feminine dual construct | third person masculine plural-וְאֶת־H853Conjunctive waw | Direct object markerand feetרַגְלֵיהֶֽם׃H7272Noun - feminine dual construct | third person masculine plural-אֶת־H853Direct object marker
Verse 20

Original words

Whenever they enterבְּבֹאָ֞םH935Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural. . .אֶל־H413Prepositionthe Tentאֹ֧הֶלH168Noun - masculine singular constructof Meetingמוֹעֵ֛דH4150Noun - masculine singularorא֣וֹH176Conjunctionapproachבְגִשְׁתָּ֤םH5066Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural. . .אֶל־H413Prepositionthe altarהַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙H4196Article | Noun - masculine singularto ministerלְשָׁרֵ֔תH8334Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive constructby presentingלְהַקְטִ֥ירH6999Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive constructa food offeringאִשֶּׁ֖הH801Noun - masculine singularto the LORDלַֽיהוָֽה׃H3068Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singularthey must washיִרְחֲצוּ־H7364Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralwith waterמַ֖יִםH4325Noun - masculine pluralso that they will notוְלֹ֣אH3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particledieיָמֻ֑תוּH4191Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Verse 21

Original words

Thus they are to washוְרָחֲצ֛וּH7364Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluraltheir handsיְדֵיהֶ֥םH3027Noun - feminine dual construct | third person masculine pluraland feetוְרַגְלֵיהֶ֖םH7272Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine dual construct | third person masculine pluralso that they will notוְלֹ֣אH3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particledieיָמֻ֑תוּH4191Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralthis shall beוְהָיְתָ֨הH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singulara permanentעוֹלָ֛םH5769Noun - masculine singularstatuteחָק־H2706Noun - masculine singular constructfor Aaron and his descendantsוּלְזַרְע֖וֹH2233Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularfor the generations to comeלְדֹרֹתָֽם׃פH1755Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural

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