17 The Lord spoke to Moses , saying , 18 "You shall also make a laver of bronze , with its base of bronze , for washing ; and 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 from it; 20 when they enter the tent of meeting , they shall wash with water , so that they will not die ; or when they approach the altar to minister , by offering up in smoke a fire sacrifice to the Lord . 21 "So they shall wash their hands and their feet , so that they will not die ; and it shall be a perpetual statute for them, for Aaron and his descendants throughout their generations ."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 30:17-21
Commentary on Exodus 30:17-21
(Read Exodus 30:17-21)
A large vessel of brass, holding water, was to be set near the door of the tabernacle. Aaron and his sons must wash their hands and feet at this laver, every time they went in to minister. This was to teach them purity in all their services, and to dread the pollution of sin. They must not only wash and be made clean, when first made priests, but must wash and be kept clean, whenever they went to minister. It teaches us daily to attend upon God, daily to renew our repentance for sin, and our looking to the blood of Christ for remission; for in many things we daily offend.