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Geneva Bible

Exodus 40:12

Then thou shalt bring Aaron & his sonnes vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and wash them with water.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ablution;   Jesus Continued;   Priest;   Purification;   Tabernacle;   Thompson Chain Reference - Cleansing;   Dedication;   Defilement-Cleansing;   Water;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Christ, the High Priest;   Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Laver of Brass;   Sanctification;   Theocracy, the, or Immediate Government by God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Dedication;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Oil;   Priest, Christ as;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Baptism;   Pentateuch;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Sanctification;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Tabernacle;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Lots ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Washing;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Tabernacle, the;   Worship, the;   Last Days at Sinai;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ablution;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Leviticus;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall bring Aharon and his sons to the door of the tent of meeting, and shall wash them with water.
King James Version
And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.
Lexham English Bible
And you will bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of assembly, and you will wash them with the water.
New Century Version
"Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Meeting Tent, and wash them with water.
New English Translation
"You are to bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.
Amplified Bible
"Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.
New American Standard Bible
"Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.
Contemporary English Version
Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent and have them wash themselves.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Then bring Aharon and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.
Darby Translation
And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons near, at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and bathe them with water.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Meeting Tent. Wash them with water.
English Standard Version
Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall wash them with water
George Lamsa Translation
Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.
Good News Translation
"Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent, and have them take a ritual bath.
Christian Standard Bible®
“Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting and wash them with water.
Literal Translation
And you shall cause to draw near Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And you shall wash them with water.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And thou shalt brynge Aaron & his sonnes vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse, and wash them with water,
American Standard Version
And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tent of meeting, and shalt wash them with water.
Bible in Basic English
Then let Aaron and his sons come to the door of the Tent of meeting; and after washing them with water,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thou shalt bryng Aaron and his sonnes vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation, and washe them with water.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tent of meeting, and shalt wash them with water.
King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sonnes vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and wash them with water.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and thou shalt wash them with water.
English Revised Version
And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tent of meeting, and shalt wash them with water.
Berean Standard Bible
Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou schalt present Aaron and hise sones to the dore of the tabernacle of witnessyng;
Young's Literal Translation
`And thou hast brought near Aaron and his sons unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and hast bathed them with water;
Update Bible Version
And you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tent of meeting, and shall wash them with water.
Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.
World English Bible
You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tent of meeting, and shall wash them with water.
New King James Version
"Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of meeting and wash them with water.
New Living Translation
"Present Aaron and his sons at the entrance of the Tabernacle, and wash them with water.
New Life Bible
"Then bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the meeting tent. And wash them with water.
New Revised Standard
Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting, and shall wash them with water,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And thou shalt bring near Aaron and his sons, unto the opening of the teat of meeting, - and shalt bathe them in the water;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and having washed them with water,
Revised Standard Version
Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tent of meeting, and shall wash them with water,
THE MESSAGE
"Finally, bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water. Dress Aaron in the sacred vestments. Anoint him. Consecrate him to serve me as priest. Bring his sons and put tunics on them. Anoint them, just as you anointed their father, to serve me as priests. Their anointing will bring them into a perpetual priesthood, down through the generations."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.

Contextual Overview

1 Then the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, 2 In the first day of the first moneth in the very first of the same moneth shalt thou set vp the Tabernacle, called ye Tabernacle of the Congregation: 3 And thou shalt put therein the Arke of the Testimonie, and couer the Arke with the vaile. 4 Also thou shalt bring in the Table, and set it in order as it doth require: thou shalt also bring in the Candlesticke, and light his lampes, 5 And thou shalt set ye incense Altar of gold before the Arke of the Testimonie, and put the hanging at the doore of the Tabernacle. 6 Moreouer, thou shalt set the burnt offering Altar before the doore of the Tabernacle, called the Tabernacle of the Congregation. 7 And thou shalt set the Lauer betweene the Tabernacle of the Congregation and the Altar, and put water therein. 8 Then thou shalt appoynt the courte round about, and hang vp the hanging at the courte gate. 9 After, thou shalt take the anoynting oyle, and anoynt the Tabernacle, and all that is therein, and halowe it with all the instruments thereof, that it may be holy. 10 And thou shalt anoynt the Altar of the burnt offring, and all his instrumentes, and shalt sanctifie the Altar, that it may bee an altar most holie.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 29:1-35, Leviticus 8:1-13, Leviticus 9:1-24, Isaiah 11:1-5, Isaiah 61:1-3, Matthew 3:16, Luke 1:35, John 3:34, Romans 8:3, Galatians 4:4

Reciprocal: Exodus 29:4 - wash them Exodus 29:35 - thus shalt thou do Leviticus 8:2 - anointing Leviticus 8:6 - washed Leviticus 16:4 - therefore Numbers 8:9 - thou shalt bring 1 Kings 7:38 - ten lavers Hebrews 9:10 - divers

Cross-References

Genesis 40:18
Then Ioseph answered, and saide, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three dayes:
Genesis 40:19
Within three dayes shall Pharaoh take thine head from thee, & shal hang thee on a tree, and the birdes shall eate thy flesh from off thee.
Genesis 41:12
And there was with vs a yong man, an Ebrew, seruant vnto the chiefe steward, whome when we told, he declared our dreames to vs, to euery one he declared according to his dreame.
Judges 7:14
And his fellow answered, and sayde, This is nothing els saue the sworde of Gideon the sonne of Ioash a man of Israel: for into his hande hath God deliuered Midian and all the hoste.
Matthew 26:26
And as they did eate, Iesus tooke the bread, and when he had blessed, he brake it, and gaue it to the disciples, and sayd, Take, eate: this is my bodie.
1 Corinthians 10:4
And did all drinke the same spirituall drinke (for they dranke of the spiritual Rocke that folowed them: and the Rocke was Christ)
Galatians 4:25
(For Agar or Sina is a mountaine in Arabia, and it answereth to Hierusalem which nowe is) and she is in bondage with her children.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ver. 12-14. And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,.... To wash, anoint, and clothe them, as in the two following verses Exodus 40:13, that they might minister in the priest's office, according to Exodus 28:41


 
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