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Tuesday, July 29th, 2025
the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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New American Standard Bible

Exodus 40:12

"Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the tent of meeting 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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then thou shalt bring Aaron & his sonnes vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, 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 spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 3 "You shall place the ark of the testimony there, and you shall screen off the ark with the veil. 4 "Then you shall bring in the table and arrange what belongs on it; and you shall bring in the lampstand and mount its lamps. 5 "You shall also set the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the testimony, and set up the curtain for the doorway to the tabernacle. 6 "And you shall set the altar of burnt offering in front of the doorway of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 7 "Then you shall set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. 8 "You shall also set up the courtyard all around and hang up the curtain for the gate of the courtyard. 9 "Then you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furnishings; and it shall be holy. 10 "You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, and the altar shall be most holy.

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 Joseph answered and said, "This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days;
Genesis 40:19
within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head from you and will hang you on a wooden post, and the birds will eat your flesh off you."
Genesis 41:12
"Now a Hebrew youth was there with us, a servant of the captain of the bodyguard, and we told him the dreams, and he interpreted our dreams for us. For each man he interpreted according to his own dream.
Judges 7:14
And his friend replied, "This is nothing other than the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel; God has handed over to him Midian and all the camp."
Matthew 26:26
Now while they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is My body."
1 Corinthians 10:4
and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ.
Galatians 4:25
Now this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is enslaved 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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