English Standard Version
Leviticus 8:6
6And Moses brought Aaron and his sons and washed them with water.
Leviticus 8:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.
- New International Version (NIV)Then Moses brought Aaron and his sons forward and washed them with water.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then Moses brought Aaron and his sons and washed them with water.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then he presented Aaron and his sons and washed them with water.
Context of Leviticus 8:6
4And Moses did as the Lord commanded him, and the congregation was assembled at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 5And Moses said to the congregation, "This is the thing that the Lord has commanded to be done." And Moses brought Aaron and his sons and washed them with water. 7And he put the coat on him and tied the sash around his waist and clothed him with the robe and put the ephod on him and tied the skillfully woven band of the ephod around him, binding it to him with the band. 8And he placed the breastpiece on him, and in the breastpiece he put the Urim and the Thummim.
Read all of Leviticus 8Leviticus 8:6 word by word
וַיַּקְרֵ֣ב מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶֽת־אַהֲרֹ֖ן וְאֶת־בָּנָ֑יו וַיִּרְחַ֥ץ אֹתָ֖ם בַּמָּֽיִם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Leviticus 8:6
- Exodus 29:4You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.
- Exodus 40:12Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall wash them with water
- Psalms 51:2Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
- Isaiah 1:16Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil,
- Ezekiel 36:25I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
- Zechariah 13:1"On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.
- John 13:8Peter said to him, "You shall never wash my feet." Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you have no share with me."
- 1 Corinthians 6:11And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
- Ephesians 5:26that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
- Hebrews 9:10but deal only with food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.
- Hebrews 10:22let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
- Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood
- Revelation 7:14I said to him, "Sir, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Commentaries on Leviticus 8:6
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Washed them with water - Moses caused them to bathe entirely (compare Leviticus 16:4), not merely to wash their hands and feet, as they were to do in their daily ministrations. See the marginal reference. This bathing, which the high priest had also to go through on the day of atonement, was symbolic of the spiritual cleansing required of all 2 Corinthians 7:1, but especially of those who had to draw near to God to make reconciliation for the sins of the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6washed them with water: This was the first step to remove impurity. The priests needed to be ceremonially clean before serving the Lord in holiness (Exodus 29:4; see Psalm 24:4).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Moses ... washed them with water--At consecration they were subjected to entire ablution, though on ordinary occasions they were required, before entering on their duties, only to wash their hands and feet. This symbolical ablution was designed to teach them the necessity of inward purity, and the imperative obligation on those who bore the vessels and conducted the services of the sanctuary to be holy.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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