Exodus 40:12

Exodus 40:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.
• New International Version (NIV)“Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting and wash them with water.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall wash them with water
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of meeting and wash them with water.

Context of Exodus 40:12

10Then you are to anoint the altar for the burnt offering with all its utensils; you are to sanctify the altar, and it will be the most holy altar. 11You must also anoint the large basin and its pedestal, and you are to sanctify it. “You are to bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and wash them with water. 13Then you are to clothe Aaron with the holy garments and anoint him and sanctify him so that he may minister as my priest. 14You are to bring his sons and clothe them with tunics

Exodus 40:12 word by word

וְהִקְרַבְתָּ֤ אֶֽת־אַהֲרֹן֙ וְאֶת־בָּנָ֔יו אֶל־פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וְרָחַצְתָּ֥ אֹתָ֖ם בַּמָּֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And thou shalt bringקָרַבqârab · to present: bringH7126
• Aaronאַהֲרֹן'ahărôn · AaronH175
• and his sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• unto the doorפֶּ֫תַחpethach · entranceH6607
• of the tabernacleאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• of the congregationמוֹעֵדmô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh · meetingH4150
• and washרָחַץrâchats · to wash: washH7364
• them with waterמַיmayim · waterH4325

Cross-references for Exodus 40:12

• Exodus 29:1“Now this is what you are to do for them to consecrate them so that they may minister as my priests. Take a young bull and two rams without blemish;
• Leviticus 8:1Then the Lord spoke to Moses:
• Leviticus 9:1On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel,
• Isaiah 11:1A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, a bud will sprout from his roots.
• Isaiah 61:1The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,
• Matthew 3:16After Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming on him.
• Luke 1:35The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called the Son of God.
• John 3:34For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.
• Romans 8:3For God achieved what the law could not do because it was weakened through the flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,
• Galatians 4:4But when the appropriate time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

Commentaries on Exodus 40:12

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-33The report on setting up the Tent of Meeting starts with the Lord's commands (40:1–15). It continues with how Moses obeyed those commands (40:16–33). The repeated statement that "Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded" (40:16, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 32) strongly contrasts with Aaron’s self-serving statement in 32:22–24. God wants to share his presence with us, but his holiness requires us to give up our own efforts to secure his presence and…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-382. On the first day of the first month--From a careful consideration of the incidents recorded to have happened after the exodus (Ex 12:2; 13:4; 19:1; 20:18; 34:28, &c.), it has been computed that the work of the tabernacle was commenced within six months after that emigration; and consequently, that other six months had been occupied in building it. So long a period spent in preparing the materials of a movable pavilion, it would be difficult to…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 40:12

• Ablution
• Jesus Continued
• Priest
• Purification
• Tabernacle

In the dictionaries

• Aaron
• Tabernacle
• Ablution
• Atonement, Day of
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Leviticus
• Papyrus
• Prayer

Commentaries on Exodus 40

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings