EXODUS 30:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.”
Make a bronze basin, with its bronze stand, for washing. Place it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. The bronze basin stands between the tent and the altar — the midpoint of the priestly approach sequence. Washing at the basin separates the priest's movement from the world outside the courtyard and the sacred service at the altar. The practical cleanliness required by the basin communicates the same principle as the comprehensive washing of the ordination ceremony: approach to the holy requires preparation at every stage. John 13:8 records Jesus saying unless I wash you, you have no part with me — the basin that stands between the world and the altar is the type of the washing that Christ provides before his servants can have part with him.
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