King James Version
Exodus 40:30 in the King James Version says “And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal.”
Exodus 40:30 · KJV
And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.
And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.
And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal.
And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:
When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And he set”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the laver”
H3595properly, something round (as excavated or bored), i.e., a chafing-dish for coals or a caldron for cooking; hence (from similarity of form) a washbowl
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
“of the congregation”
H4150properly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
“and put”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
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