King James Version
Exodus 40:31 in the King James Version says “And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:”
Exodus 40:31 · KJV
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.
And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and his sons”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“their hands”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and their feet”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
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