King James Version
Exodus 40:32 in the King James Version says “When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD comma...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.”
Exodus 40:32 · KJV
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.
Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“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
“and when they came near”
H7126to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“as the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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