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Selected Verse: Exodus 30:18 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ex 30:18 |
Strong Concordance |
Thou shalt also make [06213] a laver [03595] of brass [05178], and his foot [03653] also of brass [05178], to wash [07364] withal: and thou shalt put [05414] it between the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] and the altar [04196], and thou shalt put [05414] water [04325] therein. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Thou shalt . . . make a laver of brass--Though not actually forming a component part of the furniture of the tabernacle, this vase was closely connected with it; and though from standing at the entrance it would be a familiar object, it possessed great interest and importance from the baptismal purposes to which it was applied. No data are given by which its form and size can be ascertained; but it was probably a miniature pattern of Solomon's--a circular basin.
his foot--supposed not to be the pedestal on which it rested, but a trough or shallow receptacle below, into which the water, let out from a cock or spout, flowed; for the way in which all Eastern people wash their hands or feet is by pouring upon them the water which falls into a basin. This laver was provided for the priests alone. But in the Christian dispensation, all believers are priests, and hence the apostle exhorts them how to draw near to God (Joh 13:10; Heb 10:22). |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
laver
Laver, type of Christ cleansing us from defilement, and from "every spot or wrinkle or any such thing" (Joh 13:2-10); (Eph 5:25-27). It is significant that the priests could not enter the holy place after serving at the brazen altar till hands and feet were cleansed. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The laver, or font was a large vessel, that would contain a good quantity of water. The foot of brass, it is supposed, was so contrived as to receive the water, which was let out of the laver, by spouts or cocks. They then had a laver for the priests only to wash in, but to us now there is a fountain opened for Judah and Jerusalem, Zac 13:1, an inexhaustible fountain of living water, so that it is our own fault if we remain in our pollution. Aaron and his sons were to wash their hands and feet at this laver every time they went in to minister. For this purpose clean water was put into the laver, fresh every day. Though they washed themselves ever so clean at their own houses, that would not serve, they must wash at the laver. This was designed, to teach them purity in all their ministrations, and to possess them with a reverence of God's holiness, and a dread of the pollutions of sin. They must not only wash and be made clean when they were first consecrated, but they must wash and be kept clean, whenever they went in to minister. He only shall stand in God's holy place that hath clean hands and a pure heart, Psa 24:3-4. And it was to teach us, who are daily to attend upon God, daily to renew our repentance for sin, and our believing application of the blood of Christ to our souls for remission. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| A laver of brass - כיור kiyor sometimes signifies a caldron, Sa1 2:14; but it seems to signify any large round vessel or basin used for washing the hands and feet. There were doubtless cocks or spigots in it to draw off the water, as it is not likely the feet were put into it in order to be washed. The foot of the laver must mean the pedestal on which it stood. |
22 Let us draw near [4334] with [3326] a true [228] heart [2588] in [1722] full assurance [4136] of faith [4102], having [4472] our hearts [2588] sprinkled [4472] from [575] an evil [4190] conscience [4893], and [2532] our bodies [4983] washed [3068] with pure [2513] water [5204].
10 Jesus [2424] saith [3004] to him [846], He that is washed [3068] needeth [5532] not [3756] [2192] save [2228] to wash [3538] his feet [4228], but [235] is [2076] clean [2513] every whit [3650]: and [2532] ye [5210] are [2075] clean [2513], but [235] not [3780] all [3956].
25 Husbands [435], love [25] your [1438] wives [1135], even as [2531] Christ [5547] also [2532] loved [25] the church [1577], and [2532] gave [3860] himself [1438] for [5228] it [846];
26 That [2443] he [846] might sanctify [37] and cleanse it [2511] with the washing [3067] of water [5204] by [1722] the word [4487],
27 That [2443] he might present [3936] it [846] to himself [1438] a glorious [1741] church [1577], not [3361] having [2192] spot [4696], or [2228] wrinkle [4512], or [2228] any [5100] such thing [5108]; but [235] that [2443] it should be [5600] holy [40] and [2532] without blemish [299].
2 And [2532] supper [1173] being ended [1096], the devil [1228] having now [2235] put [906] into [1519] the heart [2588] of Judas [2455] Iscariot [2469], Simon's [4613] son, to [2443] betray [3860] him [846];
3 Jesus [2424] knowing [1492] that [3754] the Father [3962] had given [1325] all things [3956] into [1519] his [846] hands [5495], and [2532] that [3754] he was come [1831] from [575] God [2316], and [2532] went [5217] to [4314] God [2316];
4 He riseth [1453] from [1537] supper [1173], and [2532] laid aside [5087] his garments [2440]; and [2532] took [2983] a towel [3012], and girded [1241] himself [1438].
5 After that [1534] he poureth [906] water [5204] into [1519] a bason [3537], and [2532] began [756] to wash [3538] the disciples [3101]' feet [4228], and [2532] to wipe [1591] them with the towel [3012] wherewith [3739] he was [2258] girded [1241].
6 Then [3767] cometh he [2064] to [4314] Simon [4613] Peter [4074]: and [2532] Peter [1565] saith [3004] unto him [846], Lord [2962], dost [3538] thou [4771] wash [3538] my [3450] feet [4228]?
7 Jesus [2424] answered [611] and [2532] said [2036] unto him [846], What [3739] I [1473] do [4160] thou [4771] knowest [1492] not [3756] now [737]; but [1161] thou shalt know [1097] hereafter [3326] [5023].
8 Peter [4074] saith [3004] unto him [846], Thou shalt [3538] never [1519] [165] [3364] wash [3538] my [3450] feet [4228]. Jesus [2424] answered [611] him [846], If [3362] I wash [3538] thee [4571] not [3362], thou hast [2192] no [3756] part [3313] with [3326] me [1700].
9 Simon [4613] Peter [4074] saith [3004] unto him [846], Lord [2962], not [3361] my [3450] feet [4228] only [3440], but [235] also [2532] my hands [5495] and [2532] my head [2776].
10 Jesus [2424] saith [3004] to him [846], He that is washed [3068] needeth [5532] not [3756] [2192] save [2228] to wash [3538] his feet [4228], but [235] is [2076] clean [2513] every whit [3650]: and [2532] ye [5210] are [2075] clean [2513], but [235] not [3780] all [3956].
3 Who shall ascend [05927] into the hill [02022] of the LORD [03068]? or who shall stand [06965] in his holy [06944] place [04725]?
4 He that hath clean [05355] hands [03709], and a pure [01249] heart [03824]; who hath not lifted up [05375] his soul [05315] unto vanity [07723], nor sworn [07650] deceitfully [04820].
1 In that day [03117] there shall be a fountain [04726] opened [06605] to the house [01004] of David [01732] and to the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389] for sin [02403] and for uncleanness [05079].
14 And he struck [05221] it into the pan [03595], or kettle [01731], or caldron [07037], or pot [06517]; all that the fleshhook [04207] brought up [05927] the priest [03548] took [03947] for himself. So they did [06213] in Shiloh [07887] unto all the Israelites [03478] that came [0935] thither.