Exodus 30:20

When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:

When they go {H935} into the tabernacle {H168} of the congregation {H4150}, they shall wash {H7364} with water {H4325}, that they die {H4191} not; or when they come near {H5066} to the altar {H4196} to minister {H8334}, to burn offering {H6999} made by fire {H801} unto the LORD {H3068}:

when they enter the tent of meeting - they are to wash with water, so that they won't die. Also when they approach the altar to minister by burning an offering for ADONAI,

Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting an offering made by fire to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they will not die.

when they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 12:15 (2 votes)

    Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

  • Leviticus 16:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died;

  • Leviticus 16:2 (2 votes)

    And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy [place] within the vail before the mercy seat, which [is] upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.

  • Hebrews 12:28 (2 votes)

    Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

  • Hebrews 12:29 (2 votes)

    For our God [is] a consuming fire.

  • Psalms 89:7 (2 votes)

    God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all [them that are] about him.

  • Leviticus 10:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.