So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they not die. This shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his descendants throughout their generations.”
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So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they not die. This shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his descendants throughout their generations.”
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So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
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so they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not; and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.'
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Passages linked to Exodus 30:21 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 28:43 They shall be on Aaron and on his sons, when they go in to the Tent of Meeting, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the holy place, that they don’t bear iniquity, and die. This shall be a statute forever to him and to his offspring after him.
- Exodus 27:21 In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil which is before the covenant, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Yahweh: it shall be a statute forever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain So long as the Priesthood shall last.
So long as the Priesthood shall last.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 30:21 So they shall wash their hands and…
Exo 30:21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, [even] to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
Ver. 21. That they die not.] Come not to an untimely end, as Nadab and Abihu did. {Lev 10:1-2}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain So they shall wash their hands and their feet,…
So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not,.... By the immediate hand of God, who would so greatly resent such a neglect of his command; and by how much easier it was to perform it, by so much the more were they inexcusable, and to be treated with greater severity; and this is repeated, that they might carefully observe it, lest they perish:
and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed, throughout their generations; to be observed by Aaron and his descendants in all ages, as long as their priesthood lasted, until the Messiah should come, and wash all his people, his priests, with his own blood, from all their sins, Rev 1:5.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 21. And it shall be a statute for…
Verse 21. And it shall be a statute for ever] To continue, in its literal meaning, as long as the Jewish economy lasted, and, in its spiritual meaning, to the end of time. What an important lesson does this teach the ministers of the Gospel of Christ! Each time they minister in public, whether in dispensing the WORD or the SACRAMENTS, they should take heed that they have a fresh application of the grace and spirit of Christ, to do away past transgressions or unfaithfulness, and to enable them to minister with the greater effect, as being in the Divine favour, and consequently entitled to expect all the necessary assistances of the Divine unction, to make their ministrations spirit and life to the people. See Clarke on Ex 29:20.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 21. a statute for ever, &c.] see on Exo_12:14,…
21. a statute for ever, &c.] see on Exo_12:14, and Exo_28:43.
22–33 (cf. Exo_37:29 a). The holy Anointing Oil. An aromatic oil to be prepared, by mixing, in stated proportions, olive oil with (probably) the essences of myrrh, cinnamon, sweet-smelling cane, and cassia; and the Tent of Meeting, with its appurtenances, as also Aaron and his sons, to be anointed with it, as a mark of consecration to Jehovah. The oil thus prepared to be reserved exclusively for sacred purposes.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (21) A statute for ever.—Comp. Exo_27:21; Exo_28:43; Exo_29:9. The…
(21) A statute for ever.—Comp. Exo_27:21; Exo_28:43; Exo_29:9. The external act was to continue so long as the dispensation lasted; the internal purity, which it symbolised, would be required of those who entered the Divine Presence for ever. (See Heb_12:14.)
THE COMPOSITION OF THE HOLY OIL.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain It shall be a statute for ever. Compare Exo_27:21…
It shall be a statute for ever. Compare Exo_27:21 Exo_28:43 Exo_29:9: etc. Even to himi.e. , to Aaron.
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