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Nov 21, 2016 · Talmudic sources describe this as "sanctifying" the hands and feet (m. Yoma 3.2) Ramban explains it as an act of respect for God. 1. While this act parallels baptism in the general sense of washing in obedience to God, there is a significant difference. The priest had to wash the sacrifices and themselves repeatedly. Baptism is a one-time event.
Jan 23, 2023 · The bronze laver was for Aaron and his sons (the priests) to wash their hands and feet before they entered the tabernacle, “so that they will not die” (Exodus 30:20). The priests also had to wash their hands and their feet before they approached the altar with a food offering (verse 21). God declared that this was to be a statute forever to ...
Feb 26, 2024 · The washing that the priests must perform is not in order to clean the hands and feet. It is to prepare the priest to perform the divine service. That is why the sages refer to is as “sanctification” and not as washing. Why did the priests need to wash both hands and feet? The priests were barefoot when they served in the Temple.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary. 30:17-21 A large vessel of brass, holding water, was to be set near the door of the tabernacle. Aaron and his sons must wash their hands and feet at this laver, every time they went in to minister. This was to teach them purity in all their services, and to dread the pollution of sin.
Oct 20, 2019 · After being consecrated just once in their life before becoming a priest, the priests then would ritually wash their hands and feet daily at the laver before performing sacrifices and entering the Holy Place (Exodus 30:19-21). This served as a constant reminder that they were to be spiritually clean prior to coming before the Lord.
The priests were to wash their hands and their feet, so that they will not die. Cleansing was crucial before service. Further, this is not just for the current generation—it shall be a perpetual statute for them, for Aaron and his descendants throughout their generations. In the New Testament, washing was important as well. Jesus washed the ...
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For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat. Not in it, but at it; the laver had mouths or spouts, as Ben Melech says, from whence the water flowed when the priests washed their hands and feet at it; and so Bartenora says (z) they did not wash out of the laver, but from water flowing out of it; it is said "out of it", not in it; it seems at first there were but two of ...
