Exodus 30 · Verse 21

Exodus 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.
Exodus 30:21, King James Version

Exodus 30:21 in other translations

BSBThus they are to wash their hands and feet so that they will not die; this shall be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants for the generations to come.”
WEBSo 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.”
ASVSo 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.
YLTthen they have washed their hands and their feet, and they die not, and it hath been to them a statute age-during, to him and to his seed to their generations.'
DARBYAnd they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they may not die; and it shall be an everlasting statute for them, for him and for his seed throughout their generations.
BBETheir hands and feet are to be washed. so that they may be safe from death: this is an order to them for ever; to him and his seed from generation to generation.
WebsterSo 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.

What does Exodus 30:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 30:18-21

18-21. 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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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 favor, 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's note on Exo 29:20.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 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. They must not only wash and be made clean, when first made priests, but must wash and be kept clean, whenever they went to minister. It…

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Exodus 30:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְרָחֲצ֛וּve.ra.cha.Tzuand they will washH7364
יְדֵיהֶ֥םye.dei.Hemhands theirH3027
וְרַגְלֵיהֶ֖םve.rag.lei.Hemand feet theirH7272
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
יָמֻ֑תוּya.Mu.tuthey will dieH4191
וְהָיְתָ֨הve.ha.ye.Tahand it will beH1961
לָהֶ֧םla.Hemfor <the> them
חָק\־chok-a decree ofH2706
עוֹלָ֛םo.LamperpetuityH5769
ל֥וֹlofor him
וּלְזַרְע֖וֹu.le.zar.'Oand for offspring hisH2233
לְדֹרֹתָֽם\׃\ \פle.do.ro.Tamto generations theirH1755

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 30:21

  • Exodus 28:43

    And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.

  • Exodus 27:21

    In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the Lord: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

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Context

  • 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:

  • Exodus 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.

  • Exodus 30:22

    Moreover the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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Exodus 30:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		También se lavarán las manos y los pies, y no morirán. Y lo tendrán por estatuto perpetuo él y su simiente por sus generaciones.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ils laveront leurs mains et leurs pieds, afin qu’ils ne meurent pas; et ce leur sera un statut perpétuel, pour Aaron et pour sa semence, en leurs générations.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie sollen ihre Hände und ihre Füße waschen, daß sie nicht sterben; und das soll ihnen eine ewige Satzung sein, ihm und seinem Samen bei ihren Geschlechtern.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		ne forte moriantur; legitimum sempiternum erit ipsi, et semini ejus per successiones.