Exodus 30:20

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Whenever they go into the Tent of meeting they are to be washed with water, to keep them from death; and whenever they come near to do the work of the altar, or to make an offering by fire to the Lord,

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 12:15 : 15 For seven days let your food be unleavened bread; from the first day no leaven is to be seen in your houses: whoever takes bread with leaven in it, from the first till the seventh day, will be cut off from Israel.
  • Lev 10:1-3 : 1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their vessels and put fire in them and perfume, burning strange fire before the Lord, which he had not given them orders to do. 2 And fire came out from before the Lord, burning them up and causing their destruction before the Lord. 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord said, I will be holy in the eyes of all those who come near to me, and I will be honoured before all the people. And Aaron said nothing.
  • Lev 16:1-2 : 1 And the Lord said to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron when they took in strange fire before the Lord and death overtook them; 2 The Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, your brother, that he may not come at all times into the holy place inside the veil, before the cover which is on the ark, for fear that death may overtake him; for I will be seen in the cloud on the cover of the ark.
  • 1 Sam 6:19 : 19 But the Lord sent destruction on seventy men of the people of Beth-shemesh for looking into the ark of the Lord; and great was the sorrow of the people for the destruction which the Lord had sent on them.
  • 1 Chr 13:10 : 10 And the wrath of the Lord, burning against Uzza, sent destruction on him because he had put his hand on the ark, and death came to him there before God.
  • Ps 89:7 : 7 God is greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be honoured over all those who are about him.
  • Acts 5:5 : 5 And at these words, Ananias went down on the earth, and his life went from him: and great fear came on all who were present.
  • Acts 5:10 : 10 And straight away she went down at his feet, and her life went from her: and the young men came in and saw her dead, and they took her out and put her in the earth with her husband.
  • Heb 12:28-29 : 28 If then, we have a kingdom which will never be moved, let us have grace, so that we may give God such worship as is pleasing to him with fear and respect: 29 For our God is an all-burning fire.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 40:30-32
    3 verses
    85%

    30 And between the altar and the Tent of meeting he put the vessel with water in it for washing.

    31 In it the hands and feet of Moses and Aaron and his sons were washed,

    32 Whenever they went into the Tent of meeting, and when they came near the altar, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

  • Exod 30:17-19
    3 verses
    84%

    17 And the Lord said to Moses,

    18 You are to make a brass washing-vessel, with a brass base; and put it between the Tent of meeting and the altar, with water in it;

    19 That it may be used by Aaron and his sons for washing their hands and feet;

  • Exod 30:21-22
    2 verses
    84%

    21 Their 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.

    22 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Exod 40:12
    81%

    12 Then let Aaron and his sons come to the door of the Tent of meeting; and after washing them with water,

  • Exod 29:4
    80%

    4 And let Aaron and his sons come to the door of the Tent of meeting, and there let them be washed with water.

  • Lev 15:31
    80%

    31 In this way may the children of Israel be made free from all sorts of unclean conditions, so that death may not overtake them when they are unclean and when they make unclean my holy place which is among them.

  • Num 4:19-20
    2 verses
    80%

    19 But do this to them, so that life and not death may be theirs when they come near the most holy things; let Aaron and his sons go in and give to every one his work and that which he is to take up;

    20 But they themselves are not to go in to see the holy place, even for a minute, for fear of death.

  • Exod 28:35
    77%

    35 Aaron is to put it on for his holy work; and the sound of it will be clear, when he goes into the holy place before the Lord, and when he comes out, keeping him safe from death.

  • Lev 16:23-24
    2 verses
    77%

    23 Then let Aaron come into the Tent of meeting and take off the linen clothing which he put on when he went into the holy place, and put them down there;

    24 And after bathing his body in water in a holy place, he is to put on his clothing and come out and give his burned offering and the burned offering of the people, to take away his sin and the sin of the people.

  • Num 18:22
    77%

    22 In future the children of Israel are not to come near the Tent of meeting, so that death may not come to them because of sin.

  • Exod 28:43
    77%

    43 Aaron and his sons are to put these on whenever they go into the Tent of meeting or come near the altar, when they are doing the work of the holy place, so that they may be free from any sin causing death: this is to be an order for him and his seed after him for ever.

  • Lev 10:7
    77%

    7 And do not go out from the door of the Tent of meeting, or death will come to you; for the holy oil of the Lord is on you. And they did as Moses said.

  • Num 18:3
    77%

    3 They are to do your orders and be responsible for the work of the Tent; but they may not come near the vessels of the holy place or the altar, so that death may not overtake them or you.

  • Lev 16:28
    76%

    28 And the man by whom they are burned is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water, and then he may come back to the tent-circle.

  • Lev 8:6
    76%

    6 Then Moses took Aaron and his sons; and after washing them with water,

  • Num 19:13
    75%

    13 Anyone touching the body of a dead man without making himself clean in this way, makes the House of the Lord unclean; and that man will be cut off from Israel: because the water was not put on him, he will be unclean; his unclean condition is unchanged.

  • Lev 21:23
    75%

    23 But he may not go inside the veil or come near the altar, because he is damaged; and he may not make my holy places common; for I the Lord have made them holy.

  • Num 19:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20 But the man who, being unclean, does not make himself clean in this way, will be cut off from the meeting of the people, because he has made the holy place of the Lord unclean: the water has not been put on him, he is unclean.

    21 This is to be a law for them for ever: he who puts the water on the unclean person is to have his clothing washed; and anyone touching the water will be unclean till evening.

  • Exod 30:29
    75%

    29 And you are to make them most holy; anything touching them will become holy.

  • Num 8:7
    74%

    7 And this is how you are to make them clean: let the holy water which takes away sin be put on them, and let the hair all over their bodies be cut off with a sharp blade, and let their clothing be washed and their bodies made clean.

  • Lev 21:1
    74%

    1 And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron, Let no man make himself unclean for the dead among his people;

  • Num 19:7
    74%

    7 And the priest, after washing his clothing and bathing his body in water, may come back to the tent-circle, and will be unclean till evening.

  • Num 8:21
    74%

    21 And the Levites were made clean from sin, and their clothing was washed, and Aaron gave them for a wave offering before the Lord; and Aaron took away their sin and made them clean.

  • Num 17:13
    74%

    13 Death will overtake everyone who comes near, who comes near the House of the Lord: are we all to come to destruction?

  • Num 18:32
    74%

    32 And no sin will be yours on account of it, when the best of it has been lifted up on high; you are not to make a wrong use of the holy things of the children of Israel, so that death may not overtake you.

  • Lev 22:9
    74%

    9 So then, let them keep what I have put into their care, for fear that sin may come on them because of it, so causing their death because they have made it common: I am the Lord, who make them holy.

  • Lev 16:17
    74%

    17 And no man may be in the Tent of meeting from the time when Aaron goes in to take away sin in the holy place till he comes out, having made himself and his house and all the people of Israel free from sin.

  • Lev 17:16
    74%

    16 But if his clothing is not washed and his body bathed, his sin will be on him.

  • Exod 19:14
    74%

    14 Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and made the people holy; and their clothing was washed.

  • Exod 19:22
    73%

    22 And let the priests who come near to the Lord make themselves holy, for fear that the Lord may come on them suddenly.

  • Num 8:15
    73%

    15 After that, the Levites will go in to do whatever has to be done in the Tent of meeting; you are to make them clean and give them as a wave offering.

  • Ezek 44:19
    73%

    19 And when they go out into the outer square to the people, they are to take off the robes in which they do the work of priests, and put them away in the holy rooms, and put on other clothing, so that the people may not be made holy by their robes.

  • Lev 22:6
    73%

    6 Any person touching any such unclean thing will be unclean till evening, and may not take of the holy food till his flesh has been bathed in water;

  • Exod 40:7
    73%

    7 And let the washing-vessel, with water in it, be put between the Tent of meeting and the altar.

  • Num 31:24
    73%

    24 And on the seventh day, after washing your clothing, you will be clean, and then you may come into the tent-circle.

  • Ezek 42:14
    73%

    14 When the priests go in, they may not go out of the holy place into the outer square, and there they are to put the robes in which they do the work of the Lord's house, for they are holy: and they have to put on other clothing before they come near that which has to do with the people.

  • Num 4:15
    73%

    15 And after the holy place and all its vessels have been covered up by Aaron and his sons, when the tents of the people go forward, the sons of Kohath are to come and take it up; but the holy things may not be touched by them for fear of death.

  • Lev 1:9
    73%

    9 But its inside parts and its legs are to be washed with water, and it will all be burned on the altar by the priest for a burned offering, an offering made by fire, for a sweet smell to the Lord.

  • Num 19:18
    73%

    18 And a clean person is to take hyssop and put it in the water, shaking it over the tent, and all the vessels, and the people who were there, and over him by whom the bone, or the body of one who has been put to death with the sword, or the body of one who has come to his end by a natural death, or the resting-place was touched.

  • Lev 16:4
    73%

    4 Let him put on the holy linen coat, and the linen trousers on his body, and the linen band round him, and the linen head-dress on his head; for this is holy clothing, and before he puts them on his body is to be washed with water.

  • Lev 16:2
    73%

    2 The Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, your brother, that he may not come at all times into the holy place inside the veil, before the cover which is on the ark, for fear that death may overtake him; for I will be seen in the cloud on the cover of the ark.

  • Lev 14:20
    73%

    20 And the priest is to have the burned offering and the meal offering burned on the altar; and the priest will take away his sin and he will be clean.