Exodus 40:32
New International Version
They washed whenever they entered the tent of meeting or approached the altar, as the LORD commanded Moses.

New Living Translation
Whenever they approached the altar and entered the Tabernacle, they washed themselves, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

English Standard Version
When they went into the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Berean Standard Bible
They washed whenever they entered the Tent of Meeting or approached the altar, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

King James Bible
When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.

New King James Version
Whenever they went into the tabernacle of meeting, and when they came near the altar, they washed, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

New American Standard Bible
When they entered the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

NASB 1995
When they entered the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

NASB 1977
When they entered the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Legacy Standard Bible
When they entered the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

Amplified Bible
When they entered the Tent of Meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, just as the LORD commanded Moses.

Christian Standard Bible
They washed whenever they came to the tent of meeting and approached the altar, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They washed whenever they came to the tent of meeting and approached the altar, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

American Standard Version
when they went into the tent of meeting, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
When entering the Tabernacle of Time, and when they came to the altar, they washed as LORD JEHOVAH had commanded Moshe.

Contemporary English Version
In fact, they washed each time before entering the tent or offering sacrifices at the altar. These things were done exactly as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Douay-Rheims Bible
When they went into the tabernacle of the covenant, and went to the altar, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

English Revised Version
when they went into the tent of meeting, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed: as the LORD commanded Moses.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They would wash whenever they went into the tent of meeting or whenever they approached the altar. Moses followed the LORD's instructions.

Good News Translation
whenever they went into the Tent or to the altar, just as the LORD had commanded.

International Standard Version
When they entered the Tent of Meeting and approached the altar, they washed, just as the LORD had commanded him.

JPS Tanakh 1917
when they went into the tent of meeting, and when they came near unto the altar, they should wash; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Literal Standard Version
in their going into the Tent of Meeting, and in their drawing near to the altar, they wash, as YHWH has commanded Moses.

Majority Standard Bible
They washed whenever they entered the Tent of Meeting or approached the altar, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

New American Bible
for they washed themselves whenever they went into the tent of meeting or approached the altar, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

NET Bible
Whenever they entered the tent of meeting, and whenever they approached the altar, they would wash, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

New Revised Standard Version
When they went into the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed; as the LORD had commanded Moses.

New Heart English Bible
When they went into the Tent of Meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they washed, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Webster's Bible Translation
When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near to the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.

World English Bible
When they went into the Tent of Meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they washed, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

Young's Literal Translation
in their going in unto the tent of meeting, and in their drawing near unto the altar, they wash, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Setting Up the Tabernacle
31and from it Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and feet. 32They washed whenever they entered the Tent of Meeting or approached the altar, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. 33And Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the altar, and he hung the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.…

Cross References
Exodus 40:31
and from it Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and feet.

Exodus 40:33
And Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the altar, and he hung the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.


Treasury of Scripture

When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near to the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.

as the Lord

Exodus 40:19
And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Exodus 30:19,20
For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: …

Psalm 73:19
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

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Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
They washed
יִרְחָ֑צוּ (yir·ḥā·ṣū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7364: To wash, wash off or away, bathe

whenever they entered
בְּבֹאָ֞ם (bə·ḇō·’ām)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

the Tent
אֹ֣הֶל (’ō·hel)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 168: A tent

of Meeting
מוֹעֵ֗ד (mō·w·‘êḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4150: Appointed time, place, or meeting

or approached
וּבְקָרְבָתָ֛ם (ū·ḇə·qā·rə·ḇā·ṯām)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7126: To come near, approach

the altar,
הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ (ham·miz·bê·aḥ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4196: An altar

just as
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

had commanded
צִוָּ֥ה (ṣiw·wāh)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order

Moses.
מֹשֶֽׁה׃ (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver


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