Exodus 40:12

Modern

Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.

Traditional

And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.

Literal

And you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and you shall wash them with the water.

Latin

Applicabisque Aaron et filios ejus ad fores tabernaculi testimonii, et lotos aqua

Hebrew

English

Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.

The report on setting up the Tent of Meeting starts with the Lord's commands (40:1–15). It continues with how Moses obeyed those commands (40:16–33).
The repeated statement that "Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded" (40:16, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 32) strongly contrasts with Aaron’s self-serving statement in 32:22–24. God wants to share his presence with us, but his holiness requires us to give up our own efforts to secure his presence and gifts.

Theme notes and profiles

Leviticus 8:1–13
Then the LORD said to Moses,
Exodus 29:1–35
“Now this is what you are to do to consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams without blemish,
Leviticus 9:1–24
On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.
Isaiah 11:1–5
Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
Isaiah 61:1–3
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
Galatians 4:4
But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
John 3:34
For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
Romans 8:3
For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
Luke 1:35
The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.
Matthew 3:16
As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.

Aaron: Moses' brother, first high priest of Israel