Exodus 40:7

Modern

And place the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

Traditional

And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein.

Literal

And you shall set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and between the altar, and you shall set water there.

Latin

…labrum inter altare et tabernaculum, quod implebis aqua.

Hebrew

English

And place the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

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

Titus 3:5
He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
Zechariah 13:1
“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
Hebrews 10:22
…let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Psalm 26:6
I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
Exodus 38:8
Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
Exodus 30:18–21
“You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it,
Exodus 40:30–32
He placed the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing;
Revelation 1:5–6
…and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,