¹⁷ And the Lord said to Moses,

^{18 Ref} 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 Ref} That it may be used by Aaron and his sons for washing their hands and feet;

^{20 Ref} 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,

^{21 Ref} 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.