“When they went into the Tent of Meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they washed, as the LORD commanded Moses.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Exodus 40 contains 38 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.