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Exodus 30:20

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For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:	When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:	So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, [even] to him and to his seed throughout their generations.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

When they go^H935 into the tabernacle^H168 of the congregation^H4150, they shall wash^H7364 with water^H4325, that they die^H4191 not; or when they come near^H5066 to the altar^H4196 to minister^H8334, to burn offering^H6999 made by fire^H801 unto the LORD^H3068:

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Original Hebrew

בְּבֹאָם אֶל־אֹהֶל מֹועֵד יִרְחֲצוּ־מַיִם וְלֹא יָמֻתוּ אֹו בְגִשְׁתָּם אֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ לְשָׁרֵת לְהַקְטִיר אִשֶּׁה לַיהוָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
בְּ/בֹאָ֞/ם	be./vo.'A/m	H935	HR/Vqc/Sp3mp	when/ go/ they
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	into
אֹ֧הֶל	'O.hel	H168	HNcmsc	(the) tent of
מוֹעֵ֛ד	mo.'Ed	H4150	HNcmsa	meeting
יִרְחֲצוּ	yir.cha.tzu-	H7364	HVqi3mp	they will wash
מַ֖יִם	Ma.yim	H4325	HNcmpa	water
וְ/לֹ֣א	ve./Lo'	H3808	HC/Tn	and/ not
יָמֻ֑תוּ	ya.Mu.tu	H4191	HVqi3mp	they will die
א֣וֹ	'o	H176	HC	or
בְ/גִשְׁתָּ֤/ם	ve./gish.Ta/m	H5066	HR/Vqc/Sp3mp	when/ draw near/ they
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֨חַ֙	ha./miz.Be.ach	H4196	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ altar
לְ/שָׁרֵ֔ת	le./sha.Ret	H8334	HR/Vpc	to/ serve
לְ/הַקְטִ֥יר	le./hak.Tir	H6999	HR/Vhc	to/ make smoke
אִשֶּׁ֖ה	'i.Sheh	H801	HNcmsa	a fire offering
לַֽ/יהוָֽה	la./Yah.weh	H3068	HR/Np	to/ Yahweh

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H168 — אֹהֶל (ʼôhel, o'-hel): from אָהַל; a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance); covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.
• H801 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): the same as אֶשָּׁה, but used in a liturgical sense; properly, a burnt-offering; but occasionally of any sacrifice; (offering, sacrifice), (made) by fire.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H4150 — מוֹעֵד (môwʻêd, mo-ade'): or מֹעֵד; or (feminine) מוֹעָדָה; (2 Chronicles 8:13), from יָעַד; properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally ayear; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand); appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn(-ity), synogogue, (set) time (appointed).
• H4191 — מוּת (mûwth, mooth): a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill; [idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) wise.
• H4196 — מִזְבֵּחַ (mizbêach, miz-bay'-akh): from זָבַח; an altar; altar.
• H4325 — מַיִם (mayim, mah'-yim): dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
• H5066 — נָגַשׁ (nâgash, naw-gash'): a primitive root; to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back; (make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (hither, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand.
• H6999 — קָטַר (qâṭar, kaw-tar'): a primitive root (identical with through the idea of fumigation in a close place and perhaps thus driving out the occupants); to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship); burn (incense, sacrifice) (upon), (altar for) incense, kindle, offer (incense, a sacrifice).
• H7364 — רָחַץ (râchats, raw-khats'): a primitive root; to lave (the whole or a part of a thing); bathe (self), wash (self).
• H8334 — שָׁרַת (shârath, shaw-rath'): a primitive root; to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to; minister (unto), (do) serve(-ant, -ice, -itor), wait on.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H176 — אוֹ (ʼôw, o): presumed to be the 'constructive' or genitival form of אַו ; short for אַוָּה; desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if; also, and, either, if, at the least, [idiom] nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.
• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

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