Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 40:31
And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:
31 32. See Exo 30:19-20. Moses is included, because for the time he acted as priest ( v. 27). The tenses are frequentative, used to wash (twice), just as in Exo 34:34 f., for instance. As ‘Aaron and his sons’ are not yet installed (see Leviticus 8), there is a prolepsis in the verses, even if (Di.) they are not a mere interpolation, attached unsuitably to v. 30, on the basis of Exo 30:19 f.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And Moses, and Aaron, and his sons, washed their hands and their feet thereat. This laver was for the priests, and Moses, officiating as a priest, washed in it, with Aaron, and his sons, whom he was now about to consecrate to the priest’s office, and invest with it by offering sacrifice for them; Jarchi says this was on the eighth day of the consecration.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(31, 32) These verses are parenthetic. They interrupt the narrative of what Moses did on the first day of the first month, informing us of the use whereto the laver was applied subsequently. (Comp. Exo. 30:19-21.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 40:31. And Moses, and Aaron and his sons, washed their hands, &c. This shews, (what we have before observed on Exo 29:26) that Moses now acted as priest: see ch. Exo 30:19-21 and Levit. ch. 8. It is to be remembered, that, in this erection of the tabernacle, due regard was had to the time appointed for the several ceremonies; as will appear more fully from the next book.
REFLECTIONS.Moses sets up the glorious fabric, and begins the service of the sanctuary. The candlestick is lighted up, the table covered, the incense smoking, the offering on the altar. Thus he taught the priests the method of their service: and himself, and Aaron and his sons, washed in the laver: for they who minister before a holy God, must purge themselves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit; and even in our most holy duties, whenever we would approach God, we must first wash in the open fountain of a Saviour’s blood, without which we never can draw near with acceptance to him.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
washed: Psa 26:6, Psa 51:6, Psa 51:7, Joh 13:10, 1Jo 1:7, 1Jo 1:9
Reciprocal: Exo 30:19 – General Lev 16:4 – therefore