Exodus 40:12

40:12 “You are to bring 1  Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.

Exodus 40:31-32

40:31 Moses and Aaron and his sons would wash their hands and their feet from it. 40:32 Whenever they entered 2  the tent of meeting, and whenever they approached 3  the altar, they would wash, 4  just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

1 tn The verb is “bring near,” or “present,” to Yahweh.

2 tn The construction is the infinitive construct with the temporal preposition and the suffixed subjective genitive. This temporal clause indicates that the verb in the preceding verse was frequentative.

3 tn This is another infinitive construct in a temporal clause.

4 tn In this explanatory verse the verb is a customary imperfect.