Exodus 30:17

¹ The Lord spoke to Moses: ² 

Then the LORD said to Moses,

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

And the LORD said to Moses,

GOD spoke to Moses:

And the Lord said to Moses,

The LORD spoke to Moses:

Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

¹ The Lord spoke to Moses: ² 

¹ sn Another piece of furniture is now introduced, the laver, or washing basin. It was a round (the root means to be round) basin for holding water, but it had to be up on a pedestal or base to let water run out (through taps of some kind) for the priests to wash – they could not simply dip dirty hands into the basin. This was for the priests primarily to wash their hands and feet before entering the tent. It stood in the courtyard between the altar and the tent. No dimensions are given. The passage can be divided into three sections: the instructions (17-18), the rules for washing (19-20), and the reminder that this is a perpetual statute.

² tn Heb “and Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying.”