Leviticus Chapter 8 verse 6 Holy Bible
And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.
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Then Moses took Aaron and his sons; and after washing them with water,
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And Moses brought Aaron near, and his sons, and bathed them with water.
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And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.
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And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.
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Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.
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And Moses bringeth near Aaron and his sons, and doth bathe them with water,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - Washing, robing, anointing, sacrificing, are the four means by the joint operation of which the consecration is effected. The washing, or bathing, took place in the sight of the people. The whole of the person, except so much as was covered by the linen drawers (Exodus 28:42), was washed. The symbolical significance is clear. Cleansing from sin precedes clothing in righteousness and spiritual unction.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) And washed them with water.--As the first initiatory rite of the consecration, Moses caused Aaron and his sons to bathe (see Leviticus 16:4), thus symbolising their purification from sin. Where the phrase "to wash with water" is used without specifying any particular part or parts of the body, as in Genesis 19:2; Genesis 24:32, Exodus 30:19; Exodus 30:21, Deuteronomy 21:6, it denotes the washing or bathing of the entire body. This was not done in the presence of the people, but in a baptistry, behind a curtain. During the second Temple the sacerdotal immersion could not be effected in a vessel, but had to take place in a hollow made in the ground, containing at least twenty-four cubic feet of water. The installation of the priest, which is here conducted by Moses, as the giver and representative of the Divine law, was during the second Temple performed by the Sanhedrin, who "sat in Moses' seat." . . .