Catholic Public Domain Version
"whenever they would enter the covering of the covenant, and when they approached to the altar, just as the Lord had instructed Moses. "
— Exodus 40:30, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal.”
“And he set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water therein, wherewith to wash. ”
“He set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water therein, with which to wash.”
“Then he put the large basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing.”
“When they went into the tabernacle of the covenant, and went to the altar, as the Lord had commanded Moses.”
“And between the altar and the Tent of meeting he put the vessel with water in it for washing.”
“And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal.”
and the altar of holocaust in the vestibule of the testimony, offering the holocaust and the sacrifices upon it, just as the Lord had decreed.
Likewise, he stationed the washtub between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, filling it with water.
And Moses and Aaron, along with his sons, washed their hands and feet,
whenever they would enter the covering of the covenant, and when they approached to the altar, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.
And he raised up the atrium around the tabernacle and the altar, drawing the hanging at its entrance. After all these things were perfected,
the cloud covered the tabernacle of the testimony, and the glory of the Lord filled it.
Neither could Moses enter the covering of the covenant: the cloud was covering all things, and the majesty of the Lord was flashing. For the cloud had covered everything.