Exodus 30:19-21

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¹⁹ with the water^[a] Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet.^{(A) 20} When they go into the tent of meeting or when they come near the altar to minister to make an offering by fire^[b] to the Lord, they shall wash with water, so that they may not die. ²¹ They shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they may not die: it shall be a perpetual ordinance for them, for him and for his descendants throughout their generations.”^(B)