Exodus 30:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ so they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ So they shall wash their hands and their feet, lest they die; it shall be a perpetual statute for [Aaron] and his descendants throughout their generations.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.

Common English Bible

²¹ They must wash their hands and their feet so that they don’t die. This will be a permanent regulation for them, for Aaron and his descendants in every generation.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ otherwise, they may die. This shall be an everlasting law to him, and to his offspring, throughout their successions."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ Lest perhaps they die. It shall be an everlasting law to him, and to his seed by successions.

Exodus 30:21 Cross References

Exodus 27:21

In the tent of meeting, outside the curtain that is before the covenant, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a perpetual ordinance to be observed throughout their generations by the Israelites.

Exodus 28:43

They shall be worn by Aaron and his sons when they go into the tent of meeting or when they come near the altar to minister in the holy place, so that they do not bring guilt on themselves and die. This shall be a perpetual ordinance for him and for his descendants after him.

Exodus 30:20

When they go into the tent of meeting or when they come near the altar to minister to make an offering by fire to the Lord, they shall wash with water, so that they may not die.

Exodus 30:22

The Lord spoke to Moses,