Thus they are to wash their hands and feet so that they will not die; this shall be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants for the generations to come.”
We now have a fountain open for all, inexhaustible living water to wash in; it is our own fault if we remain in our filth. The priests could not offer their own cleanliness at home; they must wash at the appointed laver, and we must daily renew our repentance and apply the blood of Christ to our souls, for we daily offend and contract pollution.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 30:17-21
So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not,.... By the immediate hand of God, who would so greatly resent such a neglect of his command; and by how much easier it was to perform it, by so much the more were they inexcusable, and to be treated with greater severity; and this is repeated, that they might carefully observe it...
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. (l) So long as the priesthood shall last.