10233. Verses 17-21. And Jehovah spoke unto Moses, saying, And thou shalt make a laver of brass, and its base of brass, for washing; and thou shalt put it between the Tent of meeting and the altar, and thou shalt put waters therein. And Aaron and his sons shall wash from it their hands and their feet. When they enter into the Tent of meeting they shall wash with waters, that they die not; or when they come near unto the altar to minister, to burn a fire-offering to Jehovah. And they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not; and it shall be to them a statute of an age, to him and to his seed, to their generations. “And Jehovah spoke unto Moses, saying,” signifies perceptivity from enlightenment through the Word by the Lord; “and thou shalt make a laver of brass,” signifies the good of the natural man, in which is purification; “and its base of brass,” signifies the good of the ultimate of the natural, which is of the sensuous; “for washing” signifies purification from evils and falsities; “and thou shalt put it between the Tent of meeting and the altar,” signifies that there may be the conjunction of truth and good; “and thou shalt put waters therein,” signifies the truths of faith, through which there is purification in the natural; “and Aaron and his sons shall wash from it,” signifies a representative of the purification and regeneration of man by the Lord; “their hands and their feet,” signifies the interiors and exteriors of man; “when they enter into the Tent of meeting,” signifies worship from the good of faith; “they shall wash with waters,” signifies purification by means of the truths of faith; “that they die not,” signifies lest the representative perish; “or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn a fire-offering to Jehovah,” signifies worship from the good of love; “and they shall wash their hands and their feet,” signifies the purification of the interiors and the exteriors of man; “that they die not,” signifies lest the representative perish; “and it shall be to them a statute of an age,” signifies an eternal law of order; “to him and to his seed, to their generations,” signifies all who receive the things that proceed from the Lord, thus who are being regenerated by Him.