The Brazen Laver


Exodus 38
  8   And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass,
      of the lookingglasses of the women assembling,
      which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Exodus 40
  28  And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.
  29  And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle
      of the tent of the congregation,
      and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering;
      as the LORD commanded Moses.
  30  And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar,
      and put water there, to wash withal.
  31  And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:
  32  When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar,
      they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.
  33  And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar,
      and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.
  34  Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation,
      and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
  35  And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation,
      because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.



Santification and Holiness

1Corinthians 3
  16  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God,
      and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

Eph 5
  25  Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
  26  That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
  27  That he might present it to himself a glorious church,
      not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing;
      but that it should be holy and without blemish.
  28  So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies.
      He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

1Peter 3
  1   Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands;
      that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won
      by the conversation of the wives;
  2   While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
  3   Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair,
      and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
  4   But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible,
      even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.



An Inward Washing

John 13
  2   And supper being ended,
      the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;
  3   Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands,
      and that he was come from God, and went to God;
  4   He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
  5   After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet,
      and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
  6   Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
  7   Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now;
      but thou shalt know hereafter.
  8   Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet.
      Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
  10  Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet,
      but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
  11  For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.

1Corinthians 6
  9   Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?
      Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate,
      nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
  10  Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners,
      shall inherit the kingdom of God.
  11  And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified,
      but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

1John 1
  6   If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness,
      we lie, and do not the truth:
  7   But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another,
      and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
  8   If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
  9   If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins,
      and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
  10  If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.



Daily Bible Reading

Matthew 6
  11  Give us this day our daily bread.
  12  And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

Exodus 16
  13  And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp:
      and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.
  14  And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold,
      upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing,
      as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
  15  And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna:
      for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them,
      This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
  16  This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded,
      Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man,
      according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.
  17  And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
  18  And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over,
      and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
  19  And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
  20  Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses;
      but some of them left of it until the morning,
      and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.

Lamentations 3
  21  This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
  22  It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
  23  They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

Acts 6:4  But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

Psalm 1
  1   Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,
      nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
  2   But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
  3   And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,
      that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither;
      and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
  4   The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
  5   Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
      nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
  6   For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Psalm 119
  97  MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
  98  Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies:
      for they are ever with me.
  99  I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
  100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
  101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
  102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
  103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
  104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.