Exodus 40:32 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

in their going in unto the tent of meeting, and in their drawing near unto the altar, they wash, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

when they went into the tent of meeting, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

English Amplified

When they went into the Tent of Meeting or came near the altar, they washed, as the Lord commanded Moses.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

When they went into the Tent of Meeting or came near the altar, they washed, as the Lord commanded Moses.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

They washed whenever they entered the Tent of Meeting or approached the altar, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

They washed whenever they came to the tent of meeting and approached the altar, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

when they went into the tent of meeting, and when they drew near to the altar, they washed; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

English EASY 2024

They washed themselves every time that they went into the Tent of Meeting. They also washed themselves before they went to offer sacrifices at the altar. They did what the Lord had commanded Moses to do.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

They washed themselves every time they entered the Meeting Tent. They also washed themselves every time they went near the altar. They did these things just as the Lord commanded Moses.

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

When they went into the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, as the LORD commanded Moses.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

whenever they went into the Tent or to the altar, just as the Lord had commanded.

English God's Word - GW 1995

They would wash whenever they went into the tent of meeting or whenever they approached the altar. Moses followed the Lord's instructions.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

They washed whenever they came to the tent of meeting and approached the altar, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

English KJV 1611

When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.

When they entered the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Whenever they went into the tent of meeting, and whenever they came near the altar, they washed, just as the Lord commanded Moses.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

When they entered the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

for they washed themselves whenever they went into the meeting tent or approached the altar, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Whenever they entered the tent of meeting, and whenever they approached the altar, they would wash, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

They washed when they entered the Tent of Meeting or approached the altar. They did it as the Lord had commanded Moses.

They washed whenever they entered the Tent of Meeting or approached the altar, as the LORD commanded Moses.

English NKJ 1982

Whenever they went into the tabernacle of meeting, and when they came near the altar, they washed, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Whenever they walked past the altar to enter the Tabernacle, they were to stop and wash, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

When they went into the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed; as the LORD had commanded Moses.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

when they went into the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed; as the Lord commanded Moses.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Whenever they walked past the altar to enter the Tabernacle, they stopped and washed, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

English Tyndale 1537

both when they went into the tabernacle of witness, or when they went to the altar, as the LORD commanded Moses.