DAILY READINGS: Deut. 34; Hosea 6:4 to 7:16; Luke 19:1-28
Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. Exodus 30:18
When approaching God in the tabernacle of old, the first two articles one met in the courtyard were the altar and laver. First was the altar of sacrifice where the blood was shed, then the laver to wash the hands and feet. Today we approach God in the same manner: by the blood of Christ to atone for our sin, and by the washing of water by the word of God to continually remove the contamination of that sin.—Tom Steere
"My blood I thus pour forth,” He cries, to cleanse the soul in sin that lies;
In this the covenant is sealed, and heaven's eternal grace revealed.—John Morrison