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Exodus 29:37

God's holiness

35 This is what you are to do for Aaron and his sons based on all that I have commanded you, taking seven days to ordain them.

36 Sacrifice a bull as a sin offering each day for atonement. Purify the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it.

For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will become most holy; whatever touches the altar will be holy.

38 This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar, each day: two lambs that are a year old.

39 Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will become most holy; whatever touches the altar will be holy.
KJV
Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.
WEB
Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar shall be holy.
ASV
Seven days thou shalt make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it: and the altar shall be most holy; whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.
DARBY
Seven days shalt thou make atonement for the altar and hallow it; and the altar shall be most holy: whatever toucheth the altar shall be holy.
BLB
Seven days you shall make atonement upon the altar and sanctify it, and the altar shall be holy of holies; anything that touches the altar shall be holy.
ÅB
I syv dager skal du gjøre soning for alteret og hellige det, og da skal alteret være høyhellig; hver den som rører ved alteret, blir hellig.
OTB
I syv dager skal du gjøre forsoning for alteret og innvie det; da skal alteret være høyhellig, og alt som berører alteret skal være hellig.
B1930
I syv dager skal du gjøre soning for alteret og hellige det, og da skal alteret være høihellig; hver den som rører ved alteret, blir hellig.

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Cross references

  • Exodus 40:10

    Anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar, and it shall be most holy.

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  • Matthew 23:19

    You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?

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  • Matthew 23:17

    You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?

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  • Daniel 9:24

    Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.

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  • Exodus 30:28–29

    the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.

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