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Then the altar will be most holy, and whatever touches it will be holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/29.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Purify the altar, and consecrate it every day for seven days. After that, the altar will be absolutely holy, and whatever touches it will become holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/29.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it, and the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar shall become holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/29.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/29.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/29.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it. And the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar must be holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/29.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it; then the altar shall be most holy, <i>and</i> whatever touches the altar shall be holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/29.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it; then the altar shall be most holy, and whatever touches the altar shall be holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/29.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it; then the altar shall be most holy, <i>and</i> whatever touches the altar shall be holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/29.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and set it apart as holy; then the altar shall be most holy, <i>and</i> whatever touches the altar shall be holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/29.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar [of burnt offering] and consecrate it; then the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar must be holy (set apart for God’s service).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/29.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For seven days you must make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. The altar will be especially holy. Whatever touches the altar will be consecrated.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/29.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For seven days you must make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. The altar will become especially holy; whatever touches the altar will become holy.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/29.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/29.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Do this for seven days, and the altar will become so holy that anyone who touches it will become holy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/29.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/29.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />For seven days at the altar make peace with the LORD and set the altar apart for its holy purpose. Then the altar will be most holy. Anything that touches the altar will become holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/29.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Do this every day for seven days. Then the altar will be completely holy, and anyone or anything that touches it will be harmed by the power of its holiness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/29.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You are to make atonement for the altar for seven days and consecrate it. It will be most holy, and whatever touches it will be holy."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/29.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/29.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For seven days you are to make atonement for the altar and set it apart as holy. Then the altar will be most holy. Anything that touches the altar will be holy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/29.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/29.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatever toucheth the altar shall be holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/29.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/29.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />[for] seven days you make atonement for the altar, and have sanctified it, and the altar has been most holy; all that is coming against the altar is holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/29.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> seven days thou dost make atonement for the altar, and hast sanctified it, and the altar hath been most holy; all that is coming against the altar is holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/29.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Seven days thou shalt expiate upon the altar, and consecrate it; and it was the holy altar of holies: all touching upon the altar shall be holy.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/29.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Seven days shalt thou expiate the altar and sanctify it, and it shall be most holy. Every one that shall touch it shall be holy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/29.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For seven days, you shall expiate and sanctify the altar, and it shall be the Holy of holies. All those who will touch it must be sanctified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/29.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Seven days you shall spend in purging the altar and in consecrating it. Then the altar will be most sacred, and whatever touches it will become sacred.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/29.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar, and consecrate it, and the altar shall be most holy; whatever touches the altar shall become holy.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/29.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Seven days you shall make an atonement for the altar and sanctify it; and the altar shall be most holy; whatever touches the altar shall be holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/29.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Seven days you will make atonement on the altar and you shall sanctify it and the altar shall be The Holy of Holies, and everything that will touch the altar will be made holy.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/29.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Seven days thou shalt make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; thus shall the altar be most holy; whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/29.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Seven days shalt thou purify the altar and sanctify it; and the altar shall be most holy, every one that touches the altar shall be hallowed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/29-37.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=7662" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/29.htm">Food for the Priests</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">36</span>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. <span class="reftext">37</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: šiḇ·‘aṯ (Number-msc) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">For seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days</a> <a href="/hebrew/3722.htm" title="3722: tə·ḵap·pêr (V-Piel-Imperf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to cover; figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel.">you shall make atonement</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: ham·miz·bê·aḥ (Art:: N-ms) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">the altar</a> <a href="/hebrew/6942.htm" title="6942: wə·qid·daš·tā (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To be set apart or consecrated. A primitive root; to be clean.">and consecrate</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯōw (DirObjM:: 3ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">it.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: ham·miz·bê·aḥ (Art:: N-ms) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">Then the altar</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will become</a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: qō·ḏeš (N-msc) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">most holy;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: qā·ḏā·šîm (N-mp) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">whatever</a> <a href="/hebrew/5060.htm" title="5060: han·nō·ḡê·a‘ (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to touch, i.e. Lay the hand upon; by implication, to reach; violently, to strike.">touches</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: bam·miz·bê·aḥ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">the altar</a> <a href="/hebrew/6942.htm" title="6942: yiq·dāš (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To be set apart or consecrated. A primitive root; to be clean.">will be holy.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/6-18.htm">Leviticus 6:18</a></span><br />Any male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. This is a permanent portion from the food offerings to the LORD for the generations to come. Anything that touches them will become holy.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/6-27.htm">Leviticus 6:27</a></span><br />Anything that touches its flesh will become holy, and if any of the blood is spattered on a garment, you must wash it in a holy place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/8-10.htm">Leviticus 8:10-11</a></span><br />Next, Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it; and so he consecrated them. / He sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times, anointing the altar and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand, to consecrate them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/8-15.htm">Leviticus 8:15</a></span><br />Moses slaughtered the bull, took some of the blood, and applied it with his finger to all four horns of the altar, purifying the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it so that atonement could be made on it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/8-33.htm">Leviticus 8:33</a></span><br />You must not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are complete; for it will take seven days to ordain you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/16-19.htm">Leviticus 16:19</a></span><br />He is to sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse it and consecrate it from the uncleanness of the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/18-10.htm">Numbers 18:10</a></span><br />You are to eat it as a most holy offering, and every male may eat it. You shall regard it as holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/43-26.htm">Ezekiel 43:26-27</a></span><br />For seven days the priests are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; so they shall consecrate it. / At the end of these days, from the eighth day on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Lord GOD.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm">Hebrews 9:13-14</a></span><br />For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, / how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Hebrews 10:10</a></span><br />And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-29.htm">Hebrews 10:29</a></span><br />How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-11.htm">Hebrews 13:11-12</a></span><br />Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp. / And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-2.htm">1 Peter 1:2</a></span><br />according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-15.htm">1 Peter 1:15-16</a></span><br />But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, / for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-5.htm">1 Peter 2:5</a></span><br />you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Seven days you shall make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatever touches the altar shall be holy.</p><p class="hdg">and sanctify it</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/40-10.htm">Exodus 40:10</a></b></br> And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/9-24.htm">Daniel 9:24</a></b></br> Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.</p><p class="hdg">it shall be an</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/30-29.htm">Exodus 30:29</a></b></br> And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/23-17.htm">Matthew 23:17,19</a></b></br> <i>Ye</i> fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/29-36.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/exodus/29-36.htm">Atonement</a> <a href="/exodus/28-31.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/exodus/29-35.htm">Consecrate</a> <a href="/exodus/29-36.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/exodus/29-36.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/exodus/29-27.htm">Sanctified</a> <a href="/exodus/29-36.htm">Sanctify</a> <a href="/exodus/29-35.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/exodus/19-12.htm">Touches</a> <a href="/exodus/19-12.htm">Toucheth</a> <a href="/exodus/12-22.htm">Touching</a> <a href="/exodus/27-19.htm">Whatever</a> <a href="/exodus/21-30.htm">Whatsoever</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/29-38.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/exodus/30-6.htm">Atonement</a> <a href="/exodus/39-22.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/exodus/29-44.htm">Consecrate</a> <a href="/exodus/29-43.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/exodus/30-28.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/exodus/29-43.htm">Sanctified</a> <a href="/exodus/29-44.htm">Sanctify</a> <a href="/exodus/34-18.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/exodus/30-29.htm">Touches</a> <a href="/exodus/30-29.htm">Toucheth</a> <a href="/exodus/30-29.htm">Touching</a> <a href="/exodus/30-29.htm">Whatever</a> <a href="/exodus/30-29.htm">Whatsoever</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 29</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/29-1.htm">The sacrifice and ceremonies of consecrating the priests and the altar</a></span><br><span class="reftext">38. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/29-38.htm">The continual burnt offerings</a></span><br><span class="reftext">45. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/29-45.htm">God's promise to dwell among the children of Israel</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/29.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/29.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it.</b><br>The number seven in the Bible often symbolizes completeness or perfection, reflecting the creation week in Genesis. The seven-day period for atonement and consecration signifies a complete and thorough purification process. This ritual underscores the importance of the altar's role in the sacrificial system, as it must be wholly dedicated to God. The process of making atonement involves offerings and sacrifices, which foreshadow the ultimate atonement made by Jesus Christ. The consecration of the altar sets it apart for divine purposes, emphasizing the holiness required in worship.<p><b>Then the altar will become most holy;</b><br>The term "most holy" indicates a status of utmost sanctity, reserved for objects and places directly associated with God's presence. In the tabernacle, the altar is central to the sacrificial system, where offerings are made to atone for sin and maintain the covenant relationship between God and Israel. This holiness is not inherent but conferred through the consecration process, highlighting the transformative power of God's commands. The altar's holiness is a type of Christ, who is the ultimate altar and sacrifice, sanctifying believers through His atoning work.<p><b>whatever touches the altar will be holy.</b><br>This phrase reflects the principle of transference of holiness, where contact with the altar imparts sanctity. It underscores the altar's role as a conduit of divine holiness, affecting everything that comes into contact with it. This concept is echoed in the New Testament, where believers are called to be holy as they are in contact with Christ, the true altar. The idea of holiness being transferred through contact also points to the transformative power of God's presence, which sanctifies and purifies.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, who received the instructions for the consecration of the altar from God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_altar.htm">The Altar</a></b><br>A sacred structure used for sacrifices and offerings to God, central to the worship practices of the Israelites.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/consecration_ceremony.htm">Consecration Ceremony</a></b><br>A seven-day ritual process to make the altar holy and set apart for God's purposes.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who were given these laws and instructions as part of their covenant relationship with Him.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a></b><br>The portable dwelling place for the divine presence among the Israelites, where the altar was located.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_holiness.htm">The Importance of Holiness</a></b><br>The consecration of the altar underscores the necessity of holiness in approaching God. As believers, we are called to live lives set apart for His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_atonement.htm">The Role of Atonement</a></b><br>The seven-day atonement process signifies the seriousness of sin and the need for purification before God. This points to the ultimate atonement through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_altar.htm">Symbolism of the Altar</a></b><br>The altar represents a place of meeting between God and man, a symbol of worship and sacrifice. In our lives, we must prioritize our spiritual "altars" where we meet with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/transformation_through_contact.htm">Transformation through Contact</a></b><br>The idea that whatever touches the altar becomes holy can be seen as a metaphor for the transformative power of God's presence in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/continuity_of_god's_plan.htm">Continuity of God's Plan</a></b><br>The consecration rituals in the Old Testament foreshadow the work of Christ, showing the continuity of God's redemptive plan throughout Scripture.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_29.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 29</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_horns_of_the_altar's_role.htm">What are the Horns of the Altar's significance?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_blood_sprinkling_mean.htm">What does the sprinkling of the blood signify?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_would_god_mandate_daily_sacrifices.htm">Exodus 29:38-42 describes daily animal sacrifices; why would a loving God mandate continual bloodshed rather than a more compassionate form of worship?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_sacred_objects_fit_with_acts_17_29.htm">Acts 17:29 - If God is beyond images and idols, how do Old Testament instructions for sacred objects not contradict Paul's teaching here?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/29.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(37) <span class= "bld">An altar most holy.</span>--Heb., <span class= "ital">an altar, holiness of holinesses.</span><p><span class= "bld">Whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">must be holy; </span>nothing which is not holy must touch it. The future has the force of an imperative, as in the Ten Commandments.<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/29.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 37.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Seven days shalt thou make an atonement</span>. All the ceremonial was to be repeated seven times, not only the atonement for the altar (<a href="/leviticus/8-33.htm">Leviticus 8:33</a>). An altar most holy. Literally, "holiness of holinesses," as in <a href="/exodus/40-10.htm">Exodus 40:10</a>. Whatever toucheth the altar shall be holy. Rather, "must be holy." Nothing that is not holy must touch it (Kalisch). <p> CHAPTER 29:38-42 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/29-37.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For seven</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁבְעַ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(šiḇ·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number</span><br /><br /><span class="word">days</span><br /><span class="heb">יָמִ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(yā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you shall make atonement</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּכַפֵּר֙</span> <span class="translit">(tə·ḵap·pêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3722.htm">Strong's 3722: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cover, to expiate, condone, to placate, cancel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the altar</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ</span> <span class="translit">(ham·miz·bê·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> </span><span class="str2">An altar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and consecrate</span><br /><span class="heb">וְקִדַּשְׁתָּ֖</span> <span class="translit">(wə·qid·daš·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6942.htm">Strong's 6942: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be set apart or consecrated</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹת֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Then the altar</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙</span> <span class="translit">(ham·miz·bê·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> </span><span class="str2">An altar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will become</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָיָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">most holy;</span><br /><span class="heb">קֹ֣דֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(qō·ḏeš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sacred place, thing, sanctity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">whatever</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">touches</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ</span> <span class="translit">(han·nō·ḡê·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5060.htm">Strong's 5060: </a> </span><span class="str2">To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the altar</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ</span> <span class="translit">(bam·miz·bê·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> </span><span class="str2">An altar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be holy.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִקְדָּֽשׁ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiq·dāš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6942.htm">Strong's 6942: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be set apart or consecrated</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/29-37.htm">Exodus 29:37 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/29-37.htm">Exodus 29:37 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/29-37.htm">Exodus 29:37 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/29-37.htm">Exodus 29:37 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/29-37.htm">Exodus 29:37 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/29-37.htm">Exodus 29:37 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/29-37.htm">Exodus 29:37 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/29-37.htm">Exodus 29:37 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/29-37.htm">Exodus 29:37 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/29-37.htm">Exodus 29:37 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/29-37.htm">OT Law: Exodus 29:37 Seven days you shall make atonement (Exo. 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