Exodus 30:29
And you are to make them most holy; anything touching them will become holy.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
In Context
28And on the altar of burned offerings with its vessels, and on the washing-vessel and its base.
30And put the oil on Aaron and his sons, making them holy to do the work of priests to me.
Cross References
Exodus 29:37For seven days you are to make offerings for the altar and make it holy, so that it may become completely holy, and anything touching it will become holy.
Leviticus 6:18\6:25\Say to Aaron and his sons, This is the law for the sin-offering: the sin-offering is to be put to death before the Lord in the same place as the burned offering; it is most holy.
Numbers 7:1And when Moses had put up the House completely, and had put oil on it and made it holy, with all the things in it, and had made the altar and all its vessels holy with oil;
Matthew 23:19You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy?
Matthew Henry on Exodus 30:23-38
22 Moreover the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, 24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin: 25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil. 26 And thou shalt anoint… Read the whole commentary →