Exodus 30:29
Dedicate them so that they will be especially holy. Whatever touches them will become holy.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
In Context
28the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin plus its stand.
30Anoint Aaron and his sons too and dedicate them to serve as priests for me.
Cross References
Exodus 29:37For seven days you shall purify the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will become completely holy, and everything that touches the altar will become holy.
Leviticus 6:18Any of Aaron's male descendants may eat it. This is a permanent allowance from the food offerings to the Lord for future generations. Whatever touches them shall become holy.”
Numbers 7:1On the same day that Moses finished putting up the Tabernacle, he anointed it and dedicated it, along with all its furniture, the altar, and all its utensils.
Matthew 23:19How foolish and blind you are! What is greater—the sacrifice, or the altar that makes the sacrifice 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 →