Exodus 30:29
You are to consecrate them so that they will be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.
Majority Standard Bible
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 with its stand.
30Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to serve Me as priests.
Cross References
Exodus 29:37For 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.
Leviticus 6:18Any 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.”
Numbers 7:1On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils.
Matthew 23:19You are foolish and blind! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?
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 →