Exodus 40:10

Exodus 40:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Then anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar, and it will be most holy.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, so that the altar may become most holy.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar. The altar shall be most holy.

Context of Exodus 40:10

8Hang the curtains around the yard of the tabernacle, as well as the curtain at the entrance to the yard. 9Take the special oil that makes things holy. Pour some oil on the tabernacle and on everything that is in it. Offer the tabernacle and all its things to God, and then it will be holy. Then pour some oil on the altar for burnt offerings and all its tools. Offer it all to God, and then it will be completely holy. 11Pour some oil on the large bowl for water and on its base to offer them to God. 12Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. Wash them with water.

Exodus 40:10 word by word

וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֛ אֶת־מִזְבַּ֥ח הָעֹלָ֖ה וְאֶת־כָּל־כֵּלָ֑יו וְקִדַּשְׁתָּ֙ אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ וְהָיָ֥ה הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִֽׁים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And thou shalt anointמָשַׁחmâshach · to anointH4886
• the altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• of the burnt offeringעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
• and all his vesselsכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• and sanctifyקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: consecateH6942
• mostקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944

Cross-references for Exodus 40:10

• Exodus 29:36Kill a bull each day, as a sacrifice that makes people clean from their sins. Also make the altar clean and pure. Pour oil over it to make it holy for me.
• Leviticus 8:11Moses shook oil on the altar seven times. He put oil on the altar table and on all the tools to use with it. He put oil on the washing dish and on the table on which it stood.
• Isaiah 11:2The Spirit of the Lord will be with him. The Spirit will make him wise, so that he understands things. The Spirit will show him what is right, and he will have the power to do it. The Spirit will cause him to know the Lord and to serve him truly.
• Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Almighty Lord is on me, because he has chosen me to serve him. He has sent me to tell good news to poor people. He has sent me to comfort people who are very upset. He has sent me to tell prisoners that they are now free. They can go out of their prisons!
• John 3:34The one that God has sent speaks God's words. God has given his Spirit to fill that person completely.
• John 17:19On their behalf I give myself to you, so that I belong completely to you. Then they also can completely belong to you, as they follow the truth.’
• Luke 1:35Gabriel answered, ‘The Holy Spirit will come to you. The power of God who is over all will cover you like a shadow. So your child will be special to God. He will be completely good. He will be called God's Son.
• 1 Corinthians 1:30It is because of God's work that you now belong to Christ Jesus. As a result of Christ's death on the cross, we share in God's wise plan. Because we belong to Christ, God makes us right with himself. He makes us his own special people. He makes us free from the power of sin.
• 2 Corinthians 5:21Christ never did any wrong thing, but God punished him as if he had. He died as punishment for our sins. As a result, we become right with God when we belong to Christ. We become right, because he is right.
• Hebrews 7:26Jesus is the kind of special priest that we need. He completely belongs to God. He has never done anything wrong. He is completely good and clean. He is separate from everyone who does wrong things. God has raised him up to the most important place in heaven.

Commentaries on Exodus 40:10

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-33The report on setting up the Tent of Meeting starts with the Lord's commands (40:1–15). It continues with how Moses obeyed those commands (40:16–33). The repeated statement that "Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded" (40:16, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 32) strongly contrasts with Aaron’s self-serving statement in 32:22–24. God wants to share his presence with us, but his holiness requires us to give up our own efforts to secure his presence and…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-382. On the first day of the first month--From a careful consideration of the incidents recorded to have happened after the exodus (Ex 12:2; 13:4; 19:1; 20:18; 34:28, &c.), it has been computed that the work of the tabernacle was commenced within six months after that emigration; and consequently, that other six months had been occupied in building it. So long a period spent in preparing the materials of a movable pavilion, it would be difficult to…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 40:10

• Altar
• Anointing
• Sanctification
• Tabernacle

In the dictionaries

• Burnt offering
• Tabernacle
• Atonement, Day of
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Leviticus
• Papyrus
• Prayer

Commentaries on Exodus 40

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings