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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Anoint the altar of burnt offering and its utensils to consecrate them. Then the altar will become absolutely holy.

Context of Exodus 40:10

8And you shall set up the court all around, and hang up the screen for the gate of the court. 9"Then you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture, so that it may become holy. 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. 11You shall also anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it. 12Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall 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 29:36and every day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement. Also you shall purify the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall anoint it to consecrate it.
• Leviticus 8:11And he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils and the basin and its stand, to consecrate them.
• Isaiah 11:2And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
• Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
• John 3:34For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure.
• John 17:19And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.
• Luke 1:35And the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.
• 1 Corinthians 1:30And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
• 2 Corinthians 5:21For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
• Hebrews 7:26For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

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