Exodus 29:37

Exodus 29:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.
• New International Version (NIV)For seven days make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will be most holy, and whatever touches it will be holy.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it, and the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar shall become holy.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it. And the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar must be holy.

Context of Exodus 29:37

35“Thus you are to do for Aaron and for his sons, according to all that I have commanded you; you are to consecrate them for seven days. 36Every day you are to prepare a bull for a purification offering for atonement. You are to purge the altar by making atonement for it, and you are to anoint it to set it apart as holy. For seven days you are to make atonement for the altar and set it apart as holy. Then the altar will be most holy. Anything that touches the altar will be holy. 38“Now this is what you are to prepare on the altar every day continually: two lambs a year old. 39The first lamb you are to prepare in the morning, and the second lamb you are to prepare around sundown.

Exodus 29:37 word by word

שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֗ים תְּכַפֵּר֙ עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ וְקִדַּשְׁתָּ֖ אֹת֑וֹ וְהָיָ֤ה הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ קֹ֣דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֔ים כָּל־הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ בַּמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ יִקְדָּֽשׁ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• thou shalt make an atonementכִּפֶּרkâphar · to atoneH3722
• for the altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• and sanctifyקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: consecateH6942
• most holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• whatsoever touchethנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060

Cross-references for Exodus 29:37

• Exodus 40:10Then you are to anoint the altar for the burnt offering with all its utensils; you are to sanctify the altar, and it will be the most holy altar.
• Daniel 9:24“Seventy weeks have been determined concerning your people and your holy city to put an end to rebellion, to bring sin to completion, to atone for iniquity, to bring in perpetual righteousness, to seal up the prophetic vision, and to anoint a most holy place.
• Exodus 30:29So you are to sanctify them, and they will be most holy; anything that touches them will be holy.
• Matthew 23:17Blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

Commentaries on Exodus 29:37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 37Whatsoever touches the altar shall be holy - To this our Lord refers Matthew 23:19, where he says the altar sanctifies the gift; and this may be understood as implying that whatever was laid on the altar became the Lord's property, and must be wholly devoted to sacred uses, for in no other sense could such things be sanctified by touching the altar.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-37Verses 1-37 The consecration of the priests. See the notes to Exodus 29:4 Door of the tabernacle - Entrance of the tent. See Leviticus 8:3. Exodus 29:27 The “waving” was the more solemn process of the two: it was a movement several times repeated, while “heaving” was simply a “lifting up” once. Exodus 29:33 A stranger - One of another family, i. e. in this case, one not of the family of Aaron.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 37As with the priests, the altar was to be made holy so it could be used in service of the holy God.Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 29:37

• Altar
• Sanctification

In the dictionaries

• Anoint
• Burnt offering
• Consecrate
• Offer
• Perpetual
• Charge; Chargeable
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Law in the Old Testament
• Leviticus

Commentaries on Exodus 29

• 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