New English Translation
Exodus 30:29
29So you are to sanctify them, and they will be most holy; anything that touches them will be holy.
Exodus 30:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
- New International Version (NIV)You shall consecrate them so they will be most holy, and whatever touches them will be holy.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them will become holy.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy; whatever touches them must be holy.
Context of Exodus 30:29
27the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, the altar of incense, 28the altar for the burnt offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its base. So you are to sanctify them, and they will be most holy; anything that touches them will be holy. 30“You are to anoint Aaron and his sons and sanctify them, so that they may minister as my priests. 31And you are to tell the Israelites: ‘This is to be my sacred anointing oil throughout your generations.
Read all of Exodus 30Exodus 30:29 word by word
וְקִדַּשְׁתָּ֣ אֹתָ֔ם וְהָי֖וּ קֹ֣דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֑ים כָּל־הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ בָּהֶ֖ם יִקְדָּֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Exodus 30:29
- Exodus 29:1“Now this is what you are to do for them to consecrate them so that they may minister as my priests. Take a young bull and two rams without blemish;
- Exodus 30:1“You are to make an altar for burning incense; you are to make it of acacia wood.
- Exodus 31:1The Lord spoke to Moses:
- Exodus 32:1When the people saw that Moses delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said to him, “Get up, make us gods that will go before us. As for this fellow Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him!”
- Exodus 33:1The Lord said to Moses, “Go up from here, you and the people whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land I promised on oath to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’
- Exodus 34:1The Lord said to Moses, “Cut out two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you smashed.
- Exodus 35:1Moses assembled the whole community of the Israelites and said to them, “These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do.
- Exodus 36:1So Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person in whom the Lord has put skill and ability to know how to do all the work for the service of the sanctuary are to do the work according to all that the Lord has commanded.”
- Exodus 37:1Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was three feet nine inches, its width two feet three inches, and its height two feet three inches.
- Leviticus 6:18Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. It is a perpetual allotted portion throughout your generations from the gifts of the Lord. Anyone who touches these gifts must be holy.’”
- Matthew 23:17Blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred?
Commentaries on Exodus 30:29
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22-33Verses 22-33 Compare Exodus 37:29. Exodus 30:23 Principal spices - i. e. the best spices. Pure myrrh - Is a gum which comes from the stem of a low, thorny, ragged tree, that grows in Arabia Felix and Eastern Africa, called by botanists Balsamodendron myrrha. The word here rendered pure, is literally, “freely flowing”, an epithet which is explained by the fact that the best myrrh is said to exude spontaneously from the bark, while that of inferior quality…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-38Verses 22-38 Directions are here given for making the holy anointing oil, and the incense to be used in the service of the tabernacle. To show the excellency of holiness, there was this spiced oil in the tabernacle, which was grateful to the sight and to the smell. Christ's name is as ointment poured forth, So 1:3, and the good name of Christians is like precious ointment, Ec 7:1. The incense burned upon the golden altar was prepared of sweet spices. When…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-38Because God is absolutely unique (holy), what is used for his service cannot be used for any other purpose. This was the point made to Moses at the burning bush (see study note on 3:5). It was so important for the people to understand this that disobedience in this matter involved a severe punishment (30:33).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 23-3323-33. Take thou also ... principal spices, &c.--Oil is frequently mentioned in Scripture as an emblem of sanctification, and anointing with it a means of designating objects as well as persons to the service of God. Here it is prescribed by divine authority, and the various ingredients in their several proportions described which were to compose the oil used in consecrating the furniture of the tabernacle. myrrh--a fragrant and medicinal gum from a…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 30
- 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
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