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.
• 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.
• 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

8Set up the courtyard around it and put the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard. 9“Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it and all its furnishings, and it will be holy. Then anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar, and it will be most holy. 11Anoint the basin and its stand and consecrate them. 12“Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting and 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 29:36Sacrifice a bull each day as a sin offering to make atonement. Purify the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it.
• Leviticus 8:11He sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times, anointing the altar and all its utensils and the basin with its stand, to consecrate them.
• Isaiah 11:2The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him— the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—
• Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,
• John 3:34For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
• John 17:19For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.
• Luke 1:35The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
• 1 Corinthians 1:30It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.
• 2 Corinthians 5:21God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
• Hebrews 7:26Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, 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