Exodus 29 · Verse 37

Exodus 29:37

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.
Exodus 29:37, King James Version

Exodus 29:37 in other translations

BSBFor seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will become most holy; whatever touches the altar will be holy.
WEBSeven days you shall make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar shall be holy.
ASVSeven days thou shalt make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it: and the altar shall be most holy; whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.
YLTseven days thou dost make atonement for the altar, and hast sanctified it, and the altar hath been most holy; all that is coming against the altar is holy.
DARBYSeven days shalt thou make atonement for the altar and hallow it; and the altar shall be most holy: whatever toucheth the altar shall be holy.
BBEFor seven days you are to make offerings for the altar and make it holy, so that it may become completely holy, and anything touching it will become holy.
WebsterSeven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatever toucheth the altar shall be holy.

What does Exodus 29:37 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 37 Whatsoever touches the altar shall be holy - To this our Lord refers Mat 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 29:1-37

The continual burnt-offerings, God's promise to dwell among Israel. (38-46) Verses 1-37 Aaron and his sons were to be set apart for the priest's office, with ceremony and solemnity. Our Lord Jesus is the great High Priest of our profession, called of God to be so; anointed with the Spirit, whence he is called Messiah, the Christ; clothed with glory and beauty; sanctified by his own blood; made perfect, or…

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Exodus 29:37 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'AtsevenH7651
יָמִ֗יםya.MimdaysH3117
תְּכַפֵּר֙te.kha.Peryou will make atonementH3722
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַha.miz.Be.achthe altarH4196
וְקִדַּשְׁתָּ֖ve.ki.dash.Taand you will consecrateH6942
אֹת֑וֹ'o.To<obj.> itH853
וְהָיָ֤הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961
הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ha.miz.Be.achthe altarH4196
קֹ֣דֶשׁKo.deshholiness ofH6944
קָֽדָשִׁ֔יםka.da.Shimholiness<es>H6944
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
הַנֹּגֵ֥עַha.no.Ge.a'<the> [thing which] touchesH5060
בַּמִּזְבֵּ֖חַba.miz.Be.ach<in> the altarH4196
יִקְדָּֽשׁ\׃\ \סyik.Dashit will be holyH6942

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 29:37

  • Exodus 40:10

    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.

  • Matthew 23:19

    Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

  • Matthew 23:17

    Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

  • Daniel 9:24

    Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

  • Exodus 30:28-29

    And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot. And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
and sanctify it.
40:10; Da 9:24
it shall be an.
30:29; Mt 23:17,19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Exodus 29:36

    And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.

  • Exodus 29:37

    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.

  • Exodus 29:38

    Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.

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Exodus 29:37 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por siete días expiarás el altar, y lo santificarás, y será un altar santísimo: cualquiera cosa que tocare al altar, será santificada.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Pendant sept jours, tu feras propitiation pour l’autel, et tu le sanctifieras, et l’autel sera une chose très sainte; quiconque touchera l’autel sera saint.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Sieben Tage sollst du Sühnung tun für den Altar und ihn heiligen; und der Altar soll hochheilig sein: alles, was den Altar anrührt, wird heilig sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Septem diebus expiabis altare, et sanctificabis, et erit Sanctum sanctorum: omnis, qui tetigerit illud, sanctificabitur.