Exodus 30 · Verse 29

Exodus 30:29

And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
Exodus 30:29, King James Version

Exodus 30:29 in other translations

BSBYou are to consecrate them so that they will be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.
WEBYou shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.
ASVAnd thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
YLTand thou hast sanctified them, and they have been most holy; all that is coming against them is holy;
DARBYAnd thou shalt hallow them, that they may be most holy: whatever toucheth them shall be holy.
BBEAnd you are to make them most holy; anything touching them will become holy.
WebsterAnd thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatever toucheth them shall be holy.

What does Exodus 30:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 30:23-33

23-33. 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…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 30:22-38

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…

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Exodus 30:29 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.

וְקִדַּשְׁתָּ֣ve.ki.dash.Taand you will consecrateH6942
אֹתָ֔ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
וְהָי֖וּve.ha.Yuand they will beH1961
קֹ֣דֶשׁKo.deshholiness ofH6944
קָֽדָשִׁ֑יםka.da.Shimholiness<es>H6944
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
הַנֹּגֵ֥עַha.no.Ge.a'<the> [thing which] touchesH5060
בָּהֶ֖םba.Hem<in> <the> them
יִקְדָּֽשׁ\׃yik.Dashit will be holyH6942

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

Cross references for Exodus 30:29

  • 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.

  • Matthew 23:19

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

  • Leviticus 6:18

    All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the Lord made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.

  • Matthew 23:17

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

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29:37; Le 6:18; Mt 23:17,19

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Context

  • Exodus 30:28

    And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.

  • Exodus 30:29

    And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.

  • Exodus 30:30

    And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

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Exodus 30:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Así los consagrarás, y serán cosas santísimas: todo lo que tocare en ellos, será santificado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et tu les sanctifieras, et ils seront très saints; quiconque les touchera sera saint.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und du sollst sie heiligen; und sie sollen hochheilig sein: alles, was sie anrührt, wird heilig sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Sanctificabisque omnia, et erunt Sancta sanctorum; qui tetigerit ea, sanctificabitur.