Exodus 29:37 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“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

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And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all {things} which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them.

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.

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.

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

The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:

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Exodus 29:1

"And this {is} the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,"

Exodus 29:2

"And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: {of} wheaten flour shalt thou make them."

Exodus 29:3

"And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams."

Exodus 29:4

"And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water."

Exodus 29:5

"And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:"

Exodus 29:6

"And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre."

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