Exodus 30:29
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You are to consecrate them so that they will be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.”
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“You are to consecrate them so that they will be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and thou hast sanctified them, and they have been most holy; all that is coming against them is holy;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 30:29 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 29:37For 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.
- Exodus 40:10Anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar, and it shall be most holy.
- Leviticus 6:18Any male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. This is a permanent portion from the offerings made by fire to the LORD for the generations to come. Anything that touches them will become holy.”
- Leviticus 8:10Next, Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it; and so he consecrated them.
- Numbers 7:1On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils.
- Matthew 23:17You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?
- Matthew 23:19You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?
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