Exodus 29:37 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 29:37

35 “Thus you shall do to Aaron and his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. ^aSeven days you shall consecrate them.

36 And you ^ashall offer a bull every day as a sin offering for atonement. ^bYou shall cleanse the altar when you make atonement for it, and you shall anoint it to sanctify it.

37 Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it. And the altar shall be most holy. ^aWhatever touches the altar must be holy.

The Daily Offerings

38 “Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: ^atwo lambs of the first year, ^bday by day continually.

39 One lamb you shall offer ^ain the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer¹ at twilight.

Verse Comparison: Exodus 29:37

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American Standard Version
Seven 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.

Amplified® Bible
Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it [set it apart for God]; and the altar shall be most holy; whoever {or} whatever touches the altar must be holy (set apart for God's service).

Contemporary English Version
Do this for seven days, and the altar will become so holy that anyone who touches it will become holy.

Darby English Version
Seven 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.

Good News Bible
Do this every day for seven days. Then the altar will be completely holy, and anyone or anything that touches it will be harmed by the power of its holiness.

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.

New American Standard Bible
"For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it; then the altar shall be most holy, {and} whatever touches the altar shall be holy.

New International Version
For seven days make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will be most holy, and whatever touches it will be holy.

New King James Version
Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it. And the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar must be holy.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it; then you shall regard it as most holy, and whatever touches the altar shall become holy.

Revised Standard Version
Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar, and consecrate it, and the altar shall be most holy; whatever touches the altar shall become holy.

Young's Literal Translation
seven 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.

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