"You shall also consecratethem, that they may be mostholy;whatevertouchesthem shall be holy.
"For sevendaysyou shall makeatonementfor the altarand consecrateit; then the altarshall be mostholy,[and] whatevertouchesthe altarshall be holy.
and the altarof burntofferingand allits utensils,and the laverand its stand.
"You shall anointAaronand his sons,and consecratethem, that they may ministeras prieststo Me.
"You shall anointthe altarof burntofferingand allits utensils,and consecratethe altar,and the altarshall be mostholy.
Everymaleamong the sonsof Aaronmay eatit; it is a permanentordinancethroughout your generations,from the offeringsby fireto the LORD.Whoevertouchesthem will becomeconsecrated.'"
Mosesthen tookthe anointingoiland anointedthe tabernacleand allthat was in it, and consecratedthem.
He sprinkledsomeof it on the altarseventimesand anointedthe altarand allits utensils,and the basinand its stand,to consecratethem.
Now on the daythat Moseshad finishedsettingup the tabernacle,he anointedit and consecratedit with allits furnishingsand the altarand allits utensils;he anointedthem and consecratedthem also.
"You foolsand blind men!Whichis more important,the goldorthe templethat sanctifiedthe gold?
"You blind men,whichis more important,the offering,orthe altarthat sanctifiesthe offering?
