For seven days you must make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. The altar will be especially holy. Whatever touches the altar will be consecrated.
Matthew 23:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Blind people! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar which makes the gift sacred? American Standard Version (1901) Ye blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? Common English Bible You blind people! Which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift holy? Catholic Public Domain Version How blind you are! For which is greater: the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Ye blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? |
For seven days you must make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. The altar will be especially holy. Whatever touches the altar will be consecrated.
Consecrate them and they will be especially holy. Whatever touches them will be consecrated.
If a man is carrying consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does it become holy? ’ The priests answered, ‘No.’
Blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold?
Also, “Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it means nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gift that is on it is bound by his oath.”
Therefore, the one who takes an oath by the altar takes an oath by it and by everything on it.