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Contemporary English Version

Leviticus 8:11

He sprinkled the bronze altar seven times, and he sprinkled its equipment, as well as the large bronze bowl and its base.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Altar;   Anointing;   Church;   Laver;   Priest;   Thompson Chain Reference - Anointing;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Altar of Burnt-Offering, the;   Laver of Brass;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Priest;   Sanctify;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Worship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Seven;   Holman Bible Dictionary - High Priest;   Leviticus;   Oil;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Anointing, Anointed;   Priests and Levites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Numbers as Symbols;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Aaron;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Laver;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Priesthood, the;   Worship, the;   On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Base;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Consecration;   Holiness;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He sprinkled it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the basin and its base, to sanctify them.
King James Version
And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.
Lexham English Bible
And he spattered part of it on the altar seven times—thus he anointed the altar and all of its utensils, and the basin and its stand, to consecrate them.
New Century Version
He sprinkled some oil on the altar seven times, sprinkling the altar and all its tools and the large bowl and its base. In this way he made them holy for the Lord .
New English Translation
Next he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times and so anointed the altar, all its vessels, and the washbasin and its stand to consecrate them.
Amplified Bible
He sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times and anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the basin and its stand, to consecrate them.
New American Standard Bible
He also sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times and anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the basin and its stand, to consecrate them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And sprinkled thereof vpon the altar seuen times, and anointed the altar and all his instruments, and the lauer, and his foote, to sanctifie them)
Legacy Standard Bible
And he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times and anointed the altar and all its utensils and the laver and its stand, to set them apart as holy.
Complete Jewish Bible
He sprinkled some on the altar seven times, anointing the altar with all its utensils and the basin with its base, to consecrate them.
Darby Translation
And he sprinkled thereof on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the laver and its stand, to hallow them.
Easy-to-Read Version
He sprinkled some of the anointing oil on the altar seven times. He sprinkled the oil on the altar, on all its tools and dishes, and on the bowl and its base. In this way he made them holy.
English Standard Version
And he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils and the basin and its stand, to consecrate them.
George Lamsa Translation
And he sprinkled of it upon the altar seven times and anointed the altar and all its vessels and the laver and its base and sanctified them.
Good News Translation
He took some of the oil and sprinkled it seven times on the altar and its equipment and on the basin and its base, in order to dedicate them to the Lord .
Christian Standard Bible®
He sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times, anointing the altar with all its utensils, and the basin with its stand, to consecrate them.
Literal Translation
and he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar, and all its vessels, and the laver, and its base, to sanctify them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and sprenkled therwith seue tymes vpon the altare, and anoynted the altare with all his vessels, the lauer with his fote, that it might be consecrated:
American Standard Version
And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the laver and its base, to sanctify them.
Bible in Basic English
Seven times he put oil on the altar and on all its vessels, and on the washing-basin and its base, to make them holy.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And sprinckled therof vpon the aulter seuen tymes, and annoynted the aulter and all his vesselles, the lauer and his foote, to sanctifie them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the laver and its base, to sanctify them.
King James Version (1611)
And he sprinkled thereof vpon the altar seuen times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the lauer and his foot, to sanctifie them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and sprinkled of it seven times on the altar; and anointed the altar, and hallowed it, and all things on it, and the laver, and its foot, and sanctified them; and anointed the tabernacle and all its furniture, and hallowed it.
English Revised Version
And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the laver and its base, to sanctify them.
Berean Standard Bible
He sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times, anointing the altar and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand, to consecrate them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and whanne he hadde halewid and hadde spreynt the auter seuen sithes, he anoyntide it, and halewide with oile alle the vessels therof, and the `greet waischyng vessel with his foundement.
Young's Literal Translation
and he sprinkleth of it on the altar seven times, and anointeth the altar, and all its vessels, and the laver, and its base, to sanctify them;
Update Bible Version
And he sprinkled thereof on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the basin and its base, to sanctify them.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he sprinkled part of it upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, both the laver and its foot, to sanctify them.
World English Bible
He sprinkled it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the basin and its base, to sanctify them.
New King James Version
He sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the laver and its base, to consecrate them.
New Living Translation
He sprinkled the oil on the altar seven times, anointing it and all its utensils, as well as the washbasin and its stand, making them holy.
New Life Bible
He put some of it on the altar seven times. He poured this oil on the altar and all its objects, and the washing pot and its base, to make them holy.
New Revised Standard
He sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the basin and its base, to consecrate them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, - and anointed the altar, and all the utensils thereof and the laver and its stand to hallow them
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he had sanctified and sprinkled the altar seven times, he anointed it, and all the vessels thereof: and the laver with the foot thereof, he sanctified with the oil.
Revised Standard Version
And he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the laver and its base, to consecrate them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times and anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the basin and its stand, to consecrate them.

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord said to Moses: 2 Send for Aaron and his sons, as well as their priestly clothes, the oil for ordination, the bull for the sin offering, the two rams, and a basket of bread made without yeast. 3 Then bring the whole community of Israel together at the entrance to the sacred tent. 4 Moses obeyed the Lord , and when everyone had come together, 5 he said, "We are here to follow the Lord 's instructions." 6 After Moses told Aaron and his sons to step forward, he had them wash themselves. 7 He put the priestly shirt and robe on Aaron and wrapped the sash around his waist. Then he put the sacred vest on Aaron and fastened it with the finely woven belt. 8 Next, he put on Aaron the sacred breastpiece that was used in learning what the Lord wanted his people to do. 9 He placed the turban on Aaron's head, and on the front of the turban was the narrow strip of thin gold as a sign of his dedication to the Lord . 10 Moses then dedicated the sacred tent and everything in it to the Lord by sprinkling them with some of the oil for ordination.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 4:6, Exodus 4:17, Exodus 16:14, Exodus 16:19, Isaiah 52:15, Ezekiel 36:25, Titus 3:6

Reciprocal: Exodus 29:36 - anoint it Exodus 30:18 - a laver Exodus 40:10 - sanctify Leviticus 14:7 - seven times Leviticus 16:14 - General Numbers 7:1 - anointed it

Cross-References

Genesis 8:12
He waited seven more days before sending the dove out again, and this time it did not return.
Genesis 8:14
By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was completely dry.
Nehemiah 8:15
They also learned that they were to go into the woods and gather branches of leafy trees such as olives, myrtles, and palms for making these shelters.
Romans 10:15
And how can anyone tell them without being sent by the Lord? The Scriptures say it is a beautiful sight to see even the feet of someone coming to preach the good news.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times,.... The altar of burnt offering; the order for anointing it is given in

Exodus 30:28 but in that no directions are given for the manner of doing it by sprinkling, nor the number of times it was to be sprinkled: hence Jarchi confesses his ignorance, and says,

"I know not how it was ordered about these sprinklings;''

but no doubt Moses was instructed of God in what manner to anoint it, and how often; and the number seven may denote the perfect unction of it, and made it a fitter type of Christ, who received the unction of the Spirit without measure:

and anointed the altar, and all its vessels; pans, shovels, basins, flesh hooks, and fire pans:

both the laver and his foot; which was for the priests to wash at; and very probably this was done before Moses brought Aaron and his sons thither and washed them, Leviticus 8:6 since it seems most proper that it should be consecrated before used, as it follows:

to sanctify them; set them apart for sacred use.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Sprinkled ... the altar seven times - The altar of burnt-offering was distinguished by this sevenfold sprinkling with the holy oil. The number of the covenant was thus brought into connection with those acts of sacrifice by which the covenant between Yahweh and the worshipper was formally renewed and confirmed.


 
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