Ezekiel 43:26

King James Version (1611 Edition)

Seuen dayes shal they purge the Altar and purifie it, and they shall consecrate themselues.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For seven days the priests are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it. In this way they will consecrate it

Hebrew Names Version
Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they consecrate it.

King James Version
Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.

English Standard Version
Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and cleanse it, and so consecrate it.

New American Standard Bible
'For seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they consecrate it.

New Century Version
For seven days the priests are to make the altar pure and ready for God's service. Then they will give the altar to God.

Amplified Bible
'For seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it; so the priests shall consecrate it [to receive offerings].

Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus shall they seuen dayes purifie the altar, and clense it, and consecrate it.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'For seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they consecrate it.

Legacy Standard Bible
For seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they ordain it.

Berean Standard Bible
For seven days the priests are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; so they shall consecrate it.

Contemporary English Version
The priests will purify the altar during those days, so that it will be acceptable to me and ready to use.

Complete Jewish Bible
For seven days, they are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; in this way they are to consecrate it.

Darby Translation
Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and purify it, and consecrate it.

Easy-to-Read Version
For seven days, the priests will make the altar pure and ready for use in worshiping God.

George Lamsa Translation
For seven days they shall make offerings and shall cleanse the altar: and they shall consecrate themselves.

Good News Translation
For seven days the priests are to consecrate the altar and make it ready for use.

Lexham English Bible
Seven days they must purify the altar and they must cleanse it and so they will consecrate it.

Literal Translation
They shall atone seven days for the altar, and cleanse it, and consecrate it .

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Seuen dayes shal they reconcile and clense the aulter, & offre vpon it.

American Standard Version
Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they consecrate it.

Bible in Basic English
For seven days they are to make offerings to take away sin from the altar and to make it clean; so they are to make it holy.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; so shall they consecrate it.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Seuen dayes shall they reconcile and cleanse the aulter, and fill the place thereof.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and they shall make atonement for the altar, and shall purge it; and they shall consecrate themselves.

English Revised Version
Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they consecrate it.

World English Bible
Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they consecrate it.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Bi seuene daies thei schulen clense the auter, and schulen make it cleene, and thei schulen fille the hond therof.

Update Bible Version
Seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it; so they shall consecrate it.

Webster's Bible Translation
Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.

New English Translation
For seven days they will make atonement for the altar and cleanse it, so they will consecrate it.

New King James Version
Seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it, and so consecrate it.

New Living Translation
Do this each day for seven days to cleanse and make atonement for the altar, thus setting it apart for holy use.

New Life Bible
For seven days they must make the altar free from sin and make it pure, so it will be set apart to Me.

New Revised Standard
Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and cleanse it, and so consecrate it.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Seven days, shall they put a propitiatory covering over the altar, and shall purify it, - and shall consecrate it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Seven days shall they expiate the altar, and shall cleanse it: and they shall consecrate it.

Revised Standard Version
Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and purify it, and so consecrate it.

Young's Literal Translation
Seven days they purify the altar, and have cleansed it, and filled their hand.

Contextual Overview

¹³ And these are the measures of the Altar after the cubites; the cubite is a cubite and an hand breadth, euen the bottom shalbe a cubite, and the breadth a cubite, and the border thereof by the edge therof round about shalbe a spanne, and this shalbe the higher place of the Altar. ¹⁴ And from the bottom vpon the ground, euen to the lower settle, shalbe two cubits, and the breadth one cubite, and from the lesser settle euen to the greater settle shalbe foure cubites, and the breadth one cubite. ¹⁵ So the Altar shalbe foure cubites, and from the altar and vpward shalbe foure hornes. ¹⁶ And the altar shalbe twelue cubites long, twelue broad, square in the foure squares thereof. ¹⁷ And the settle shall bee fourteene cubites long, and fourteene broad in the foure squares thereof, and the border about it shalbe halfe a cubite, and the bottome thereof shall be a cubite about, and his staires shall looke toward the East. ¹⁸ And he said vnto me, Sonne of man, thus saith the Lord God, These are the ordinances of the Altar in the day when they shall make it to offer burnt offrings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon. ¹⁹ And thou shalt giue to the Priests the Leuites that be of the seede of Zadok, which approch vnto me, to minister vnto me, saith the Lord God, a yong bullocke for a sinne offering. ²⁰ And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the foure hornes of it, and on the foure corners of the settle, and vpon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it. ²¹ Thou shalt take the bullocke also of the sinne offering, and he shall burne it in the appointed place of the house without the Sanctuary. ²² And on the second day thou shalt offer a kidde of the goats without blemish for a sinne offering, and they shall cleanse the Altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullocke.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they shall: Leviticus 8:34

consecrate themselves: Heb. fill their hands, Exodus 29:24, Exodus 32:29, *marg.

Reciprocal: Exodus 28:41 - and consecrate them Exodus 29:30 - seven days Leviticus 9:1 - the eighth day Ezekiel 43:20 - thus shalt Ezekiel 43:22 - and they Ezekiel 45:18 - and cleanse Malachi 3:4 - the offering

Cross-References

Genesis 27:29
Let people serue thee, and nations bow downe to thee: bee lord ouer thy brethren, & let thy mothers sonnes bow downe to thee: Cursed bee euery one that curseth thee, and blessed be hee that blesseth thee.

Genesis 42:6
And Ioseph was the gouernour ouer the land, and hee it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Iosephs brethren came, & bowed downe themselues before him, with their faces to the earth.

Genesis 43:7
And they said, The man asked vs straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet aliue? haue yee another brother? and we tolde him according to the tenour of these words: Could we certainely knowe that he would say, Bring your brother downe?

Genesis 43:10
For except we had lingred, surely now wee had returned this second time.

Genesis 43:11
And their father Israel said vnto them, If it must bee so now, doe this: take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carie downe the man a Present, a litle balme, and a litle honie, spices, and myrrhe, nuts, and almonds.

Genesis 43:19
And they came neere to the steward of Iosephs house, and they communed with him at the doore of the house,

Genesis 43:20
And said, O Sir, we came indeed downe at the first time to buy food.

Genesis 43:28
And they answered, Thy seruant our father is in good health, hee is yet aliue: & they bowed downe their heads, and made obeisance.

Psalms 72:9
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

Romans 14:11
For it is written, As I liue, saith the Lord, euery knee shall bow to mee, and euery tongue shall confesse to God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Seven days shall they purge the altar, and purify it,.... Which denotes the perfect purity and sanctification of it; which how to be applied to Christ, :-;

and they shall consecrate themselves: the priests shall consecrate themselves, or devote themselves to the service of the altar; so Gospel ministers to the ministry of a crucified Christ: or they themselves should consecrate the altar by the above rites: or rather it may be literally rendered,

and they shall fill its hands, or "their own hands" b; that is, either they shall fill the sides of the altar with sacrifices, as much as it could hold; or the hands of the priests with parts of the sacrifice, or with gifts, as a token of their being inaugurated into, and invested with, the priestly office: so Gospel ministers should have their hands full of, or be filled with, the gifts and graces of the Spirit, and with the knowledge of Christ, his person, offices, grace, righteousness, and sacrifice, that they may minister unto others.

b There is a double reading of the words; the Cetib or textual reading is ידו, "its hand"; the Keri or marginal reading is

ידיו, "their own hands".

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

There was, on each of the seven days, a burnt-offering of a bullock and a ram, preceded by a “sin-offereng of a bullock” on the first day, and of a “kid of the goats” on the other days.

Ezekiel 43:24

Salt is here added to the “burnt-offering” to express still more the idea of purification. In the second temple no sacrifice was complete without the use of salt, and the rabbis assert that there was a great heap of salt close to the altar, always ready for use, and that the inclined plane to the altar was kept covered with salt. Compare Mark 9:49.

Ezekiel 43:26

Consecrate themselves - literally, as in the margin. Leviticus 8:27. The priests are already consecrated, but the memory of their consecration was thus kept up at the dedication of the altar.