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King James Version

Ezekiel 43:26

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Altar;   Seven;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Atonement;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Purity-Purification;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fasting;   Moses;   Nations;   Priests and Levites;   Temple;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Consecrate, Consecration;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Temple;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Consecrate;   Purge;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Anointing;  

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.
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.
King James Version (1611)
Seuen dayes shal they purge the Altar and purifie it, and they shall consecrate themselues.
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 cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar. 14 And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit. 15 So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns. 16 And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof. 17 And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east. 18 And he said unto me, Son 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 offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon. 19 And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord God , a young bullock for a sin offering. 20 And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it. 21 Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary. 22 And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock.

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 serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Genesis 42:6
And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
Genesis 43:7
And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
Genesis 43:10
For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
Genesis 43:11
And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
Genesis 43:19
And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,
Genesis 43:20
And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
Genesis 43:28
And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
Psalms 72:9
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
Romans 14:11
For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess 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.


 
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