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Green's Literal Translation

Ezekiel 43:26

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

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.
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.
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 by the cubit: the cubit is a cubit and a span, even the base shall be a cubit, and the width a cubit, and its border on its lip allaround shall be one span. And this 14 And from the base on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the width one cubit. And from the smaller ledge to the greater ledge shall be four cubits, and the width a cubit. 15 And the altar hearth shall be four cubits, and from the altar hearth and upward shall be four horns. 16 And the altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long, and twelve wide, square in its four sides. 17 And the ledge shall be fourteen long, fourteen wide, in its four sides. And the border around it shall be a half cubit, and the base for it a cubit all around. And its steps shall face the east. 18 And He said to me, Son of man, so says the Lord Jehovah: These are the statutes of the altar in the day of its being made to offer on it burnt offerings, and to sprinkle on it blood. 19 And you shall give to the priests of the Levites, (they who are from the seed of Zadok, who approach to Me), declares the Lord Jehovah, to minister to Me, a bull, a son of the herd, for a sin offering. 20 And you shall take of its blood and put it on its four horns, and on the four corners of the ledge, and on the border all around. And you shall cleanse it and atone for it. 21 And you shall take the bull of the sin offering, and he shall burn it at the appointed place of the house outside the sanctuary. 22 And on the second day you shall bring a buck of the goats without blemish for a sin offering. And they shall cleanse the altar, as they cleansed it with the bull.

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
May the nations serve you and peoples bow to you; be a ruler to your brothers, and may your mother's sons bow to you, and cursed be those who curse you, and blessed be those who bless you.
Genesis 42:6
And Joseph was the potentate over the land, the one selling to all the people of the earth. And Joseph's brothers came in and bowed to him, face down to the earth.
Genesis 43:7
And they said, The man keenly asked about us and about our kindred, saying, Is your father still alive? Is there a brother to you? And we said to him on the mouth of these words. Could we know certainly that he would say, Bring down your brother?
Genesis 43:10
If we had not delayed, truly now we would have returned this twice.
Genesis 43:11
And their father Israel said to them, If it be so, then do this: take from the produce of the land in your vessels and bring down a present to the man, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts and almonds.
Genesis 43:19
And they came near to the man who was over Joseph's house and spoke to him at the door of the house.
Genesis 43:20
And they said, Oh my lord, coming we came down to buy food.
Genesis 43:28
And they said, Peace is to your servant, to our father; he still lives. And they fell down and bowed.
Psalms 72:9
Those dwelling in the desert will bow before Him, and His enemies will lick the dust.
Romans 14:11
For it has been written, "As I live, says the Lord, that every knee will bow to Me, and every tongue confess to God." Isa. 45:23

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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