Ezekiel 43:26

World English Bible

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

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.

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.

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 These are the measures of the altar by cubits (the cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth): the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border of it by the edge of it round about a span; and this shall be the base of the altar. ¹⁴ From the bottom on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser ledge to the greater ledge shall be four cubits, and the breadth a cubit. ¹⁵ The upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns. ¹⁶ The altar hearth shall be twelve [cubits] long by twelve broad, square in the four sides of it. ¹⁷ The ledge shall be fourteen [cubits] long by fourteen broad in the four sides of it; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom of it shall be a cubit round about; and the steps of it shall look toward the east. ¹⁸ He said to me, Son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh: 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 You shall give to the priests the Levites who are of the seed of Zadok, who are near to me, to minister to me, says the Lord Yahweh, a young bull for a sin-offering. ²⁰ You shall take of the blood of it, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the ledge, and on the border round about: thus shall you cleanse it and make atonement for it. ²¹ You shall also take the bull of the sin-offering, and it shall be burnt in the appointed place of the house, outside of the sanctuary. ²² On the second day you shall offer a male goat without blemish for a sin-offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse 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
Let peoples serve you, Nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, Let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, Blessed be everyone who blesses you."

Genesis 42:6
Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.

Genesis 43:7
They said, "The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' We just answered his questions. Is there any way we could know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down?'"

Genesis 43:10
for unless we had lingered, surely we would have returned a second time by now."

Genesis 43:11
Their father, Israel, said to them, "If it be so now, do this. Take from the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down a present for the man, a little balm, a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts, and almonds;

Genesis 43:19
They came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,

Genesis 43:20
and said, "Oh, my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

Genesis 43:28
They said, "Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive." They bowed the head, and did homage.

Psalms 72:9
Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him. His enemies shall lick the dust.

Romans 14:11
For it is written, "'As I live,' says the Lord, 'to me every knee will bow. Every tongue will 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.