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Exodus 40:9-11

“You shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and shall make it holy, and all its furniture, and it will be holy. You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering, with all its vessels, and sanctify the altar, and the altar will be most holy. You shall anoint the basin and its base, and sanctify it.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    “You shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and shall make it holy, and all its furniture, and it will be holy.

    You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering, with all its vessels, and sanctify the altar, and the altar will be most holy.

    You shall anoint the basin and its base, and sanctify it.

  • KJV King James Version

    And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.

    And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.

    And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the furniture thereof; and it shall be holy.

    And thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and sanctify the altar; and the altar shall be most holy.

    And thou shalt anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it.

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Cross-references (23)

  • Leviticus 8:10 (v9) Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and sanctified them.
  • Isaiah 61:1 (vv9–10) The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken…
  • Exodus 29:36-37 (v10) Every day you shall offer the bull of sin offering for atonement. You shall cleanse the altar when you make atonement for it. You shall…
  • Luke 1:35 (v10) The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one…
  • Isaiah 11:2 (vv9–10) Yahweh’s Spirit will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of…
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  • John 3:34 (vv9–10) For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.
  • Leviticus 8:11 (v10) 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.
  • Numbers 7:1 (v9) On the day that Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it with all its furniture, and the altar…
  • John 17:19 (v10) For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
  • 1 Corinthians 1:30 (v10) Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
  • 2 Corinthians 5:21 (v10) For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
  • Hebrews 7:26 (v10) For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
  • Exodus 30:23-33 (v9) “Also take fine spices: of liquid myrrh, five hundred shekels; and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, even two hundred and fifty; and of…
  • Exodus 37:29 (v9) He made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer.
  • Exodus 39:39 (v9) the bronze altar, its grating of bronze, its poles, all of its vessels, the basin and its base,
  • Psalms 45:7 (v9) You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
  • Matthew 3:16 (v9) Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God…
  • 2 Corinthians 1:4 (v9) who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we…
  • 2 Corinthians 1:22 (v9) who also sealed us, and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.
  • 1 John 2:20 (v9) You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.

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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On v9 And thou shall anoint them as thou didst anoint…

And thou shall anoint them as thou didst anoint their father,.... For Aaron was first anointed, and then his sons:

that they may minister unto me in the priest's office; which they might not do before their anointing, though separated for it, and called unto it:

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for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations; that is, this ceremony of anointing was to be used in all ages at the investiture of the high priest with his office, until the Messiah should come, who would put an end to the Aaronic priesthood; for not common priests, only the successors of the high priest, were anointed in later times; this present unction serving for all the priests that should follow in successive generations, so long as the priesthood continued.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On v9 Most holy - In Exo 40:9 the tabernacle and…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v9 9, 10. It is remarkable that, while in Exo_30:29…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On v9 (9) The anointing oil.—Directions for the composition of the…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv9–10 Vers. 9-16. The directions to anoint, etc.
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