Sanctification

How Nave’s arranged it

• Firstborn of Israelites sanctifiedExodus 13:2
• All Israel sanctifiedExodus 19:10Exodus 19:14
• Material things sanctified by anointingExodus 40:9–11
• The Lord is the SanctifierExodus 31:13Leviticus 20:8Leviticus 21:8Leviticus 22:9
• The alter sanctifies the giftExodus 29:37Exodus 30:29
• Tabernacle sanctified by God' s presenceExodus 29:43Exodus 40:34Exodus 40:35
• UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Jude 1:24Exodus 31:13Exodus 33:16Leviticus 21:1–23Jeremiah 1:5Ezekiel 37:28John 17:17John 17:19Acts 26:17Acts 26:18Romans 15:161 Corinthians 1:21 Corinthians 1:301 Corinthians 6:111 Corinthians 13:1–132 Corinthians 1:212 Corinthians 1:22Galatians 2:20Galatians 6:14Ephesians 1:3Ephesians 1:4
• See Holiness
• See Regeneration
• See Redemption
• See Salvation
• See Sin, Forgiveness of

The passages, in Bible order (58)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 13:2

   “Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”

   ›Commentary on Exodus 13:22 voices

   “Commentary on Chapter XIII 2. Sanctify to me all the first-born - The parents were not to look upon themselves as interested in their first-born, till they had first solemnly presented them to God, and received them back from him again. It is mine - By a special right, being by my singular favour preserved from the common destruction.

   “Males were sacred because they opened their mothers' wombs. They were offered before the altar of the Lord. Scripture says, "Every male that opens the womb.…" This phrase has a spiritual meaning. For you might say that "every male is brought forth from the womb" but does not open the womb of his mother in the way that the Lord Jesus did. In the case of every other woman, it is not the birth of an infant but intercourse with a man that opens the womb.

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2. Exodus 19:10

   Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes

   ›Commentary on Exodus 19:102 voices

   “Sanctify the people - As Job before sent and sanctified his sons, Job i, 5. Sanctify them, that is, call them off from their worldly business, and call them to religious exercises, meditation and prayer, that they may receive the law from God's mouth with reverence and devotion.

   “However, even the people had to be purified two or three days beforehand, so as to come clean to the sacrifice, as we read in the Old Testament. They even used to wash their clothes. If such regard was paid in what was only the figure, how much ought it to be shown in the reality! Learn then, priest and Levite, what it means to wash your clothes. You must have a pure body wherewith to offer up the sacraments.

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3. Exodus 19:14

   When Moses came down from the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.

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4. Exodus 29:37

   For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will become most holy; whatever touches the altar will be holy.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 29:372 voices

   “An atonement was made for the altar. Though that was not a subject capable of sin, nor, having never yet been used, could it be said to be polluted with the sins of the people, yet, since the fall, there can be no sanctification to God but there must first be an atonement for sin, which renders us both unworthy and unfit to be employed for God.

   “And atonement was made for the altar. The altar was also sanctified, not only set apart itself to a sacred use, but made so holy as to sanctify the gifts that were offered upon it, Matt. xxiii, 19. Christ is our altar, for our sakes he sanctified himself, that we and our performances might be sanctified and recommended to God, John xvii, 19.

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5. Exodus 29:43

   I will also meet with the Israelites there, and that place will be consecrated by My glory.

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6. Exodus 30:29

   You are to consecrate them so that they will be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.

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7. Exodus 31:13

   “Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 31:132 voices

   “They might suppose that the erection of the tabernacle was a sacred work, and that it would be a high merit, an acceptable tribute, to prosecute the undertaking without the interruption of a day's repose; and therefore the caution here given, at the commencement of the undertaking, was a seasonable admonition.

   “Note, If God by his grace incline our hearts to keep the law of the fourth commandment, it will be an evidence of a good work wrought in us by his Spirit. If we sanctify God's day, it is a sign between him and us that he has sanctified our hearts: hence it is the character of the blessed man that he keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, Isa. lvi.

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8. Exodus 33:16

   For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”

   ›Commentary on Exodus 33:161 voice

   “So shall we be separated - By having this Divine protection we shall be saved from idolatry, and be preserved in thy truth and in the true worshipping of thee; and thus shall we be separated from all the people that are upon the face of the earth: as all the nations of the world, the Jews only excepted, were at this time idolaters.

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9. Exodus 40:9–11

   Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings, and it shall be holy.

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   “Observe, Every thing was sanctified when it was put in its proper place, and not till then, for till then it was not fit for the use to which it was to be sanctified.

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10. Exodus 40:34

    Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

    ›Commentary on Exodus 40:342 voices

    “Then a cloud covered the tent - Thus God gave his approbation of the work; and as this was visible, so it was a sign to all the people that Jehovah was among them. And the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle - How this was manifested we cannot tell; it was probably by some light or brightness which was insufferable to the sight, for Moses himself could not enter in because of the cloud and the glory, Exo 40:

    “With these the tabernacle was now filled, yet, as before the bush was not consumed, so now the curtains were not so much as singed by this fire; for to those that have received the anointing the terrible majesty of God is not destroying.

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11. Exodus 40:35

    Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

    ›Commentary on Exodus 40:352 voices

    “With these the tabernacle was now filled, yet, as before the bush was not consumed, so now the curtains were not so much as singed by this fire; for to those that have received the anointing the terrible majesty of God is not destroying.

    “He was able to enter into the holy place not made with hands ( Heb. ix. 24 ); nay, he is himself the true tabernacle, filled with the glory of God ( John i. 14 ), even with the divine grace and truth prefigured by this fire and light.

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12. Leviticus 20:8

    And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

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13. Leviticus 21:1–23

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,

    ›Commentary on Leviticus 21:1–232 voices

    “Among his people - None of the priests shall touch the dead body, or assist at his funeral, or eat of the funeral feast. The reason of this law is evident, because by such pollution they were excluded from converse with men, to whom by their function they were to be serviceable upon all occasions, and from the handling of holy things.

    “There shall none be defiled for the dead - No priest shall assist in laying out a dead body, or preparing it for interment. Any contact with the dead was supposed to be of a defiling nature, probably because putrefaction had then taken place; and animal putrefaction was ever held in detestation by all men.

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14. Leviticus 21:8

    You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.

    ›Commentary on Leviticus 21:81 voice

    “The people of Israel are now addressed. They are commanded to regard the priests, who perform for them the service of the altar, as holy in respect of their office.

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15. Leviticus 22:9

    The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

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16. Jeremiah 1:5

    “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

    ›Commentary on Jeremiah 1:52 voices

    “Jeremiah's call to the prophetical office. unto me--other manuscripts read "to him"; but English Version probably represents the true Hebrew text; this inscription was doubtless made by Jeremiah himself.

    “I sanctified - I ordained thee for this public service. He speaks thus to Jeremiah, not to the other prophets, because he stood in need of greater encouragement than they, both in respect of the tenderness of his years, and the difficulties which he was to encounter with.

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