Exodus 30:29
in Exodus 30You are to consecrate them so that they will be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.
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ASV
And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
KJV
And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
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This verse in Exodus 30
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Use this oil to anoint the Tent of Meeting
on Exodus 30:26-29
The oil goes on the tent and every vessel before it goes on any man, so the place is set apart ahead of its priesthood. The result is graded, “so that they will be most holy,” and “Whatever touches them shall be holy”.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Take thou also . . . principal spices, &c.--Oil is frequently mentioned in Scripture as an emblem of sanctification, and anointing with it a means of designating objects as well as persons to the service of God.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְקִדַּשְׁתָּ֣ | vekidashta | and you will consecrate | H6942 → | 171 times |
| אֹתָ֔ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וְהָי֖וּ | vehayu | and they will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| קֹ֣דֶשׁ | kodesh | holiness of | H6944 → | 469 times |
| קָֽדָשִׁ֑ים | kadashim | holiness<es> | H6944 → | 469 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ | hanogea' | <the> [thing which] touches | H5060 → | 150 times |
| בָּהֶ֖ם | bahem | <in> <the> them | ||
| יִקְדָּֽשׁ׃ | yikdash | it will be holy | H6942 → | 171 times |
וְקִדַּשְׁתָּ֣and you will consecrate
vekidashtaH6942 →171 times
אֹתָ֔ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
וְהָי֖וּand they will be
vehayuH1961 →3559 times
קֹ֣דֶשׁholiness of
kodeshH6944 →469 times
קָֽדָשִׁ֑יםholiness<es>
kadashimH6944 →469 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ<the> [thing which] touches
hanogea'H5060 →150 times
בָּהֶ֖ם<in> <the> them
bahem
יִקְדָּֽשׁ׃it will be holy
yikdashH6942 →171 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 23:17You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?
it leads to
- Matthew 23:19
You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 16:38–39
As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become…
- Matthew 23:19
Through
Matthew 23:19You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?
it leads to
- 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.
- Exodus 29:37
Through
Exodus 29:37For 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.
it leads to
- Exodus 40:10
Anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar, and it shall be most holy.
- Exodus 40:10
Through
Leviticus 6:18Any male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. This is a permanent portion from the offerings made by fire to the LORD for the generations to come. Anything that touches them will…
it leads to
- Numbers 18:10
You are to eat it as a most holy offering, and every male may eat it. You shall regard it as holy.
- Leviticus 6:29
Any male among the priests may eat it; it is most holy.
- 1 Peter 1:16
for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
- 1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Numbers 18:10
Where this verse is studied
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About Exodus

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.
