Ezekiel 43:26
New International Version
For seven days they are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; thus they will dedicate 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.

English Standard Version
Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and cleanse it, and so consecrate it.

Berean Standard Bible
For seven days the priests are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; so they shall consecrate it.

King James Bible
Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.

New King James Version
Seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify 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.

NASB 1995
‘For seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they consecrate it.

NASB 1977
‘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.

Amplified Bible
For seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it; so the priests shall consecrate it [to receive offerings].

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

Holman 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

American Standard Version
Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they 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.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
For seven days the priests should make peace with the LORD at the altar, purify it, and consecrate it.

Good News Translation
For seven days the priests are to consecrate the altar and make it ready for use.

International Standard Version
For a seven day period they are to make atonement for the altar, purifying it and consecrating it.

Majority Standard Bible
For seven days the priests are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; so they shall consecrate it.

NET Bible
For seven days they will make atonement for the altar and cleanse it, so they will consecrate it.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.

World English Bible
Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and purify it. So shall they consecrate it.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
[For] seven days they purify the altar, and have cleansed it, and filled their hand.

Young's Literal Translation
Seven days they purify the altar, and have cleansed it, and filled their hand.

Smith's Literal Translation
Seven days and they expiated the altar, and they cleansed it; and they filled his hand.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Seven days shall they expiate the altar, and shall cleanse it: and they shall consecrate it.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For seven days, they shall expiate the altar, and they shall cleanse it, and they shall fill its hand.

New American Bible
for seven days. Thus they shall purge the altar, in order to cleanse and dedicate it.

New Revised Standard Version
Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and cleanse it, and so consecrate it.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
For seven days they shall make offerings and shall cleanse the altar: and they shall consecrate themselves.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
They shall be offering seven days, and they shall cleanse the altar and they shall consecrate their hands
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; so shall they consecrate it.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and they shall make atonement for the altar, and shall purge it; and they shall consecrate themselves.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Altar of Sacrifice
25For seven days you are to provide a male goat daily for a sin offering; you are also to provide a young bull and a ram from the flock, both unblemished. 26For seven days the priests are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; so they shall consecrate it. 27At the end of these days, from the eighth day on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Lord GOD.’ ”…

Cross References
Leviticus 8:33-35
You must not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are complete; for it will take seven days to ordain you. / What has been done today has been commanded by the LORD in order to make atonement on your behalf. / You must remain at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days and keep the LORD’s charge so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded.”

Exodus 29:35-37
This is what you are to do for Aaron and his sons based on all that I have commanded you, taking seven days to ordain them. / Sacrifice a bull as a sin offering each day for atonement. Purify the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it. / 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.

Hebrews 10:10-14
And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. / Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. / But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God. ...

Leviticus 16:30
because on this day atonement will be made for you to cleanse you, and you will be clean from all your sins before the LORD.

Hebrews 9:13-14
For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, / how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

Leviticus 9:1-4
On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel. / He said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and present them before the LORD. / Then speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, a calf and a lamb—both a year old and without blemish—for a burnt offering, ...

Numbers 7:10-11
When the altar was anointed, the leaders approached with their offerings for its dedication and presented them before the altar. / And the LORD said to Moses, “Each day one leader is to present his offering for the dedication of the altar.”

2 Chronicles 7:8-9
So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a very great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast for seven days. / On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar had lasted seven days, and the feast seven days more.

Hebrews 7:27
Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.

Leviticus 14:8-10
The one being cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe with water; then he will be ceremonially clean. Afterward, he may enter the camp, but he must remain outside his tent for seven days. / On the seventh day he must shave off all his hair—his head, his beard, his eyebrows, and the rest of his hair. He must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and he will be clean. / On the eighth day he is to bring two unblemished male lambs, an unblemished ewe lamb a year old, a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil, and one log of olive oil.

1 Kings 8:65-66
So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all. / On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.

Hebrews 10:1-4
For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. / If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins. / Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins, ...

Leviticus 12:6-8
When the days of her purification are complete, whether for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering. / And the priest will present them before the LORD and make atonement for her; and she shall be ceremonially cleansed from her flow of blood. This is the law for a woman giving birth, whether to a male or to a female. / But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”

Numbers 28:17-18
On the fifteenth day of this month, there shall be a feast; for seven days unleavened bread is to be eaten. / On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.

2 Chronicles 29:17
They began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they reached the portico of the LORD. For eight more days they consecrated the house of the LORD itself, finishing on the sixteenth day of the first month.


Treasury of Scripture

Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.

they shall

Leviticus 8:34
As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you.

Exodus 29:24
And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the LORD.

Exodus 32:29
For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.

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Ezekiel 43
1. The returning of the glory of God into the temple
7. The sin of Israel hindered God's presence
10. The prophet exhorts them to repentance and observation of the law of the house
13. The measures
18. and ordinances of the altar














For seven days
The phrase "For seven days" signifies a period of completeness and divine perfection in the biblical context. The number seven is frequently used throughout Scripture to denote completion, as seen in the creation account in Genesis. This period of seven days for the altar's consecration underscores the thoroughness and divine order required in the preparation for worship. It reflects God's desire for holiness and completeness in the dedication of sacred spaces.

they shall make atonement
The act of making atonement involves a process of reconciliation and purification. The Hebrew root for "atonement" is "kaphar," which means to cover or to cleanse. This process is essential for restoring the relationship between God and His people, symbolizing the removal of sin and impurity. In the context of the altar, it emphasizes the need for a pure and holy place where sacrifices can be offered, pointing to the ultimate atonement made by Christ.

for the altar
The altar is a central element in the worship practices of Israel, serving as the place where sacrifices are offered to God. It represents the meeting point between the divine and the human, a place of covenant and communion. The altar's consecration is crucial because it must be sanctified to serve its purpose as a holy site for offerings, reflecting the seriousness with which God views worship and sacrifice.

and cleanse it
Cleansing the altar is a symbolic act of purification, removing any defilement or impurity. The Hebrew word for "cleanse" is "taher," which means to be clean or pure. This act of cleansing is not just physical but also spiritual, ensuring that the altar is fit for divine service. It highlights the importance of purity in worship and the need for God's people to approach Him with clean hands and hearts.

so they shall consecrate it
To consecrate means to set apart as holy. The Hebrew root "qadash" conveys the idea of sanctification and dedication to God. By consecrating the altar, the priests are dedicating it exclusively for God's purposes, marking it as sacred. This act of consecration is a reminder of the holiness required in worship and the need for God's people to be set apart for His service, living lives that reflect His holiness.

(26) Shall consecrate themselves.--Our version has here followed the Masoretic emendation of the text; the literal translation of the text itself is, shall fill its hand, referring to the altar. To "fill the hand" is a synonym for consecration, commonly applied to the priests, who were consecrated by placing in their hands the gifts they were to offer to God. Here it is better to keep to the text as it stands, "filling the hand of the altar" being a strong figurative expression to denote that it shall always be supplied with sacrificial gifts. Nothing is said throughout the passage of the consecration of the priests, the whole family of Aaron having been consecrated once for all by the ceremonies of Leviticus 8.

Verse 26. - They shall purge the altar. Smend thinks it strange that only the purification of the altar should be mentioned here, while that of the sanctuary is referred to later (Ezekiel 45:18), and finds in this an explanation (at least, perhaps) of the fact that in Exodus 29:36 only the consecration of the Mosaic altar - not of the Mosaic tabernacle - is reported. He conceives it likely that the author of Exodus 29:36 copied Ezekiel, but does not explain why Ezekiel may not have copied the author of Exodus 29:36. And they shall consecrate themselves; more correctly, they - i.e. the priests - shall consecrate it; literally, fill its hand. The phrase, מִלֵּאיָד, "to fill one's hand," sc. with gifts, occurs with reference to Jehovah (Exodus 32:29; 1 Chronicles 29:5; 2 Chronicles 29:31). It is also employed in the sense of filling the hand of another, as e.g. of a priest, with sacrificial gifts, when he is instituted into his sacred office (Exodus 28:41; Exodus 29:9; Leviticus 21:10; comp, Leviticus 8:27). Here the hand to be filled is that of the altar, which is personified for the purpose (compare the use of the terms "bosom" and "lip" in connection with the altar). The meaning is that the altar, at its consecration, should have a plentiful supply of gifts, to symbolize that the offering of such gifts was the work for which it was set apart, and that it should never be without them.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For seven
שִׁבְעַ֣ת (šiḇ·‘aṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

days
יָמִ֗ים (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3117: A day

the priests are to make atonement
יְכַפְּרוּ֙ (yə·ḵap·pə·rū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3722: To cover, to expiate, condone, to placate, cancel

for the altar
הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ (ham·miz·bê·aḥ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4196: An altar

and cleanse it;
וְטִֽהֲר֖וּ (wə·ṭi·hă·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 2891: To be clean or pure

so they shall consecrate
וּמִלְא֖וּ (ū·mil·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of

it.
יָדָֽיו׃ (yā·ḏāw)
Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3027: A hand


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