Exodus 30:29
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New International Version (©2011)
You shall consecrate them so they will be most holy, and whatever touches them will be holy.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Consecrate them to make them absolutely holy. After this, whatever touches them will also become holy.

English Standard Version (©2001)
You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them will become holy.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"You shall also consecrate them, that they may be most holy; whatever touches them shall be holy.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Consecrate them and they will be especially holy. Whatever touches them will be consecrated.

International Standard Version (©2012)
You are to consecrate them and they are to be most holy. Whatever touches them is to be holy.

NET Bible (©2006)
So you are to sanctify them, and they will be most holy; anything that touches them will be holy.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
In this way you will dedicate them for their holy purpose. Then they will be most holy, and anything that touches them will become holy.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And you shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever touches them shall be holy.

American King James Version
And you shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatever touches them shall be holy.

American Standard Version
And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt sanctify all, and they shall be most holy: he that shall touch them shall be sanctified.

Darby Bible Translation
And thou shalt hallow them, that they may be most holy: whatever toucheth them shall be holy.

English Revised Version
And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.

Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatever toucheth them shall be holy.

World English Bible
You shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.

Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast sanctified them, and they have been most holy; all that is coming against them is holy;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

30:22-38 Directions are here given for making the holy anointing oil, and the incense to be used in the service of the tabernacle. To show the excellency of holiness, there was this spiced oil in the tabernacle, which was grateful to the sight and to the smell. Christ's name is as ointment poured forth, So 1:3, and the good name of Christians is like precious ointment, Ec 7:1. The incense burned upon the golden altar was prepared of sweet spices. When it was used, it was to be beaten very small; thus it pleased the Lord to bruise the Redeemer, when he offered himself for a sacrifice of a sweet-smelling savour. The like should not be made for any common use. Thus God would keep in the people's minds reverence for his own services, and teach us not to profane or abuse any thing whereby God makes himself known. It is a great affront to God to jest with sacred things, and to make sport with his word and ordinances. It is most dangerous and fatal to use professions of the gospel of Christ to forward wordly interests.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy,.... By anointing them, and so be set apart for sacred uses only; as by the grace of the Holy Spirit, the people of God, the vessels of mercy, are really sanctified, and made meet for the master's use; and therefore it is called the sanctification of the Spirit, which is true holiness, in opposition to typical or ceremonial holiness, here intended; and if this holy anointing oil made those things most holy that were anointed with it, how much more must the grace of the Spirit those who partake of it; and though it is at present imperfect, it will be perfected, and become complete holiness, without which no man can see the Lord:

whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy; as is said of the most holy altar; see Gill on Exodus 29:37. The Targum of Jonathan interprets it of persons that approach these holy places, and things so anointed and sanctified, paraphrasing the words thus;"whosoever cometh unto them of the priests shall be holy, but of the rest of the tribes shall be burnt with flaming fire before the Lord.''

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The Anointing Oil
…28And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot. 29And you shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatever touches them shall be holy. 30And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office. …

Matthew 23:17 You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?
Exodus 30:28 the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.
Exodus 30:30 "Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them so they may serve me as priests.
Leviticus 8:11 He sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times, anointing the altar and all its utensils and the basin with its stand, to consecrate them.