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Ezekiel 43:26 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 43 · verse 26
Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.Ezekiel 43:26 · King James Version
Ezekiel 43:26 in context
24And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the LORD.
25Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.
26Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.
27And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord GOD.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- themselvesmâlêʼto fill or be full of, in a wide applicationH4390 →
- purifyṭâhêrto be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulteratedH2891 →
- SevenshebaʻsevenH7651 →
- purgekâpharto coverH3722 →
- altarmizbêachan altarH4196 →
- daysyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
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This relates to the altar in this mystical temple, and that is mystical too; for Christ is our altar. The Jews, after their return out of captivity, had an altar long before they had a temple, Ezr 3:3. But this was an altar in the temple. Now here we have, I. The measures of the altar, Eze 43:13.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-27