The Meaning of Exodus 29:37 Explained

Exodus 29:37

KJV: Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.

YLT: seven days thou dost make atonement for the altar, and hast sanctified it, and the altar hath been most holy; all that is coming against the altar is holy.

Darby: Seven days shalt thou make atonement for the altar and hallow it; and the altar shall be most holy: whatever toucheth the altar shall be holy.

ASV: Seven days thou shalt make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it: and the altar shall be most holy; whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Exodus 29:37?

MEANING: What does Exodus 29:37 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Exodus 29:37 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Exodus 29:37?

What is the context of Exodus 29:37?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.

What does Exodus 29:37 Mean?

Study Notes

atonement
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Heb. kaphar, "to cover." The English word "atonement" (at-one-ment) is not a translation of the Heb. kaphar, but a translator's interpretation. According to Scripture the legal sacrifice "covered" the offerer's sin and secured the divine forgiveness; according to the translators it made God and the sinner at- one. But the O.T. sacrifices did not at-one the sinner and God. "It is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins." Hebrews 10:4 . The Israelite's offering implied confession of sin and of its due desert, death; and God "covered" (passed over," Romans 3:25 his sin, in anticipation of Christ's sacrifice, which did, finally, "put away" the sins "done aforetime in the forbearance of God."; Romans 3:25 ; Hebrews 9:15 . (See Scofield " Romans 3:25 ") . The word "atonement" does not occur in the N.T.; Romans 5:11 meaning reconciliation, and so rendered in the R.V.

See "Sacrifice," Genesis 4:4 , and refs. (See Scofield " Genesis 4:4 ")

(See Scofield " Leviticus 16:5 ")

Context Summary

Exodus 29:31-46 - The Continual Daily Offerings

The consecration ceremony was repeated on seven succeeding days, and must have produced a profound impression. Thus line was upon line; and we may magnify God's patience, in being willing through these repeated ordinances to educate the Hebrew people to the sublimest spirituality.

Notice the injunctions for daily services! No religious life can thrive without its regular hours and habits of devotion, such as these offerings suggest. Morning and evening prayers have been the custom in all ages. With the one we go forth to our labor till the evening, asking our Father to give guidance and protection. With the other we entreat forgiveness and mercy. See Psalms 55:17; Daniel 6:10. The chapter ends with many great and precious promises, which we who believe in Jesus may claim and enjoy. [source]

Chapter Summary: Exodus 29

¹ The sacrifice and ceremonies of consecrating the priests and the altar
³⁸ The continual burnt offerings
⁴⁵ God's promise to dwell among the children of Israel

What do the individual words in Exodus 29:37 mean?

Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it and shall be the altar most holy whatever touches the altar must be holy -

שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֗ים תְּכַפֵּר֙ עַל־ הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ וְקִדַּשְׁתָּ֖ אֹת֑וֹ וְהָיָ֤ה הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ קֹ֣דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֔ים כָּל־ הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ בַּמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ יִקְדָּֽשׁ ס

שִׁבְעַ֣ת	Seven
Parse: Number, masculine singular construct Root: שֶׁבַע Sense: seven (cardinal number).
יָמִ֗ים	days
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year.
תְּכַפֵּר֙	you shall make atonement
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, second person masculine singular Root: כָּפַר Sense: to cover, purge, make an atonement, make reconciliation, cover over with pitch.
הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ	the altar
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: מִזְבֵּחַ Sense: altar.
וְקִדַּשְׁתָּ֖	and sanctify
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular Root: קָדַשׁ Sense: to consecrate, sanctify, prepare, dedicate, be hallowed, be holy, be sanctified, be separate.
וְהָיָ֤ה	and shall be
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙	the altar
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: מִזְבֵּחַ Sense: altar.
קֹ֣דֶשׁ	most
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: קֹדֶשׁ Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
קָֽדָשִׁ֔ים	holy
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: קֹדֶשׁ Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
כָּל־	whatever
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole.
הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ	touches
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: נָגַע Sense: to touch, reach, strike.
בַּמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ	the altar
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: מִזְבֵּחַ Sense: altar.
יִקְדָּֽשׁ	must be holy
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: קָדַשׁ Sense: to consecrate, sanctify, prepare, dedicate, be hallowed, be holy, be sanctified, be separate.
ס	-
Parse: Punctuation

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