³⁷ Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it, and the ^(A)altar shall be most holy. ^(B)Whatever touches the altar shall become holy.

¹⁰ You shall also anoint ^(A)the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, ^(B)so that the altar may become most holy.

¹⁹ You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or ^(A)the altar that makes the gift sacred?

¹⁷ You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or ^(A)the temple that has made the gold sacred?

The Seventy Weeks

^24 (A)“Seventy weeks^[a] are decreed about your people and ^(B)your holy city, to finish ^(C)the transgression, to put an end to sin, ^(D)and to atone for iniquity, ^(E)to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and ^(F)to anoint a most holy place.^[b]

²⁸ and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils and the ^(A)basin and its stand. ²⁹ You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy. ^(B)Whatever touches them will become holy.