²⁹ you shall consecrate them, so that they may be most holy; whatever touches them will become holy.^(A)

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

¹⁸ Every male among the descendants of Aaron shall eat of it, as their perpetual due throughout your generations, from the Lord’s offerings by fire;^[a] anything that touches them shall become holy.”^(A)

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

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