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10 Also anoint the altar of burnt offerings and all its accessories. Consecrate the altar, and it will become most holy. 11 Also anoint the basin and its base and consecrate them.

12 “Then have Aaron and his sons approach the entrance to the meeting tent and wash them with water.

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10 Then you are to anoint the altar for the burnt offering with[a] all its utensils; you are to sanctify the altar, and it will be the most holy altar. 11 You must also anoint the large basin and its pedestal, and you are to sanctify it.[b]

12 “You are to bring[c] Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 40:10 tn Heb “and.”
  2. Exodus 40:11 sn U. Cassuto (Exodus, 480) notes that the items inside the tent did not need to be enumerated since they were already holy, but items in the courtyard needed special attention. People needed to know that items outside the tent were just as holy.
  3. Exodus 40:12 tn The verb is “bring near,” or “present,” to Yahweh.