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

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

³⁸ As for the censers of ^(A)these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, let them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar, for they offered them before the Lord, and they became holy. ^(B)Thus they shall be a sign to the people of Israel.” ³⁹ So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burned had offered, and they were hammered out as a covering for the altar,

^26 (A)With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony, ²⁷ and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense, ²⁸ and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils and the ^(B)basin and its stand. ²⁹ You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy. ^(C)Whatever touches them will become holy.