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.

All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. {It shall be} a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.

{Ye} fools and blind: for whether {is} greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

{Ye} fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

And when they go forth into the utter court, {even} into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.

{Ye} fools and blind: for whether {is} greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.

And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.