“You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering, with all its vessels, and sanctify the altar, and the altar will be most holy.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Exodus 40 contains 38 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.