12If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
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.
Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-19)This sermon was preached two months after that in the former part of the chapter. The priests and Levites preached constantly, but the prophets preached occasionally; both were good and needful. We have need to be taught our duty in season and out of season . The people were now going on vigorously with the building of the temple, and in hopes shortly to have it ready for their use and to be emplo…
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