Matthew 23:17

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Matthew 23:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible

15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.

16 Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’

17 You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?

18 And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’

19 You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?

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Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?

Matthew 23:19

You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?

Exodus 30:26

Use this oil to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony,

Exodus 30:27

the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, the altar of incense,

Exodus 30:28

the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.

Exodus 30:29

You are to consecrate them so that they will be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.

Numbers 16:38

As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Israelites.”

Numbers 16:39

So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned up, and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar,