Exodus 40:9

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“Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings, and it shall be holy.”

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“Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings, and it shall be holy.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
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“And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the furniture thereof: and it shall be holy.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“and hast taken the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle, and all that <FI>is<Fi> in it, and hallowed it, and all its vessels, and it hath been holy;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 40:9 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 30:23“Take the finest spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half that amount (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant cane,
  2. Exodus 37:29He also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.
  3. Exodus 39:39the bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;
  4. Leviticus 8:10Next, Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it; and so he consecrated them.
  5. Numbers 7:1On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils.
  6. Psalms 45:7You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
  7. Isaiah 11:2The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
  8. Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
  9. Matthew 3:16As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.
  10. John 3:34For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
  11. 2 Corinthians 1:4who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
  12. 2 Corinthians 1:22placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.
  13. 1 John 2:20You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.

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