King James Version
Ezekiel 43:26 in the King James Version says “Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves . consecrate: Heb. fill their ...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 43 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves . consecrate: Heb. fill their hands”
Ezekiel 43:26 · KJV
And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the LORD.
Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.
Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves . consecrate: Heb. fill their hands
And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord GOD. peace: or, thank offerings
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Seven”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
“days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and purify”
H2891to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“it and they shall consecrate themselves”
H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
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