Exo 29:37, Lev 6:18, Mat 23:17, 19 | ESV | STEP | Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it, and the altar shall be most holy . Whatever touches the altar shall become holy .

Exodus 29:37

37 Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it, and the ^aaltar shall be most holy. ^bWhatever touches the altar shall become holy.

Leviticus 6:18

18 Every male among the children of Aaron may eat of it, as decreed forever throughout your generations, from the Lord’s food offerings. Whatever touches them shall become holy.”

Matthew 23:17

17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or ^cthe temple that has made the gold sacred?

Matthew 23:19

19 You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or ^dthe altar that makes the gift sacred?