Sanctification

How Nave’s arranged it

• Firstborn of Israelites sanctifiedExodus 13:2
• All Israel sanctifiedExodus 19:10Exodus 19:14
• Material things sanctified by anointingExodus 40:9–11
• The Lord is the SanctifierExodus 31:13Leviticus 20:8Leviticus 21:8Leviticus 22:9
• The alter sanctifies the giftExodus 29:37Exodus 30:29
• Tabernacle sanctified by God' s presenceExodus 29:43Exodus 40:34Exodus 40:35
• UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Jude 1:24Exodus 31:13Exodus 33:16Leviticus 21:1–23Jeremiah 1:5Ezekiel 37:28John 17:17John 17:19Acts 26:17Acts 26:18Romans 15:161 Corinthians 1:21 Corinthians 1:301 Corinthians 6:111 Corinthians 13:1–132 Corinthians 1:212 Corinthians 1:22Galatians 2:20Galatians 6:14Ephesians 1:3Ephesians 1:4
• See Holiness
• See Regeneration
• See Redemption
• See Salvation
• See Sin, Forgiveness of

The passages, in Bible order (58)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 13:2

   “Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”

   ›Commentary on Exodus 13:22 voices

   “Males were sacred because they opened their mothers' wombs. They were offered before the altar of the Lord. Scripture says, "Every male that opens the womb.…" This phrase has a spiritual meaning. For you might say that "every male is brought forth from the womb" but does not open the womb of his mother in the way that the Lord Jesus did. In the case of every other woman, it is not the birth of an infant but intercourse with a man that opens the womb.

   “Sanctify unto me all the firstborn,....

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2. Exodus 19:10

   Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes

   ›Commentary on Exodus 19:102 voices

   “However, even the people had to be purified two or three days beforehand, so as to come clean to the sacrifice, as we read in the Old Testament. They even used to wash their clothes. If such regard was paid in what was only the figure, how much ought it to be shown in the reality! Learn then, priest and Levite, what it means to wash your clothes. You must have a pure body wherewith to offer up the sacraments.

   “And the Lord said unto Moses,....

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3. Exodus 19:14

   When Moses came down from the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 19:141 voice

   “And Moses went down from the mount unto the people,.... The same day that he went up, the fourth day of the month: and sanctified the people; instructed them and ordered them what they should do for their sanctification, in order to their hearing the law from the mouth of the Lord: and they washed their clothes; as the Lord had directed Moses to enjoin them, and as he had commanded them; see Gill on Exo 19:10.

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4. Exodus 29:37

   For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will become most holy; whatever touches the altar will be holy.

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   “Seven days thou shalt make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it,.... That it might be thoroughly fit to have sacrifices offered on it: and it shall be an altar most holy; as Christ is, and is called the Most Holy, and said to be anointed, Dan 9:

   “Whatsoever touches the altar shall be holy - To this our Lord refers Mat 23:19, where he says the altar sanctifies the gift; and this may be understood as implying that whatever was laid on the altar became the Lord’s property, and must be wholly devoted to sacred uses, for in no other sense could such things be sanctified by touching the altar.

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5. Exodus 29:43

   I will also meet with the Israelites there, and that place will be consecrated by My glory.

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   “And there will I meet with the children of Israel,....

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6. Exodus 30:29

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

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   “And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy,....

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7. Exodus 31:13

   “Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

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   “Speak thou also unto the children of Israel,....

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8. Exodus 33:16

   For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”

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   “For wherein shall it be known here,....

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9. Exodus 40:9–11

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

   ›Commentary on Exodus 40:9–112 voices

   “And thou shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle,.... In this, and the two following verses Exo 40:10, orders are given for the anointing of the tabernacle and its vessels, the altar of burnt offering and its vessels, the laver and its foot, whereby they were consecrated for divine use and service, according to Exo 30:26.

   “Most holy - In Exo 40:9 the tabernacle and its utensils are said to be rendered holy by the anointing; the altar and its utensils are in Exo 40:10 said to be “most holy”. The difference does not express a higher degree of holiness: it is only used as a caution. The position of the altar exposed it to the chance of being touched by the people when they assembled in the court, while they were not permitted to enter the tabernacle. The tabernacle itself, with all that belonged to it, is called most holy in Exo 30:29.

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10. Exodus 40:34

    Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

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    “Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation,....

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11. Exodus 40:35

    Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

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    “And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation,....

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12. Leviticus 20:8

    And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

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    “And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them,.... Not only those respecting the above things, but all others, which would be a means of preserving them from sin, and of promoting holiness in their lives and conversations: I am the Lord which sanctify you: who had separated and distinguished them from all other people on earth, and who had given them holy laws, as the means of holiness; and who only could and did sanctify internally, by his Spirit and grace, such or them as were sanctified in heart, as well as outwardly.

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13. Leviticus 21:1–23

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,

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    “And the Lord said unto Moses,....

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14. Leviticus 21:8

    You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.

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    “Thou shalt sanctify him therefore,....

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15. Leviticus 22:9

    The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

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    “They shall therefore keep mine ordinance,....

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16. Jeremiah 1:5

    “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

    ›Commentary on Jeremiah 1:52 voices

    “Just as the spiritual bosom of the Father is understood as a certain inner secret of paternal love and nature, in which the Son is always present, so also the spiritual bosom of the Father is the womb, the secret of the innermost mystery, from which the Son has proceeded as though from a generative womb.

    “(Vers. 4, 5.) And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb, I sanctified you: I have made you a prophet to the nations. Not that Jeremiah existed before his conception, as some heresy suspects, but that the Lord foresaw him to be. To whom things not yet made already exist, according to what the Apostle spoke: Who calls those things that are not, as those that are (Rom. IV, 17).

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