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Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar shall be holy.
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Verse 37. Seven. This number is frequently prescribed in Scripture. Balaam required seven altars, (Numbers 23) and the Egyptians never spent less than seven days in their expiations. Porphyr. Abstin. 4. Calmet.—Shall be holy, consecrated according to this rite, ( Menochius.) or defiled; for sacred things purify those who approach in a proper manner, while they defile or increase the guilt of the unworthy. Calmet.—By the unleavened bread, (verse 23,) we are reminded of the blessed eucharist; and by oil, of the grace of the spirit. D.
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