Leviticus 8:10

10 Moses then took the anointing oil and anointed the dwelling and everything in it, making them holy by doing so.

Leviticus 8:10 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 8:10

And Moses took the anointing oil
Which Bezaleel had made, according to the directions which Moses had given him, and he had received from the Lord: this Moses brought with him to the door of the tabernacle, as he was ordered, ( Leviticus 8:2-3 ) and now he took it and made use of it as follows:

and anointed the tabernacle and all that [was] therein;
the altar of incense, the candlestick, and table of shewbread:

and sanctified them;
separated and devoted them to sacred use and service.

Leviticus 8:10 In-Context

8 Then Moses placed the chest piece on Aaron and set the Urim and Thummim into the chest piece.

9 Moses placed the turban on Aaron's head and put the gold flower ornament, the holy crown, on the turban's front, just as the LORD had commanded him.

10 Moses then took the anointing oil and anointed the dwelling and everything in it, making them holy by doing so.

11 He sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its equipment, as well as the basin and its base, to make them holy.

12 He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head, thereby anointing him to make him holy.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or tabernacle