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For sevenשִׁבְעַתdaysיָמִיםthey shall make expiationיְכַפְּרוּfor the altarהַמִּזְבֵּחַand cleanseוְטִהֲרוּit,אֹתוֹand ordain it.וּמִלְאוּ יָדָיו
Ezekiel 43:26
Study it in the app“For seven days they shall make expiation for the altar and cleanse it, and ordain it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 43:26, word by word
- For sevenשִׁבְעַתshivat
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shivat” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears- they shall make expiationיְכַפְּרוּyechapru
atone
To cover guilt so there is forgiveness.
Where else “yechapru” appears- for the altarמִּזְבֵּחַmizbeach
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appears- and cleanseטִהֲרוּtiharu
declare clean
To wash someone of impurity, or pronounce them free of it.
Where else “tiharu” appears- and ordain itמִלְאוּmilu
ordain
Literally "fill the hand": to install someone as priest.
Where else “milu” appears- and ordain itיָדָיyaday
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yaday” appears
The context
25For seven days you shall offer a goat as a sin offering every day; and a young bull and a ram from the flock, without defect, they shall offer.
26 · This verse (above)
27And when they have completed the days, it shall be that on the eighth day and onward, the priests shall offer on the altar your burnt offerings and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, declares Adonai YHWH.”