Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves .
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Gill's Exposition
Seven days shall they purge the altar, and purify it,.... Which denotes the perfect purity and sanctification of it; which how to be applied to Christ; see Gill on Eze 43:20;
and they shall…
There was, on each of the seven days, a burnt-offering of a bullock and a ram, preceded by a “sin-offereng of a bullock” on the first day, and of a “kid of the goats” on the other days. Eze 43:24 Salt…
This relates to the altar in this mystical temple, and that is mystical too; for Christ is our altar. The Jews, after their return out of captivity, had an altar long before they had a temple, Ezr…
Cambridge Bible
The ceremonial of consecrating the altar lasts seven days. On to "purge" cf. Eze 43:43.
consecrate themselves consecrate it, i.e. the altar, lit. fill its hand (or, hands). The phrase is properly said…