Exodus 29:37
You are to make atonement for the altar for seven days and consecrate it. It will be most holy, and whatever touches it will be holy."
Exodus 40:10
"You are to anoint the altar for burnt offerings and all its utensils. You are to consecrate the altar and the altar will be most holy.
Matthew 23:19
You blind men! Which is more important, the gift or the altar that makes the gift holy?
Exodus 30:28-29
the altar for burnt offerings and all its utensils, and the basin and its base.
Daniel 9:24
Seventy weeks have been decreed concerning your people and your holy city: to restrain transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for lawlessness, to establish everlasting righteousness, to conclude vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
Matthew 23:17
You blind fools! What is more important, the gold or the sanctuary that made the gold holy?