Exodus 30:29
You are to consecrate them and they are to be most holy. Whatever touches them is to be holy.
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."
Leviticus 6:18
Every male of Aaron's sons is to eat it as a portion continually allotted for your generations from the offerings made by fire to the Lord. Anyone who touches them is to be holy."
Matthew 23:17
You blind fools! What is more important, the gold or the sanctuary that made the gold holy?
Matthew 23:19
You blind men! Which is more important, the gift or the altar that makes the gift holy?