Matthew 23:19
You blind men! What is more important, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
Exodus 29:37
Make atonement for the altar and consecrate it for seven days. Then the altar shall be most holy, and whatever touches the altar shall be holy.
Exodus 30:29
You will make them so holy that anyone who even touches them will become holy when you dedicate them this way.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
General references
Bible References
General references
Exodus 37:25
He made an altar out of acacia wood for burning incense. It was eighteen inches square and thirty-six inches high. The horns and altar were made out of one piece of wood.
Exodus 40:26
Moses put the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the canopy.
Haggai 2:12
A man takes a piece of consecrated meat from a sacrifice and carries it in a fold of his robe. He then lets his robe touch any bread, cooked food, wine, olive oil, or any kind of food at all. Will it make that food consecrated also? When the question was asked, the priests answered, No.
Matthew 12:6
I say to you, one greater than the Temple is here.