Matthew 23:17
You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?
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- Matthew 23:19 You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?
- Numbers 16:38–39 As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Israelites.” So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned up, and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar,
- Exodus 30:26–28 Use this oil to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony, the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, the altar of incense, the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.