Keluaran 40:10

40:10 Then you are to anoint the altar for the burnt offering with ¹  all its utensils; you are to sanctify the altar, and it will be the most holy altar.

Bilangan 7:10

The Time of Presentation

7:10 The leaders offered ²  gifts ³  for ⁴  the dedication ⁵  of the altar when it was anointed. ⁶  And the leaders presented ⁷  their offering before the altar.

[40:10]  ¹ tn Heb “and.”

[7:10]  ² tn The verse begins with the preterite and vav (ו) consecutive: “and they offered.”

[7:10]  ³ tn The direct object, “gifts,” is implied but not actually stated in the Hebrew text. It has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarity.

[7:10]  ⁴ tn The sign of the accusative here must indicate an adverbial accusative and not the direct object; they offered their gifts for the dedication of the altar.

[7:10]  ⁵ sn Some commentators take the word “dedication” in the sense of a dedication gift, and so make it the direct object. Many modern scholars assume that this is a late word, belonging only in P, the Chronicler, and the heading of Ps 30 (a Davidic psalm).

[7:10]  ⁶ tn The adverbial clause uses the Niphal infinitive construct as the main verb. The word is the well-known מָשַׁח (mashakh, “to anoint, smear”).

[7:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “offered,” but this is redundant and has been translated as “presented” for stylistic reasons. The same phrase occurs in vv. 11 and 12.