¹⁷ Fools and blind! for which `is' greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold?

¹⁹ Fools and blind! for which `is' greater, the gift, or the altar that is sanctifying the gift?

²⁶ `And thou hast anointed with it the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony,

²⁷ and the table and all its vessels, and the candlestick and its vessels, and the altar of perfume,

²⁸ and the altar of burnt-offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its base;

²⁹ and thou hast sanctified them, and they have been most holy; all that is coming against them is holy;

³⁸ `even' the censers of these sinners against their own souls; and they have made them spread-out plates, a covering for the altar, for they have brought them near before Jehovah, and they are hallowed; and they are become a sign to the sons of Israel.'

³⁹ And Eleazar the priest taketh the brazen censers which they who are burnt had brought near, and they spread them out, a covering for the altar --

⁸ Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?