What Does Exodus 29:44 Mean in the King James?
And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest’s office.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
One Hebrew root sets apart the sanctuary, altar, and priests together, revealing that sacred place and sacred service belong to one whole.
THE MEANING
The living pattern reaches the reader now: what is set apart for God includes both a place of worship and the people who serve there. The same act joins place, altar, and service rather than treating them as separate kinds of sacredness.
THE ROOT
וְקִדַּשְׁתִּי
veqiddashti
GROWS FROM
ק־ד־שׁ
q-d-sh
Set apart as sacred
English “sanctify” can sound like a label applied to separate things; Hebrew repeats the same root over the tent, altar, and priestly family. That root also gives words for “sanctuary” and “set apart,” joining sacred place and sacred people within one act.
ALSO GROWS
qadosh: Set apart; sacred
קָדוֹשׁ
It names the quality the repeated verb gives to the altar, dwelling, and people.
miqdash: Sanctuary; sacred place
מִקְדָּשׁ
It shares the root with “sanctify,” showing that the sacred place and the act of setting apart belong to the same word family.
qodesh: Set-apartness; a sacred thing
קֹדֶשׁ
It echoes the shared status of the people and objects named in the verse.
THE PATTERN
What is set apart for God includes both the place of service and the people who serve.
And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.THE THREAD
Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.The phrase “doth sanctify you” uses the same Hebrew root, קדשׁ, as “sanctify” here. In Exodus 29:44 that root reaches the tent, altar, and priests; here it names God as the one who sets apart the people.
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