¹⁰ Anoint the altar of burnt offering and its utensils to consecrate them. Then the altar will become absolutely holy.

³⁵ The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to be born will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God.

Good News for the Oppressed

³⁶ Each day you must sacrifice a young bull as a sin offering to purify them, making them right with the Lord.^[a] Afterward, cleanse the altar by purifying it^[b]; make it holy by anointing it with oil. ³⁷ Purify the altar, and consecrate it every day for seven days. After that, the altar will be absolutely holy, and whatever touches it will become holy.

²⁶ He is the kind of high priest we need because he is holy and blameless, unstained by sin. He has been set apart from sinners and has been given the highest place of honor in heaven.^[a]

²¹ For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin,^[a] so that we could be made right with God through Christ.

³⁰ God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin.

¹⁹ And I give myself as a holy sacrifice for them so they can be made holy by your truth.

³⁴ For he is sent by God. He speaks God’s words, for God gives him the Spirit without limit.