| Geneva Study Bible Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves. Wesley's Notes 43:26 They - The priests in course. King James Translators' Notes consecrate...: Heb. fill their hands Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 26. Seven days-referring to the original directions of Moses for seven days' purification services of the altar (Ex 29:37). consecrate themselves-literally, "fill their hands," namely, with offerings; referring to the mode of consecrating a priest (Ex 29:24, 35). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 43:1-27 After Ezekiel had surveyed the temple of God, he had a vision of the glory of God. When Christ crucified, and the things freely given to us of God, through Him, are shown to us by the Holy Ghost, they make us ashamed for our sins. This frame of mind prepares us for fuller discoveries of the mysteries of redeeming love; and the whole of the Scriptures should be opened and applied, that men may see their sins, and repent of them. We are not now to offer any atoning sacrifices, for by one offering Christ has perfected for ever those that are sanctified, Heb 10:14; but the sprinkling of his blood is needful in all our approaches to God the Father. Our best services can be accepted only as sprinkled with the blood which cleanses from all sin. | 
