So you are to sanctify them, and they will be most holy; anything that touches them will be holy.

You must not profane my holy name, and I will be sanctified in the midst of the Israelites. I am the Lord who sanctifies you,

“Remember the Sabbath day to set it apart as holy.

There I will meet with the Israelites, and it will be set apart as holy by my glory.

Then Jehu ordered, “Make arrangements for a celebration for Baal.” So they announced it.

For seven days you are to make atonement for the altar and set it apart as holy. Then the altar will be most holy. Anything that touches the altar will be holy.

“So I will set apart as holy the tent of meeting and the altar, and I will set apart as holy Aaron and his sons, that they may minister as priests to me.

You must sanctify him because he presents the food of your God. He must be holy to you because I, the Lord who sanctifies you all, am holy.

He replied, “Yes, in peace. I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” So he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

King David dedicated these things to the Lord, along with the dedicated silver and gold that he had taken from all the nations that he had subdued,

He said to them: “Listen to me, you Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, so you can consecrate the temple of the Lord God of your ancestors! Remove from the sanctuary what is ceremonially unclean!

Because many in the assembly had not consecrated themselves, the Levites slaughtered the Passover lambs of all who were ceremonially unclean and could not consecrate their sacrifice to the Lord.

For when they see their children, whom I will produce among them, they will honor my name. They will honor the Holy One of Jacob; they will respect the God of Israel.

You must also anoint the large basin and its pedestal, and you are to sanctify it.

“‘You must sanctify yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God.

You must be sure to obey my statutes. I am the Lord who sanctifies you.

He must not profane his children among his people, for I am the Lord who sanctifies him.’”

If he consecrates his field in the jubilee year, the conversion value will stand,

They had dedicated some of the plunder taken in battles to be used for repairs on the Lord’s temple.

and 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep were consecrated.