Exodus 29:37 "For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it; then the altar shall be most holy, and whatever touches the altar shall be holy.

Leviticus 6:27 'Anyone who touches its flesh will become consecrated; and when any of its blood splashes on a garment, in a holy place you shall wash what was splashed on.

Leviticus 6:29 'Every male among the priests may eat of it; it is most holy.

Leviticus 7:6 'Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.

Ezekiel 44:19 "When they go out into the outer court, into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments in which they have been ministering and lay them in the holy chambers; then they shall put on other garments so that they will not transmit holiness to the people with their garments.

Matthew 23:19 "You blind men, which is more important, the offering, or the altar that sanctifies the offering? (NASB ©1995)