Schaff's Bible Dictionary
CON'SECRATE, CONSECRA'TION. Ex 32:29; Lev 7:37. " It is applied in the Bible to both persons and things. The tribe of Levi was consecrated to the priesthood with the most solemn and imposing ceremonies. Vessels, Josh 6:19, profits, Mic 4:13, fields, Lev 27:28, cattle, 2 Chr 29:33, individuals. Num 6:9-13; 1 Sam 1:11, Acts 20:28, and nations, Ex 19:6, were anciently consecrated or set apart to sacred purposes. See Priest. g. Prov 30:8; Jer 40:4; Rom 1:28; Eph 5:4; Phile 8. This is the old Latin sense of the word. V. V.
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