You shall build the altar of the LORD your God with uncut stones and offer upon it burnt offerings to the LORD your God. Cross References Exodus 20:25 Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it. Deuteronomy 27:5 Moreover, you are to build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You must not use any iron tool on them. Deuteronomy 27:7 There you are to sacrifice your peace offerings, eating them and rejoicing in the presence of the LORD your God. 1 Kings 6:7 The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built. Treasury of Scripture You shall build the altar of the LORD your God of whole stones: and you shall offer burnt offerings thereon to the LORD your God: burnt offerings Leviticus 1:1-17 Ephesians 5:2 |
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