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Exodus 20:25

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And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

And if thou wilt make {H6213} me an altar {H4196} of stone {H68}, thou shalt not build {H1129} it of hewn stone {H1496}: for if thou lift up {H5130} thy tool {H2719} upon it, thou hast polluted {H2490} it.

If you do make me an altar of stone, you are not to build it of cut stones; for if you use a tool on it, you profane it.

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.

And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

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Cross-References

  • Deuteronomy 27:5 (6 votes)

    And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up [any] iron [tool] upon them.

  • Deuteronomy 27:6 (6 votes)

    Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:

  • Joshua 8:31 (6 votes)

    As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up [any] iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings.