Deuteronomy 27:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And there shalt thou build an altar unto Jehovah thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt lift up no iron tool upon them.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and built there an altar to Jehovah thy God, an altar of stones, thou dost not wave over them iron.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 27:5 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 20:25Now 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.
- Exodus 24:4And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Joshua 8:30At that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal to the LORD, the God of Israel,
- 1 Kings 18:31And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”
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