Deuteronomy 27:5

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Build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. Do not use any iron tool on them.

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  • Exod 20:25 : 25 If you make an altar of stones for Me, do not build it with stones that have been worked with tools; if you use your tool on it, you will defile it.
  • Exod 24:4 : 4 Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning, he built an altar at the base of the mountain and set up twelve pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel.
  • Josh 8:30-31 : 30 Then Joshua built an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, on Mount Ebal. 31 He built it according to what Moses, the servant of the Lord, had commanded the Israelites, as it is written in the Book of the Law of Moses—an altar of uncut stones on which no iron tool had been used. On it they offered burnt offerings to the Lord and sacrificed peace offerings.
  • 1 Kgs 18:31-32 : 31 Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, 'Your name shall be Israel.' 32 With the stones, he built an altar in the name of the LORD and dug a trench around it large enough to hold two seahs of seed.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 27:6-8
    3 verses
    88%

    6Use uncut stones to build the altar of the LORD your God, and offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God.

    7Sacrifice fellowship offerings there, eat them, and rejoice in the presence of the LORD your God.

    8Write clearly all the words of this law on the stones you have set up.

  • Exod 20:23-26
    4 verses
    84%

    23You shall not make gods of silver to be alongside Me, nor shall you make gods of gold for yourselves.

    24Make an altar of earth for Me, and on it you shall sacrifice your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.

    25If you make an altar of stones for Me, do not build it with stones that have been worked with tools; if you use your tool on it, you will defile it.

    26And do not go up to My altar by steps, so that your nakedness is not exposed on it.

  • Deut 27:4
    77%

    4And when you have crossed the Jordan, set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I am commanding you today, and coat them with plaster.

  • Josh 8:30-31
    2 verses
    77%

    30Then Joshua built an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, on Mount Ebal.

    31He built it according to what Moses, the servant of the Lord, had commanded the Israelites, as it is written in the Book of the Law of Moses—an altar of uncut stones on which no iron tool had been used. On it they offered burnt offerings to the Lord and sacrificed peace offerings.

  • Deut 12:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn their Asherah poles with fire, cut down their carved idols, and obliterate the names of their gods from those places.

    4Do not worship the Lord your God in the same way that they worship their gods.

  • Deut 27:2
    75%

    2On the day you cross the Jordan to the land that the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and coat them with plaster.

  • Exod 27:1
    73%

    1You shall make the altar out of acacia wood; it shall be five cubits long and five cubits wide. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.

  • Josh 22:26
    73%

    26That is why we said, ‘Let us build an altar—not for burnt offerings or sacrifices,

  • Judg 6:26
    73%

    26Then build an altar to the Lord your God on the top of this stronghold, laying the stones in an orderly way. Take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering using the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down.

  • Deut 4:28
    72%

    28There you will serve gods made by human hands—objects of wood and stone that cannot see, hear, eat, or smell.

  • Deut 16:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21You shall not plant for yourself an Asherah pole of any tree beside the altar of the Lord your God that you will set up for yourself.

    22And you shall not set up for yourself a sacred pillar, which the Lord your God hates.

  • 1 Kgs 18:32
    72%

    32With the stones, he built an altar in the name of the LORD and dug a trench around it large enough to hold two seahs of seed.

  • Lev 26:1
    72%

    1Do not make idols for yourselves, or set up a carved image or a sacred pillar for yourselves, and do not place a figured stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 7:5
    71%

    5Instead, this is what you must do to them: Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, chop down their Asherah poles, and burn their carved images with fire.

  • Exod 27:5-7
    3 verses
    71%

    5You shall set the grating below the ledge of the altar, from beneath, and the net shall extend halfway up the altar.

    6You shall make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze.

    7The poles shall be inserted into the rings, so the poles are on two sides of the altar for carrying it.

  • Exod 34:13
    71%

    13Instead, you must destroy their altars, smash their sacred pillars, and cut down their Asherah poles.

  • Exod 34:17
    71%

    17Do not make any molten gods for yourselves.

  • Deut 5:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7You shall have no other gods before Me.

    8You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.

  • Mic 5:13
    70%

    13I will uproot your Asherah poles from among you and demolish your cities.

  • Deut 8:9
    70%

    9A land where you will eat bread without scarcity—where you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron and from whose hills you can dig copper.

  • Josh 22:23
    70%

    23If we have built an altar to turn away from following the LORD, or to offer burnt offerings or grain offerings, or to offer fellowship sacrifices on it, may the LORD Himself call us to account.

  • Judg 2:2
    70%

    2But you must not make a covenant with the people who live in this land. Instead, you are to break down their altars. Yet you have not obeyed me. What is this that you have done?'

  • Deut 28:36
    70%

    36The LORD will drive you and the king you set over yourself to a nation that neither you nor your ancestors have known, and there you will serve other gods made of wood and stone.

  • Exod 30:1
    70%

    1You shall make an altar for burning incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.

  • Exod 20:4
    70%

    4You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or on the earth below, or in the waters under the earth.

  • Deut 4:23
    69%

    23Be careful not to forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which He made with you, and not to make for yourselves a carved image in the form of anything He has forbidden you.

  • Exod 29:37
    69%

    37For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will become most holy, and whatever touches the altar will be holy.

  • Josh 22:29
    69%

    29Far be it from us to rebel against the LORD and turn away from Him today by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, and sacrifices other than the altar of the LORD our God that stands in front of His tabernacle.

  • Deut 7:25
    69%

    25You must burn the carved images of their gods in the fire. Do not covet the silver or gold on them, and do not take it for yourself, or you will be ensnared by it. For it is detestable to the LORD your God.

  • Josh 22:19
    69%

    19If, however, the land of your possession is unclean, then come over to the land the LORD possesses, where the LORD's tabernacle stands, and settle among us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building an altar for yourselves other than the altar of the LORD our God.

  • Exod 23:24
    69%

    24Do not bow down to their gods or worship them or follow their practices. Instead, you must demolish them completely and shatter their sacred pillars.

  • Josh 22:16
    69%

    16'This is what the entire assembly of the LORD says: What is this unfaithful act you have committed against the God of Israel by turning away from following the LORD today and building for yourselves an altar, rebelling against the LORD now?

  • Deut 12:14
    68%

    14But offer them only at the place the Lord chooses in one of your tribal territories. There you are to offer your burnt offerings and perform everything I command you.

  • Isa 27:9
    68%

    9By this, the guilt of Jacob will be atoned for, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: when he makes all the altar stones like crushed chalk stones, and no Asherah poles or incense altars will stand.

  • Num 33:52
    68%

    52you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you, destroy all their stone images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.

  • Exod 23:32
    68%

    32Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods.

  • Josh 4:5
    68%

    5and he said to them, “Cross ahead of the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take a stone on his shoulder, one for each of the tribes of the Israelites.

  • Exod 38:1
    68%

    1He made the altar for burnt offerings from acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide, making it square, and three cubits high.

  • Exod 35:16
    68%

    16The altar of burnt offering with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand.