Exodus 20:25

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 27:5-6 : 5 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. 6 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:
  • Josh 8:31 : 31 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.

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  • Deut 27:5-6
    2 verses
    84%

    5And 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.

    6Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:

  • Exod 20:26
    82%

    26Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.

  • Exod 20:23-24
    2 verses
    78%

    23Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.

    24An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.

  • Deut 12:4
    75%

    4Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.

  • Josh 22:23
    74%

    23That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require [it];

  • Exod 29:37
    74%

    37Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.

  • Josh 22:19
    74%

    19Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession [be] unclean, [then] pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD'S tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God.

  • Josh 22:26
    73%

    26Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:

  • Exod 27:1
    73%

    1¶ And thou shalt make an altar [of] shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof [shall be] three cubits.

  • Deut 16:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

    22Neither shalt thou set thee up [any] image; which the LORD thy God hateth.

  • Exod 20:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

    4Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:

  • Lev 26:1
    72%

    1¶ Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up [any] image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I [am] the LORD your God.

  • Exod 30:1
    72%

    1¶ And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: [of] shittim wood shalt thou make it.

  • Exod 34:17
    72%

    17Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

  • Exod 40:10
    71%

    10And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.

  • Deut 5:7-8
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    71%

    7Thou shalt have none other gods before me.

    8Thou shalt not make thee [any] graven image, [or] any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the waters beneath the earth:

  • Ezek 20:32
    71%

    32And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.

  • Exod 34:13
    71%

    13But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

  • Judg 6:26
    71%

    26And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.

  • Lev 22:24
    71%

    24Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make [any offering thereof] in your land.

  • Exod 38:1
    71%

    1¶ And he made the altar of burnt offering [of] shittim wood: five cubits [was] the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; [it was] foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

  • Judg 2:2
    70%

    2And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?

  • Mic 5:13
    70%

    13Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.

  • Josh 22:28-29
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    70%

    28Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should [so] say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say [again], Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it [is] a witness between us and you.

    29God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that [is] before his tabernacle.

  • Matt 23:20
    70%

    20‹Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.›

  • 1 Kgs 18:32
    70%

    32And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.

  • Deut 4:25
    70%

    25When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt [yourselves], and make a graven image, [or] the likeness of any [thing], and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:

  • Jer 25:6
    70%

    6And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.

  • Exod 34:15
    70%

    15Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and [one] call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

  • Exod 21:14
    70%

    14But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

  • Isa 27:9
    70%

    9By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this [is] all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.

  • Josh 8:31
    69%

    31As 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.

  • 2 Chr 4:1
    69%

    1¶ Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.

  • Exod 22:20
    69%

    20He that sacrificeth unto [any] god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

  • Isa 57:7
    69%

    7Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

  • Exod 23:24
    69%

    24Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

  • Lev 19:4
    69%

    4Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I [am] the LORD your God.

  • Josh 22:16
    69%

    16Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass [is] this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD?

  • Deut 4:23
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    23Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, [or] the likeness of any [thing], which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.

  • Exod 27:8
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    8Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make [it].

  • Deut 17:1
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    1¶ Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God [any] bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, [or] any evilfavouredness: for that [is] an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

  • Exod 34:3
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    3And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.

  • Deut 12:25
    69%

    25Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do [that which is] right in the sight of the LORD.

  • Lev 22:20
    69%

    20[But] whatsoever hath a blemish, [that] shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.