Deuteronomy 27:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבָנִ֤יתָ שָּׁם֙ מִזְבֵּ֔חַ לַיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ מִזְבַּ֣ח אֲבָנִ֔ים לֹא־תָנִ֥יף עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם בַּרְזֶֽל׃

Transliteration

û-ḇānîtā šām mizḇēaḥ la-YHWH ʾĕlōheykā mizbaḥ ʾăḇānîm lōʾ-tānîp̄ ʿălêhem barzel

Grammar Details

*û-ḇānîtā*: conjunctive waw + Qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - and you shall build
*šām*: adverb - there
*mizḇēaḥ*: noun masculine singular - altar
*la-YHWH*: preposition + proper noun - to/for the LORD/Yahweh
*ʾĕlōheykā*: noun masculine plural construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your God
*mizbaḥ*: noun masculine singular construct - altar of
*ʾăḇānîm*: noun feminine plural - stones
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*tānîp̄*: Hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you shall wield
*ʿălêhem*: preposition + 3rd person feminine plural suffix - upon them
*barzel*: noun masculine singular - iron

Word Meanings

*ḇānîtā*: build/construct
*mizḇēaḥ*: altar/place of sacrifice
*tānîp̄*: wield/wave/swing/lift up
*barzel*: iron/iron tool

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Referenced Verses

Exod 20:25 : 25 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.
Exod 24:4 : 4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
Josh 8:30-31 : 30 Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal, 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.
1 Kgs 18:31-32 : 31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name: 32 And 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Deut 27:6-8
3 verses
88%
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:
7And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the LORD thy God.
8And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
Exod 20:23-26
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84%
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.
25And 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.
26Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
Deut 27:4
77%
4Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.
Josh 8:30-31
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77%
30Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal,
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.
Deut 12:3-4
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3And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
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Exod 27:1
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1And 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.
Josh 22:26
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26Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:
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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.
Deut 4:28
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Deut 16:21-22
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21Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
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1 Kgs 18:32
72%
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Exod 27:5-7
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71%
5And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.
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Exod 34:13
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Exod 34:17
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Josh 22:23
70%
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70%
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Exod 30:1
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Exod 20:4
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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:
Deut 4:23
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Exod 29:37
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Josh 22:29
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Deut 7:25
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Josh 22:19
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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.
Exod 23:24
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Deut 12:14
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